Cawthra House
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| Cawthra House | |
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  Location within Toronto | |
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| Coordinates | 43°38′57″N 79°22′46″W / 43.64917°N 79.37944°W |
Cawthra House is the name of two of three homes associated with the Cawthra family in the Greater Toronto Area.
The first Cawthra house was a mansion completed in 1853 for businessman William Cawthra by architect Joseph Sheard and William Irving.
The Toronto residence was one of several properties of the influential Cawthra family in Toronto. It became a branch of Molsons Bank in 1885, then a Sterling Bank from 1908 and finally home to Canada Life Assurance Company from 1926 until 1929.[1]
Attempts to preserve the house failed and by 1949 it was demolished to make way for the Bank of Nova Scotia Building, now part of Scotia Plaza.[2]
John Cawthra House
The second house was built for John Cawthra (1789–1851) in 1830 as a home and retail store. It is still standing at 262 Main Street North in Newmarket, Ontario.[3]
