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Oakham House

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Oakham House in 2005. (Photo by Bob Krawczyk.)

Oakham House in 1956. (Image courtesy of the Toronto Public Library.)

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Oakham House
322 Church Street
Toronto
Downtown Yonge East

First Owner:

William Thomas

Year Completed:

1848

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Alternate Name:

William Thomas Residence, Working Boys Home

Notes:

The Suffolk-born architect William Thomas designed this Tudor-Gothic Revival house for himself in 1848. Today part of Ryerson University, the building has over the years been host to the Working Boys Home for struggling male youth as well as various institutional halls before reassuming the name Thomas originally gave it: Oakham House.

Status:

Completed

Map:

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Companies:

The following companies are associated with this building

Architect - William Thomas <-- More buildings by this architect.
Architect - David B. Dick <-- More buildings by this architect.
Architect - George E. Kneider <-- More buildings by this architect.

BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

Low-rise

Current Use:

Educational

Former Use:

Orphanage

Heritage Status:

Designated under Part IV Ontario Heritage Act

Main Style:

Tudor-Gothic Revival <-- More buildings in this style.

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