Dominion Public Building
The Dominion Public Building is a five-storey Beaux-Arts neoclassical office building built between 1926 and 1935 for the government of Canada at southeast corner of Front and Bay streets in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
| Dominion Public Building | |
|---|---|
| Former names | Toronto Customs House |
| General information | |
| Status | Completed |
| Architectural style | Beaux-Arts |
| Address | 1 Front Street |
| Town or city | Toronto, Ontario |
| Country | Canada |
| Current tenants | Government of Canada |
| Construction started | 1926 |
| Completed | 1935 |
| Owner | Larco Investments |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | Thomas W. Fuller James Henry Craig |
| Type | government office building |
| Built | 1929–1935 |
| Original use | Classified Federal Heritage Building, designated September 19, 1983 |
| Architect | T.W. Fuller |
| Architectural style(s) | Beaux-Arts design with Neo-Classical decoration |
| Owner | Public Works and Government Services Canada (before 2017) |
Ontario Heritage Act | |
| Designated | May 10, 2017 |
The building was designed by architects Thomas W. Fuller and James Henry Craig and originally served as Toronto's federal customs clearing house for the former Department of National Revenue. It remained a federal property, housing a number of administrative and support functions for the later Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (now the Canada Revenue Agency).
The building's north facade is curved to follow the property line along Front Street east of Bay Street. To the south is CIBC Square, formerly the site of the Union Station Bus Terminal which was previously the CP Express and Freight Building which itself replaced the old Grand Trunk Freight Shed after 1904.
On January 11, 2017, Canada Lands Company announced the pending sale of the property. By March 23, 2017, Larco Investments, owner of Ottawa's Chateau Laurier, had bought the Dominion Public Building.