The Athenaeum Club 1891

Photo by contributor Laura Cooper - Posted September, 2009

Photo Source - Wikipedia

Here, attached to a building at 167 Church Street, just south of Shuter Street, is a 2006 Heritage Toronto plaque. The building is actually a façade incorporated into the residential building behind it. Here's what the plaque says:

Plaque coordinates: 43.654424 -79.376156

Built for the Athenaeum Club, this façade was designed by the architectural firm Denison and King in a Moorish Revival style, rare in Toronto. It features intricate brickwork, several Moorish window arches, and in the balcony, a cast-iron column with an exotic capital. From 1904 to 1967, the building was the Labor Temple - a home to the local labour movement, and host to key debates in Canadian labour history.

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Moorish Revival
Canadian labour history

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