Skip to main content
Digital Archive Toronto Public Library Homepage
Three-storey, vine covered brick building with roof gables and porte-cochere at entrance.
William Mellis Christie House, Queen's Park Crescent East, northeast corner of St. Alban's Street (now Wellesley Street West), Toronto, Ontario
Three-storey, vine covered brick building with roof gables and porte-cochere at entrance.

William Mellis Christie House, Queen's Park Crescent East, northeast corner of St. Alban's Street (now Wellesley Street West), Toronto, Ontario

DateOctober 15 1926
Names
(photographer)
Format
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: R. J. Christie home sold to Sisters of St. Joseph. When the home of the late Robert Jaffray Christie, at 25 Queen's Park, was sold yesterday to Mr. Leonard Smith, who is said to be acting for the Sisters of St. Joseph, the only freehold property in Queen's Park changed hands. The reported price is $125,000. The total assessment on the property is $76,311 and it is situated at the northeast corner of St. Alban's street, opposite the new Whitney government block. The late William Christie originally bought the property from the authorities of the University of Toronto, who at first desired to give the lands on a rental basis, but after consideration sold the property outright. Upon his death, Robert J. Christie, his son, wished to enlarge the residence and obtained further land from the University officials.

Published in the Toronto Daily Star, 15 October 1926, page 2, with article, "St. Joseph Sisters buy in Queen's Park"    
Language
ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0112983F
Country:Canada
City, town or township:Toronto
East-west street:Wellesley Street
Neighbourhood:University
Province or state:Ontario