Cawthra House
| Cawthra House | |
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  Location within Toronto | |
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| Coordinates | 43°38′57″N 79°22′46″W / 43.64917°N 79.37944°W |
Cawthra House is the name for two homes owned by the Cawthra family.
William Cawthra House[edit]
The first was a mansion completed in 1853 for businessman William Cawthra by Joseph Sheard and William Irving. It is a now site of the Scotia Plaza office tower in Toronto.
The Toronto building was one of several properties of the influential Cawthra family in Toronto, became a branch of Molsons Bank in 1885, then as Sterling Bank from 1908 and finally as home to Canada Life Assurance Company from 1926 until 1929.[1]
Attempts to preserve the house failed and by 1949 it was demolished to make way for the Bank of Nova Scotia Building, now part of Scotia Plaza.[2]
John Cawthra House[edit]
The second building was built for John Cawthra (1789–1851) in 1830 as a home and retail store. It is still standing at 262 Main Street North in Newmarket, Ontario.[3]
See also[edit]
- Canada Life Building - successor to Joseph Cawthra House as Canada Life Head office in Toronto.
References[edit]
- ^ "Toronto's greatest lost mansion—Cawthra House". 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Toronto's greatest lost mansion—Cawthra House". 19 February 2016.
- ^ "Heritage Sidewalk Markers - Town of Newmarket". www.newmarket.ca. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
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