Bond Street (Toronto)
Bond Street is a short street in Toronto that runs from Gould Street to Queen Street East, which is home to some historic buildings and is associated with several historical figures of the city:
- Mackenzie House - 82 Bond Street home to the first Mayor of Toronto William Lyon Mackenzie[1]
- 70 Bond Street was home to Canadian operations of publishing houses, including Macmillan Publishers and Doubleday Publishing and visited by many Canadian writers like Alice Munro, Morley Callaghan, Grey Owl[1]
- Oakham House - home to architect William Thomas of St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica (Toronto), St. Lawrence Hall[1]
- First Evangelical Church of Toronto c. 1897 - home to many German Torontonians
- 105 Bond Street - former home of Macmillan, Doubleday Canada[1]
- St. George's Greek Orthodox Church - 115 Bond Street was formerly home to Holy Blossom Temple c.1897 and linked to Toronto's oldest Jewish congregation (Toronto Hebrew Congregation c. 1849)[1]
- Kerr Hall, Ryerson University - site of Toronto Normal School
- O'Keefe House - 137 Bond Street home of early Toronto brewer Eugene O'Keefe, founder of O'Keefe Brewery Company of Toronto Limited (later as Carling O'Keefe Breweries)
- St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica and Boys Choir School.
Sources
- "The jam-packed spiritual and historic multitudes of Bond Street: Micallef".The Toronto Star, Shawn Micallef. Nov. 12, 2016
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