14-516: Broadview Hotel may refer to the following places: Canada [ edit ] Broadview Hotel (Toronto) (previously New Broadview House Hotel) in Toronto , Canada United States [ edit ] Broadview Hotel (East St. Louis, Illinois) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places Broadview Hotel (Wichita, Kansas) , listed on
28-458: A commercial hub and public hall known as Dingman's Hall. Its design includes arched windows and a tower characteristic of Romanesque Revival. The southeast vertical edge of the building is rounded using curved, elongated bricks. The building's gray lintels above the windows were likely carved from Credit Valley sandstone, popularly used during Toronto's Victorian era. The east and south exterior walls feature 21 terra cotta relief sculptures each with
42-550: A daughter, Laura Huntington (1890-1982) Gouinlock died on February 13, 1932, and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto. George Wallace's son George Roper Gouinlock (1896-1979) was also an architect, whom with Hugh L. Allward (1899-1971) formed the Allward and Gouinlock partnership in 1935. Allward was the son of sculptor Walter Allward and great-grandfather of Port Perry based landscape architect Hugh Allward. Hugh Allward
56-483: A hotel. Until 2014, the establishment was occupied by the New Broadview House Hotel , a hotel and boarding house housing low-income persons with a strip club named Jilly's on its ground level. It was closed and converted to an up-scale establishment with several restaurants and a roof patio. The Richardsonian Romanesque style structure was built for Archibald Dingman and designed by Robert Ogilvie as
70-611: A junior architect with Barber, Bowes & Barber . He came back to Toronto in 1888 and began a partnership with architect Francis S. Baker (as Gouinlock & Baker) from 1888 to 1890. The bulk of Gouinlock's work was in Toronto. In 1895, he was Chair of the Toronto Society of Architects and President of the Ontario Association of Architects in 1909. Gouinlock retired in 1927. Gouinlock married Georgina Watson in 1889 and had two sons George Roper and Robert Watson, and
84-565: A night. It was known as the Lincoln Hotel for a time in the 1930s before reverting to its original name in the 1940s. By the 1970s, it was the Broadview House, a boarding house renting rooms by the week, with a strip club (later known as Jilly's) on the main floor. On May 13, 2014, Streetcar Developments and Dream Unlimited announced their purchase of the Hotel, announcing they would close
98-521: A unique image, often including a human face. The building had the Canadian Bank of Commerce as a tenant on the ground floor and doctors' and lawyers' offices on the middle floors. Atop the building were two public halls which acted as a venue for concerts and assemblies. In 1907, the building was sold to Thomas J. Edwards who hired architect George Wallace Gouinlock to transform Dingman's Hall into The Broadview Hotel, which let rooms for $ 1.50 or more
112-445: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Broadview Hotel (Toronto) The Broadview Hotel is a 58 room boutique hotel in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It is located at the intersection of Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East in Toronto's Riverside neighbourhood. Built in 1893, the building was originally a hall with retail and office space and later converted into
126-512: The City of Toronto government , and WoodGreen Community Services. The developers paid first and last months' rent and paid WoodGreen to hire two staff persons to assist the tenants in finding new homes, Sleep Country contributed mattresses, and The Furniture Barn contributed furnishings In late 2016, the exterior of the building had completed renovations. Black cornices that were removed in prior years were recreated based on period photos. The renovation
140-626: The National Register of Historic Places Broadview Hotel (Emporia, Kansas) in Emporia , Kansas [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broadview_Hotel&oldid=1194151852 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
154-571: The guest rooms feature prints of pin-up girls, a reminder of the former Jilly's. The new facility will also have two event spaces, a cafe/bar and two other restaurants. There is also a space displaying memorabilia from Jilly's, such as posters, dancing poles and entertainers' lockers. The building uses extensive lighting to highlight the brickwork. 43°39′32″N 79°21′00″W / 43.658993°N 79.350075°W / 43.658993; -79.350075 George Wallace Gouinlock George Wallace Gouinlock (August 1, 1861 – February 13, 1932)
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#1732876796463168-425: The hotel and redevelop it into a 58-room boutique hotel with a ground floor restaurant and a rooftop bar. The redevelopment is part of an ongoing gentrification of the neighbourhood. The developers began the process of moving 45 long-term tenants and closed Jilly's that July. The tenants, many of whom received disability or social assistance, were rehoused through a partnership between Streetcar, Dream Unlimited,
182-778: Was a prominent Canadian architect. Gouinlock practiced mostly in Toronto, Ontario , Canada, including several designated buildings at Exhibition Place . His son George Roper Gouinlock (1896–1979) also practised architecture. Son Robert Watson Gouinlock (1892-1966) was a Captain with the Canadian Engineers and served in World War I . Robert was a civil engineer. Gouinlock was born in 1861 in Paris, Ontario to Walter and Elizabeth Gouinlock. Gouinlock trained in various cities (including Hamilton , Chicago and Milwaukee ) towards becoming an architect. He later moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba as
196-514: Was awarded a Lieutenant Governor's Ontario Heritage Award for Excellence in Conservation. A major addition during the renovation was the addition of a glassed-in rooftop restaurant on the building's north side. While the bulk of the building is four stories high, the rooftop restaurant and the hotel tower are on higher levels. As part of the redevelopment, the owners renamed the hotel from the "New Broadview Hotel" to "The Broadview Hotel". Some of
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