1912 - YMCA - Toronto, Ontario
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Metro2
N 43° 39.777 W 079° 23.085
17T E 630232 N 4835706
This is the old cornerstone located on the wall outside the new YMCA at 20 Grosvenor St in Toronto.
Waymark Code: WMEW0R
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/12/2012
Views: 4
The cornerstone reads facing the street-
"YOUNG MEN'S
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
CENTRAL BUILDING"
AND ON THE SIDE:
"A.D. 1912"
The plaque above the cornerstone reads:
"THIS CORNERSTONE AND TIME CAPSULE WERE
ORIGINALLY PLACED BY THE PRIME MINISTER
OF CANADA, THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT
L.BORDEN, ON TUESDAY MAY 14, 1912 IN
THE CENTRAL YMCA BUILDING., WHICH WAS
LOCATED AT 36/40 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO.
ON JANUARY 21, 1986, THE PREMIER OF
ONTARIO, THE HONOURABLE DAVID PETERSON,
PLACED THE ORIGINAL CORNERSTONE AND
TIME CAPSULE WITH ITS NEW CONTENTS, IN
THE NEW METRO-CENTRAL YMCA BUILDING."
Year of construction: 1912
Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link]
Full inscription:
see above
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