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St. Lawrence Hall

St. Lawrence Hall

157 King St. East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1G9, Toronto, Ontario
(416) 392-7809
http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/st_lawrence_hall

Designated as a national historic site by the Government of Canada, St. Lawrence Hall was constructed in 1850. Built to serve city debutantes and the elite for social gatherings, rallies and recitals, St. Lawrence Hall was – and continues to be – recognized as a premiere 19th century building. It is truly the first social and cultural centre created for City of Toronto residents.

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  • Great historic location!
    guestBook Guestbook/ KatieWilliams/ Jul 8, 2017

    I LOVED the Museum on the third floor, but wish it were better advertised... I feel like people only stumble across the basement's historic panels by accident and probably fewer people know about the exhibits upstairs! Check it out if you happen to be near the Market!

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    guestBook Guestbook/ GeoGal1/ May 28, 2017

    I have attended a wedding and several Christmas banquets ..a lovely spot.

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ GeoGal1/ May 28, 2017
  • Learned something awesome about the hall.
    guestBook Guestbook/ nobucw/ Nov 13, 2014 Learned something awesome about the hall.

    The hall was an important venue for African Canadian activities in support of abolition. At the end of a 1851 conference, the final resolution was that Canada was the best destination for refugee African Slaves!

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ nobucw/ Nov 13, 2014
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NEWS FEED
  • Great historic location!
    guestBook Guestbook/ KatieWilliams/ Jul 8, 2017

    I LOVED the Museum on the third floor, but wish it were better advertised... I feel like people only stumble across the basement's historic panels by accident and probably fewer people know about the exhibits upstairs! Check it out if you happen to be near the Market!

  • St Lawrenceville Hall
    guestBook Guestbook/ GeoGal1/ May 28, 2017

    I have attended a wedding and several Christmas banquets ..a lovely spot.

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ GeoGal1/ May 28, 2017
  • Learned something awesome about the hall.
    guestBook Guestbook/ nobucw/ Nov 13, 2014 Learned something awesome about the hall.

    The hall was an important venue for African Canadian activities in support of abolition. At the end of a 1851 conference, the final resolution was that Canada was the best destination for refugee African Slaves!

  • Explore150 photoSpot Snapshot/ nobucw/ Nov 13, 2014

Designated as a national historic site by the Government of Canada, St. Lawrence Hall was constructed in 1850. Built to serve city debutantes and the elite for social gatherings, rallies and recitals, St. Lawrence Hall was – and continues to be – recognized as a premiere 19th century building. It is truly the first social and cultural centre created for City of Toronto residents.

157 King St. East, Toronto, Ontario, M5C 1G9, Toronto, Ontario
(416) 392-7809
http://www.stlawrencemarket.com/st_lawrence_hall
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Photo: "St Lawrence Hall123" by Original uploader was SimonP at en.wikipedia - Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is/was here.. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Lawrence_Hall123.jpg#mediaviewer/File:St_Lawrence_Hall123.jpg

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exhilarated lonely secure frustrated amazed sad inspired reflective happy appreciative guilty fearful surprised empathetic calm curious