York Club

The York Club is a private social club that was incorporated on November 22, 1909. It is located at 135 St. George Street in The Annex neighbourhood of central Toronto, Ontario, Canada, close to the University of Toronto.

The York Club in 2013.
The George Gooderham house in 1892, seen from the southwest corner of Bloor and St. George streets.

The club's building was originally constructed between 1889 and 1892 as a residence for businessman George Gooderham Sr. (1830–1905) and his large family.[1] Gooderham was a son of William Gooderham (1790–1881) and served as president of the Gooderham and Worts distillery.[2] The house was designed in the Romanesque Revival style by architect David Roberts Jr., who also designed the Gooderham Building downtown.

After Gooderham died in May 1905, at the age of 75, his widow Harriet Gooderham (née Dean) sold the house and moved to a smaller home nearby at 224 St. George Street.[3] The York Club has owned the building since 1910.

References
  1. "The York Club". Occasional Toronto. Retrieved 15 February 2011.
  2. Dean Beeby, "George Gooderham" in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 13, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 1994. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
  3. "York Club". Points of Interest Along Lost Streams. Retrieved 6 March 2011.


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