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Athenaeum Club, Toronto and Labor Temple, Toronto black plaque

Toronto, ON, Canada

The Athenaeum Club 1891 Built for the Athenaeum Club, this façade was designed by the architectural firm Denison and King in a Moorish Revival style, rare in Toronto. It features intricate brickwork, several Moorish window arches, and in the balcony, a cast-iron column with an exotic capital. From 1

904 to 1967, the building was the Labor Temple - a home to the local labour movement, and host to key debates in Canadian labour history.

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