Archived: The Old Mill
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Resource ID
6054
Access
Open
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
The Old Mill
Description
The ruins standing here today are all that remains of a seven storey flour mill built in 1848 to replace an earlier mill both built by William Tyrell of Weston for William Gamble Etobicoke's first reeve. In 1881 this mill suffered the fate of earlier mills and was destroyed by fire. The ruins were designated under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1983. The King's Mill Toronto's first industrial building was built in 1793 near this site on order of Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe to mill lumber for the propsed town of York. German-speaking Nicholas Miller was the millwright assisted by Queen's Rangers. The Old Mill Tea Garden restaurant was opened in 1914 as a community amenity by Robert Home Smith the developer of the Kingsway area.
Marker lat / long: 43.650827, -79.493331 (WGS84)