Berkeley Street Firehall No. 4 - Toronto, ON
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ras258
N 43° 39.167 W 079° 21.885
17T E 631867 N 4834608
From 1905 until 1972 this building served as a firehall.
Waymark Code: WMCYW9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 10/27/2011
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This three-storey building on the corner of Berkeley and Adelaide Streets was once a firehall but now it serves as a theatre. The two doors, which the fire trucks used, at the front of the building were replaced by large picture windows. The building is primarily red brick with stone accents.
The plaque reads:
"Berkeley Street Firehall No.4
1905
This building was designed by architect A. Frank Wickson in the Edwardian Classical style to replace an earlier firehall on this site. Marked by arched gables, it also features rich contrasts in brick and stone, most visible around the grand second-storey window. Fire engines once entered through garage doors (now windows) and fire hoses were dried in the tower, which has since been reduced in size. In 1972, the hall was renovated as a theatre by architect Ron Thom for the Alumnae Theatre Company.
City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties, 1973
Heritage Toronto 2010"
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You can find the black oval plaque attached to the building, facing Berkeley Street, between the two large windows. The building is on the southwest corner of Berkeley Street and Adelaide Street East, north of King Street east, west of Parliament Street.