Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station
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North Toronto Station
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| Location | 10 Scrivener Square, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°40′51″N 79°23′26″W / 43.68083°N 79.39056°WCoordinates: 43°40′51″N 79°23′26″W / 43.68083°N 79.39056°W |
| Owned by | Liquor Control Board of Ontario |
| Platforms | None |
| Tracks | 2 |
| Construction | |
| Architect | Darling and Pearson |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
| History | |
| Opened | 1916 |
| Closed | 1930 |
| Official name | C.P.R. North Toronto Station |
| Designated | 1976 |
The North Toronto railway station is a former Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station in the Summerhill neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the east side of Yonge Street, a short distance south Summerhill TTC subway station. It now home to a Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) liquor store.
The station, constructed in the Beaux Arts tradition, consists of a 43-metre (140-foot) clock tower and a three-storey main terminal. The tower is modelled after the Campanile di San Marco in Saint Mark’s Square in Venice. The main terminal gallery has an 11.6-metre (38-foot) high ceiling supported by marble walls and with elegant bronze suspended light fixtures.
The foot print of the station is 75 feet 9 inches by 114 feet 2 inches and that of the clock tower is 24 feet 9 inches according to plans published in the August 1915 edition of Canadian Railway and Marine World.
The North Toronto Station was the first building in the city to be constructed of Tyndall limestone from Manitoba supplied by The Wallace Sandstone Quarries. The material is noted for its weather resistance, embedded fossils, and dappled beige hues.
The four clock faces, each 2.4 metres (8 feet) in diameter, were always illuminated at night during the station's service life.
The current structure replaces a more modest railway station further down the tracks. The two structures existed together for a time (an existing photograph, circa 1920, showing the two buildings, is currently held in the City of Toronto Archive collection).
The station was designed by Darling and Pearson and built in 1916 by P. Lyall & Sons Construction Company to service the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) line running across Toronto. The cornerstone was laid on September 9, 1915, by Mayor Tommy Church, and the station officially opened for passenger service on June 14, 1916 (though it had already been serving in the role since June 4).
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