Beard Building
The Beard Building was a seven-storey, Richardsonian Romanesque highrise in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Designed by E. J. Lennox, and completed in 1894, Initial plans were for a nine-storey, iron-framed structure, but a more traditional wood/brick combination with seven storeys was settled upon.
The Beard Building was a bank at street level, a commercial and office tower, and a hotel. The hotel never opened due to the design of the building. The building was named after George Beard, the original landowner of the site.
The Beard Building was demolished in 1935 and was replaced by a gas station a few years after being demolished.
