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King Street Gaol (1824)

1820s establishments in Upper CanadaBuildings and structures demolished in 1957Defunct prisons in OntarioDemolished buildings and structures in TorontoGovernment buildings completed in 1824
Infrastructure completed in 1824
Toronto ou York capitale du Haut Canada août 1829
Toronto ou York capitale du Haut Canada août 1829

The second King Street Gaol (also known as the Toronto Jail) was built in 1824 to replace the first King Street Gaol in York, Upper Canada (now Toronto). At that time, the town needed a larger, better constructed jail to replace the original, which was little more than a plain log building with a stockade. The new two-storey brick building was built two blocks east on the north-east corner of King Street and Toronto Street with a wooden stockade enclosing its gallows.After the jail closed, the building was used as an insane asylum, then incorporated into the York Chambers Building. The facade of old jail could still be seen from the side and was eventually demolished in 1957. At one point the jail and old courthouse was part of a proposed Guild Hall complex, but the project was later abandoned. The current site is now Courthouse Park and old Court House (or Adelaide Street Courthouse) to the north still stands.

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King Street Gaol (1824)
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Toronto ou York capitale du Haut Canada août 1829
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