Empress Hotel (Toronto)

Empress Hotel
335 Yonge Street in 1979
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Former namesEdison Hotel
General information
StatusDemolished
Location335 Yonge Street,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates43°39′27″N 79°22′52″W / 43.6574°N 79.3810°W / 43.6574; -79.3810
Opened1888
Demolished2011
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The Empress Hotel was a three-storey red-brick building at the corner of Yonge and Gould streets in downtown Toronto. It was destroyed by fire on January 3, 2011. The hotel was opened in 1888. The hotel changed hands several times. The property ceased operating as a hotel in the mid-1970s.