Archived: Christie Street Veterans' Hospital, 1996 (DEACCESSIONED)
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Resource ID
6180
Access
Open
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
1996
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
Christie Street Veterans' Hospital, 1996 (DEACCESSIONED)
Description
On this site stood the Christie Street Veterans' Hospital originally the National Cash Register Company Factory. In 1919 the factory was converted to the Military Orthopaedic Hospital. Although most of the soldiers had lost limbs in World War I (1914 -1918) a few residents had been disabled in the Boer War (1899 - 1902) and the Fenian raids of 1866. In 1936 the name was changed to the Christie Street Veterans' Hospital. The influx of wounded veterans during World War II (1939 - 1945) caused overcrowding in the already inadequate facility. This led to the construction in 1948 of Sunnybrook Hospital. The Christie Street building was then occupied by a seniors' home Lambert Lodge named in honour of Padre Lt. Col. Sidney Lambert S.M. O.B.E. a veteran of both World Wars. Demolished in 1981 it made way for the construction of the Christie Gardens Apartments and Care facility.?
Toronto Historical Board 1996
Marker lat / long: 43.673742, -79.422467 (WGS84)