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Address
  
498 Queen Street East

Country
  
Canada

Architect
  
David Roberts Jr.

Province
  
Ontario

Town or city
  
Toronto

Completed
  
1889

Opened
  
1889

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The Dominion Hotel is a hotel in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the oldest remaining hotels in downtown Toronto. Constructed in the late nineteenth century in the Corktown neighbourhood, it is a heritage hotel structure that has not been torn down and replaced with a modern structure. The structure is a designated heritage property.

Map of Dominion Hotel, Toronto, ON, Canada

The hotel was constructed in 1889. Its first owner was Robert T. Davies, who founded the Dominion Brewery to the west of the building (now Dominion Square) in 1877. Davies had previously been the manager of the nearby Don Brewery, owned by his relative Thomas Davies.

As originally constructed, the hotel was four stories tall, had a mansard roof, and a small tower. The top floor, once "boasted an elegant performance space". Sometime after 1945 the structure lost its fourth floor, mansard roof and tower.

The bar closed in 2014 for renovation work. In mid-2015 FAB Restaurant Concepts purchased the bar and on Nov. 31st, 2015 it was re-opened as the Dominion Pub & Kitchen. The upper floors continue to be used as a hotel of 25 units.

References

Dominion Hotel, Toronto Wikipedia