Thomas Bryce Row, 10-16 Wellesley Street West, Heritage Property Plaque
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Resource ID
11730
Access
Open
Address
16 Wellesley St W #10, Toronto, ON M4Y 1E7
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2024
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Heritage Toronto
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Thomas Bryce Row, 10-16 Wellesley Street West, Heritage Property Plaque
Description
The Thomas Bryce row houses are typical examples of compact housing in the Second Empire style. They were designed and built by the firm Thomas Bryce and Brothers, which consisted of siblings John, Alexander, and Thomas Bryce, a lumber merchant responsible for many Toronto homes. This row was home to many families, until the 1960s, when a rooming house used 12 Wellesley Street West.
By 1966, 14 Wellesley Street had been repurposed as the Wellesley Gift Shop and by 1969 an antiques store was in the back. By 1975, all four properties of the row were shops. With 586 Yonge and 5–7 St. Nicholas Streets, this building is an example of this neighbourhood’s 19th- and early-20th-century residential architecture.