John Finch's Hotel

Finch Hotel was an inn located in current-day Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was opened in 1848 by John Finch on Lot #2, Concession #1, with a land size of 200 acres (81 ha). Before Finch bought the property in 1847, it was owned by John and Alexander Montgomery. Finch retired in 1860 and leased it to a succession of innkeepers before selling it to Charles McBride in 1873. McBride demolished the hotel and used the timber from it to build the Bedford Park Hotel.

Finch Avenue, a main arterial road in Toronto and the surrounding Peel Region and Durham Region, was named after John Finch.

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Finch Hotel was operated by a series of innkeepers:

The inn was sold to Charles McBride, who demolished the building and took timbers to build the Bedford Park Hotel at another site on Yonge Street. The site is now a parkette and condos on 1 and 3 Pemberton Avenue. To the west of the hotel was Stop 35 of the North Yonge Railways, a radial railway that ran from Toronto to Lake Simcoe.[citation needed]

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References

  1. 1 2 Osbaldeston, Mark; Berchem, F. R. (Hamish); Armstrong, Frederick H.; Kennedy, Scott; Pitfield, Jane (2014-03-14). Toronto Neighbourhoods 7-Book Bundle: A City in the Making / Unbuilt Toronto / Unbuilt Toronto 2 / Leaside / Opportunity Road / Willowdale / The Yonge Street Story, 1793-1860. Dundurn. ISBN 978-1-4597-2899-8.
  2. ↑ NYHS (2023-03-01). "Finch and Sheppard". North York Historical Society. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Hotels and Inns".

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43°46′52″N 79°24′51″W / 43.781087°N 79.414244°W / 43.781087; -79.414244