1914 – Ford Motor Company, Christie Street, Toronto

Still standing today, but in use as office space. Like so many of the early Ford plants, designed by inhouse architect George Graham. Many like this were sited closed to railway lines for transportation of materials and finished product. Very similar in design to another Ford Motor Co. plant in Fargo ND also of 1914.

“Reproduced herewith is the architects’ perspective of the new factory which the Ford Motor Company of Canada propose to erect on the northwest corner of Christie and Dupont streets, at a cost of $250,000. The new addition will be five storeys high and the exterior will be of face brick trimmed with terra cotta. The building will be absolutely fireproof, and the flat slab construction, giving a maximum span between the columns, will be adopted. A roof paved with tile, will afford 21,000 square feet for testing. There will be two large freight elevators, one running to the roof and two service stairways. A covered loading platform will enclose a space 95 ft. by 50 ft. The floor area of each floor will be 21,320 sq.ft., and the floor area of the entire building, not including basement and roof, 106,605 sq.ft. The heating apparatus will be installed in the basement, which has an area of 5,00 sq.ft. Excavations for the building are now in progress. The architect is Mr. John Graham, of Detroit, Mich., and the general contractors are Messrs. F.J. Mark Construction Company, Birmingham, Alabama.”
Engineering and Contract Record, May 6, 1914

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