Coffin Block Building

Photo of The Coffin Block by F. W. Micklethwaite, circa 1885

The Coffin Block Building at Front and Church Streets was the first Flatiron building in Toronto, Canada. The 3 storey structure was built in 1845? as an annex to The Wellington hotel on Church Street. The basement housed the office of William Weller (of Cobourg) Stagecoach Company from 1830-1835. The unique shape of the building was due to the intersecting roads of Front Street and Wellington Streets at Church Street. The building is also seen in a Bartlett print, "Fish Market" from 1839-42. Further research dates it to the early 1830s. See http://www.townofyork.com/pages/legend-03-town-of-york.html

In the 1890s, it was replaced with the Gooderham's Flatiron Building.

See also

• Distillery District
• List of buildings named Flatiron Building

References

• The History of the Gooderham Building and its Surrounding Area

Coordinates: 43°38′54″N 79°22′28″W / 43.64836°N 79.37432°W