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1904: Lassonde Mining Building

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Chemistry and Mining Building, ca. 1906

University of Toronto Archives, A1965-0004/012 (7.1)

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Address: 170 College Street

Architect: Francis Riley Heakes with Frank Darling (1904) with renovations completed by Baird Sampson Neuert Architects Inc. (2011)

Date Opened: 1904

Previous Names: Chemistry and Mining Building, Mining Building

Construction began in 1902 after the Ontario Government agreed to allocate funds towards the construction of a new building on College Street. This building was intended to be a new space for the University and the School of Practical Science. When the building was opened in 1904, it was called the Chemistry and Mining Building. [4] [5]

1904: Lassonde Mining Building