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The National Hotel was a hotel built on the southeast corner of King and Sherbourne streets, in Toronto, Ontario.〔〔 〕 The hotel was originally called the "British Exchange Inn" when it was run by its first proprietor George Ross. The hotel was listed in the 1856 Boulton Atlas. In 1861 tax records show it was a three story brick building. The "Terry Museum", one of Toronto's first museums, was housed in the hotel from 1874 to 1878.〔 In 1878 the hotel was called the Grand Central Hotel and was managed by a William Burke, who expanded the building east -- ''"likely in response to legislation enacted under pressure from the temperance movement"''.〔 Hotels needed to offer a certain number of rooms to rent before they were entitled to a liquor license. Charles Brewer, the owner in 1905, further expanded the structure to the south.〔 The architect responsible for the 1905 expansion was Henry Simpson, a protege of E.J. Lennox, whose design was in the Richardsonian Romanesque style.〔 〕 The property was listed on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties in 1973. In 2009 Ram's Head Development, the building's current owners, announced plans to replace the building with an 18 story high-rise.〔 The plan stirred controversy and the City of Toronto applied to have the property designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.〔 The building was protected under the heritage act on October 27, 2009.〔 〕〔 〕 The plan was changed to tear down the building, and its neighbours, but to preserve the building's historic north and west facades.〔 〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「National Hotel, Toronto」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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