Black plaque № 49588

Toronto, ON, Canada

The Gladstone Hotel. Named after British Prime Minister Wm. E. Gladstone, this 60 room hotel was built in 1889 adjacent to the Parkdale train stations. The original owner Mrs. Susanna Robinson had been left a widow with 13 children. It was designed in a decorative Romanesque style by G.M. Miller, a

distinguished Toronto architect. Its three-storey steeple dominated the skyline until the 1940’s. Accredited by the Royal Winter Fair, it was considered “the only safe place for one’s great aunt to st

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