Thomas McLean Carriage Works, 586 Yonge Street, 1876, Heritage Property Plaque
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Resource ID
11729
Access
Open
Address
586 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1Z3
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2024
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Heritage Toronto
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Thomas McLean Carriage Works, 586 Yonge Street, 1876, Heritage Property Plaque
Description
In the 1870s, Thomas McLean purchased the vacant lot at 548 (now 586) Yonge Street, and the lot behind it facing St. Nicholas Street, for his carriage-making business. The building was designed in the popular Second Empire style and included a home on the second floor. McLean made and repaired carriages, wagons, and sleds. At the time, Yonge Street was the city’s main commercial street, but it remained an unpaved road. In 1849, those needing to travel by horse-drawn carriage could do so on Yonge Street from St. Lawrence Hall to the Red Lion Inn (at Bloor Street) using Toronto’s first public transit company — six stagecoaches owned by H. Burt Williams.