O'Donohoe Row (Walnut Hall) Commemorative Plaque, 2015
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Resource ID
5177
Access
Open
Address
102 Shuter St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K6
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2015
Historical Themes
Program Category
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
O'Donohoe Row (Walnut Hall) Commemorative Plaque, 2015
Description
O'Donohoe Row (Walnut Hall) In 1857, Alderman John O'Donohoe commissioned a row of four Georgian-style townhomes on this site and marketed them to wealthy buyers as O’Donohoe Row. Architect John Tully designed the homes with yellow buff brick, gable roofs, and dormer windows to distinguish them from the surrounding buildings.
In 1903, the row was converted to apartments and renamed Walnut Hall Apartment House. In 1973, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) purchased Walnut Hall. The City of Toronto leased the building from them and ran it as a low-income rooming house from 1974 to 1976. When the City did not renew its lease, the RCMP boarded up Walnut Hall. Both actions were criticized as a failure to address homelessness in the area.
Despite being on the City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties since 1973 and protected under the Ontario Heritage Act since 1997, the building was neglected for decades. The RCMP sold Walnut Hall in 1996. In May, 2007, the building partially collapsed and was demolished.
Marker lat / long: 43.655681, -79.372874 (WGS84)