The Temple Building was a 12- storey , 36.93 m (121.2 ft) highrise erected at 62 Richmond Street West and Bay Street in Toronto , Ontario .
5-883: Temple Building may refer to: in Canada Temple Building (Toronto) in the United States Temple Building (Marlborough, Massachusetts) , listed on the NRHP in Massachusetts Temple Block Building , Kansas City, Missouri, listed on the NRHP in Jackson County, Missouri Temple Building (Rochester, New York) , a tall building See also [ edit ] Masonic Temple Building (disambiguation) Elks Temple Building Temple Theater (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
10-460: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Temple Building (Toronto) Regarded as one of the city's first skyscrapers , it was completed in 1896 to house the world headquarters of the Independent Order of Foresters , which was a friendly society that acted as both a fraternal order and an important financial institution. The IOF
15-489: The building in 1953 for a new building at 590 Jarvis Street at Charles Street (later as Metro Toronto Police HQ and demolished). The building was demolished in 1970 to make way for the Queen-Bay Centre (120m 32 floor Munich Re Centre built 1973 and 105m 25 floor Thomson Building built 1972) which still stands on the site. The IOF relocated to Don Mills in 1967 to Foresters House at 789 Don Mills Road. A portion of
20-426: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Temple Building . 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=Temple_Building&oldid=423069140 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
25-534: Was then run by the energetic Oronhyatekha who commissioned the grand structure. It was designed by George W. Gouinlock, who looked to Chicago's high rise buildings, and specifically the Rookery Building , for inspiration. The building was located at Richmond and Bay Street . Upon its completion it was Toronto's tallest building, a title it would hold until the Trader's Bank Building was built in 1905. Foresters left
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