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Pure Spirits Building

3 Tank House Lane

Located on the east side of Trinity Street, the Pure Spirits group contains seven buildings that are linked physically, functionally, and architecturally. Built in 1873 for alcohol purification (aka, rectification) and storage, these buildings dominate the east side of Trinity Street, define the south side of Tank House Lane, and present some of the finest industrial architecture on the site. Stills were located in the structures fronting on Trinity Street, while storage tanks were located in one-storey warehouses behind. Given the potentially explosive nature of the process, the Pure Spirits buildings contained large amounts of glass and wood that would have blown out to save the buildings. The architect solved the practical problem with unusual elegance.

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Stone Distillery

28 Distillery Lane

The largest and oldest building in the Distillery District is David Roberts Sr.’s distinctive Stone Distillery that opened in early 1861. Built of limestone brought from Kingston by schooners, the Stone Distillery remained the only building of limestone built by Gooderham & Worts, although many other red-brick buildings designed by Roberts and his son, David Roberts Jr., sit on limestone bases that help unify the site visually.

Other distinctive features were its location on the edge of Toronto Bay, the proximity of railway tracks running along what is now Stone House Walk, and its tie plates, corbels, and double-timber-beam construction. The exterior of the building looked remarkably similar to today’s except for the replacement of the lake by a parking lot.

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