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Imperial Bank Building, Mount Pleasant–Eglinton Branch Commemorative plaque Commemorative plaque, 2023.  

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Resource details

Resource ID

10446

Access

Open

Address

258 Eglinton Avenue East, Toronto, ON M4P 2L2

Credit Line

Heritage Toronto

Date of Creation

2023

Description

The building façade used to be a branch of the Imperial Bank of Canada. For almost 90 years, the Imperial Bank Building stood at the northwest corner of Mount Pleasant Road and Eglinton Avenue East, serving the growing community. The branch was designed by architect Herbert Horner and opened on December 19, 1927. He used a stone arch above the main door to emphasize the public access. In 1919, Horner opened an architectural firm with Andrew Sharp. During the four years of their partnership, the firm of Sharp and Horner built a number of bank branches and churches in Toronto. The Imperial Bank merged with the Canadian Bank of Commerce to create the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) in 1961. The building has also been a retail space and coffee shop. To prepare for building the LRT station, crews removed the façade in 2016. They labelled, catalogued, and stored the components until they were needed again for reconstruction. The exterior appears almost identical to when it was originally built in the late 1920s.

Historical Themes

Architectural Heritage, Business History, Transportation History

Program Category

Historical Plaques

Rights

Heritage Toronto

Time Period

1900-1953, 1954-1998, 1999-today

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Imperial Bank Building, Mount Pleasant–Eglinton Branch Commemorative plaque Commemorative plaque, 2023.

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