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<\/a><\/p>\nYear:<\/strong> 1794 Background:<\/strong> Located on the CNE grounds (right below the giant windmill), Scadding Cabin is a square-timbered log house that originally belonged to John Scadding, an assistant to John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada’s first Lieutenant Governor. The home was first built on a 250-acre property on the east bank of the Don River near where Queen Street East crosses the Don Valley Parkway today. The historic site was moved to its current location in 1879.<\/p>\n Year:<\/strong> 1848 Background:<\/strong> The Enoch Turner Schoolhouse is the oldest school still standing in the city. The one-room school was also the first free school in Toronto and was built by the industrialist and philanthropist Enoch Turner, a local brewer who wanted to educate the children in the neighbourhood around his brewery. According to Ontario Heritage Trust, the land was donated from Little Trinity Church next door and opened in 1849 to 240 students. In 1869, the West Hall was added to the structure. The schoolhouse was nearly demolished in the late 1960s but was saved from the wrecking ball thanks to history advocates and neighbourhood activists. Today, the building is a public museum and an event space.<\/p>\n Year:<\/strong> 1907 Background:<\/strong> American steel baron Andrew Carnegie was known as the richest man in the world in the early 1900s. He devoted his retirement years to philanthropy and donated money across North America for the building of public institutions like universities and libraries. In 1903, Carnegie pledged to give $350,000 to the Toronto Public Library to construct four new library buildings. The first to be built was the Yorkville Public Library in 1907. The building still stands and remains in use as a library today. By 1919, more Carnegie money led to ten new public libraries built across Toronto.<\/p>\n Year:<\/strong> 1872 – 1834 Background:<\/strong> The Neoclassical stone structure known as the Bank of Upper Canada was the first chartered bank in the province and helped ground Toronto as the commercial centre of the colony. According to the plaque, the building’s design reflects “the image of conservative opulence favoured by financial institutions of the time.” The bank failed in the 1860s and the building became part of De La Salle College before the school decamped for its current Moore Park location. In 1977, the Government of Canada recognized the building as a National Historic Site.<\/p>\n Year:<\/strong> 1833 to 1834 Background:<\/strong> Next door to the oldest bank building in the city is Toronto’s oldest post office. James Scott Howard, the postmaster of York, built the structure which acted both as his place of work and family home. Thanks to its location by the bank, this corner of Toronto became a financial and communications hub for the city, which then had only 9,000 residents. As one of the earliest surviving examples of a building designed specifically for use as a post office in Canada, the Georgian building was designated as National Historic Site of Canada and operates as a museum today.<\/p>\n Year:<\/strong> 1843 Background:<\/strong> The first Anglican Bishop of Toronto, John Strachan, helped establish Little Trinity Anglican Church with prominent citizens such as Enoch Turner, James Worts and William Gooderham raising funds. The bricks are made of clay from the Don Valley and local workers donated their labour, helping build the early Gothic revival structure. It became known as the “The Poor Man’s Church” since its congregation was largely made up of workers at the nearby Gooderham and Worts Distillery.<\/p>\n Year:<\/strong> 1813 Background:<\/strong> There were 13 blockhouses constructed in the Toronto area between 1793 and 1838, but only Blockhouse #1 and Blockhouse #2 remain standing today. The blockhouses were built by British troops during the War of 1812 at Fort York, Canada’s largest collection of original British army buildings from the war. These two blockhouses were built to house soldiers and were the first structures to be built at the fort during the war. According to historic plaques, the buildings were used for storage, emergency housing for immigrants in the 1820s, hospitals during a cholera epidemic in the 1830s and drill sheds for the militia after 1867.<\/p>\n
\nAddress<\/strong>: 2 Strachan Avenue<\/p>\nOldest school<\/h3>\n
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\nLocation:<\/strong> 106 Trinity Street<\/p>\nOldest public library<\/h3>\n
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\nLocation:<\/strong> 22 Yorkville Avenue<\/p>\nOldest bank<\/h3>\n
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\nLocation:<\/strong> 252 Adelaide Street East<\/p>\nOldest post office<\/h3>\n
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\nLocation:<\/strong> 260 Adelaide Street East<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
Oldest surviving church<\/h3>\n
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\nLocation:<\/strong> 425 King Street East<\/p>\nOldest military buildings<\/h3>\n
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\nLocation:<\/strong> 100 Garrison Road (Fort York)<\/p>\nOldest tollgate<\/h3>\n