Whitney Block, Toronto

Name: Whitney Block
Address: Toronto, Canada

#434 among attractions in Toronto

Gothic Revival architecture

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The Whitney Block is a Government of Ontario office building located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located across the street from the Ontario Legislative Building, and contains the offices of the Premier of Ontario and most cabinet ministers. The street address of Whitney Block is 99 Wellesley Street West, though the principal facade faces west towards Queen's Park Crescent and the Ontario Legislature. The building is linked to the legislature by a tunnel under the street, by a bridge to the Macdonald Block, and through there via another tunnel to the subway. The Modern Gothic-Art Deco structure was built in 1926 by architect F. R. Heakes and the tower was added in 1932. Whitney Block is faced with Queenston limestone. The facade is ornamented by repeated sequences of quatrefoils, and figures designed by Charles Adamson, which represent abstract ideals like justice, tolerance, wisdom and power, as well as more ordinary pursuits such a mining, forestry, labour, law, education and farming. The floors are made of marble mined in Bancroft. ()

Completed: 1926 (98 years ago)Coordinates: 43°39'42"N, 79°23'28"W

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Downtown Toronto (Bay Street Corridor)Toronto Canada

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Whitney Block – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: College Park, University College, Hart House, Queen's Park.

0.4 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
College Park, Toronto
11 min walk • Nestled in the heart of downtown Toronto, College Park is a vibrant shopping centre that serves as a key destination for both locals and visitors alike. This bustling hub of commerce and leisure is strategically situated at the intersection of College Street and Yonge...
~1250 ftW
Museum
University College, Toronto
7 min walk • University College, popularly referred to as UC, is a constituent college of the University of Toronto, created in 1853 specifically as an institution of higher learning free of religious affiliation.
~1110 ftNW
Museum, Art museum, Gothic Revival architecture
Hart House, Toronto
6 min walk • Hart House is a student activity centre at the University of Toronto. Established in 1919, it is one of the earliest North American student centres, being the location of student debates and conferences since its construction.
~1080 ftN
Memorial, Park, National park
Queen's Park, Toronto
6 min walk • Queen's Park is an urban park in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1860 by Edward, Prince of Wales, it was named in honour of Queen Victoria. The park is the site of the Ontario Legislative Building, which houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario.
0.4 miE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Event space
The Carlu, Toronto
11 min walk • The Carlu is an historic event space in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1930 and known as the eponymous "Eaton's Seventh Floor", the venue was restored and reopened in 2003, renamed for its original architect.
~330 ftNW
Romanesque architecture, Architecture
Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto
2 min walk • The Ontario Legislative Building is a structure in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It houses the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and the viceregal suite of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and offices for members of the provincial parliament.
~1200 ftW
Music and shows, Nightlife, Music venue
Convocation Hall, Toronto
6 min walk • Convocation Hall is a domed rotunda on the grounds of the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Designed by Darling and Pearson and completed in 1907, its radially planned interior has been compared to the grand amphitheatre of the Sorbonne and the Sheldonian Theatre at Oxford, although no specific precedent is truly known.
~1770 ftN
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
St. Basil's Church, Toronto
9 min walk • St. Basil's Church, built in 1856, is the founding church of the Congregation of St. Basil in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the college church of St. Michael's College, Toronto, and a parish church serving a large local congregation.
~220 ftSW
Memorial
Ontario Veterans' Memorial, Toronto
2 min walk • Ontario Veterans' War Memorial is a 30-metre-long granite wall located on the front south lawn of Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The wall was designed by Allan Harding MacKay and landscape architectural firm Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg.
~1270 ftNW
Gothic Revival architecture, Tower
Soldiers' Tower, Toronto
7 min walk • Soldiers' Tower is a bell and clock tower at the University of Toronto that commemorates members of the university who served in the World Wars.
~810 ftNW
Universities and schools
University of Toronto Faculty of Music, Toronto
4 min walk • The Faculty of Music at the University of Toronto is one of several professional faculties at the University of Toronto. The Faculty of Music is located at the Edward Johnson Building, just south of the Royal Ontario Museum and north of Queen's Park, west of Museum Subway Station.

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Which popular attractions are close to Whitney Block?

Nearby attractions include Ontario Veterans' Memorial, Toronto (2 min walk), Ontario Legislative Building, Toronto (2 min walk), Frost Building South, Toronto (3 min walk), Gerstein Science Information Centre, Toronto (4 min walk).

How to get to Whitney Block by public transport?

The nearest stations to Whitney Block:

Bus

Wellesley Street West • Lines: 19, 94A (7 min walk)
Queen's Park Crescent East • Lines: 94A (4 min walk)

Tram

Queen's Park • Lines: 306, 506 (4 min walk)
University Avenue • Lines: 306, 506 (4 min walk)

Metro

Queen's Park • Lines: 1 (4 min walk)
Museum • Lines: 1 (10 min walk)