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Buoyed by a century of success, the Hotel Victoria is Toronto's most venerable boutique hotel. Designed by renowned Canadian architect J.P. Hynes in 1909, and constructed as Toronto's first fireproof building after the Great Fire of 1904, the hotel first opened as the "Hotel Mossop". The Hotel was renamed the "Victoria" in the 1920s, paying tribute to the Queen.
Ever preserving her illustrious past, the Grande Dame of Yonge street is decidedly modern, and has retained her character through a 1980s transformation of the lobby into an airy atrium of architectural steel and glass panels, and her most recent transformation in 2011: a complete designer rejuvenation to celebrate her centennial.
Read about our history on Wikipedia.
Read about the hotel's construction in an article published in 1909
Visit us and book our Historic Walking Tour package
Find us on the great historical interactive iPhone app ZeitagTO
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The Hotel Victoria was built by former hotel clerk Frederick Mossop at the cost $250,000 and took three years of planning and construction. Then known as the Hotel Mossop, it was lauded for its innovative fireproof construction, and its use of Canadian materials. (1909) |
1909 - Hotel Floorplan |
1909 - Ladies' Entrance |
The Human Fly, a daredevil known for scaling tall buildings, entertains a crowd outside of the Hotel Victoria, then known as the Hotel Mossop. (1916) |
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The Hotel Victoria, then the Hotel Mossop, as seen from the Yonge streetcar line. Note the horse and carriage on the left. (1909) |
A view of the Hotel Victoria, then the Hotel Mossop, from the intersection of Yonge and King. |
A view of the Hotel Victoria during the construction of Toronto's Yonge subway line. The then Hotel Mossop was built after the Great Fire of 1904, which destroyed over 100 buildings in the area, and was touted as Canada's first fireproof building. (1949) |
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