About The Old Don Jail
The Old Don Jail is a sight (Historic sites) in Toronto, in the North Riverdale district. The address is 550 Gerrard St E, M4M 2B5 Toronto. Up-to-date information is available on its own website, and you can reach it by phone at +14163258600. Just around the corner: KFC (restaurant, 85 m) and Colour Cube Guest House (hotel, 563 m).
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- Sight › Historic sites
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- Address
- 550 Gerrard St E
M4M 2B5 Toronto, Canada - District
- North Riverdale
- Phone
- +14163258600
- Website
- www.thedonjail.com
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- Coordinates
- 43.66588° N · -79.35437° E
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The former Don Jail was completed in 1864 with a capacity for 184 inmates. It is notorious for the last judicial hangings in Canada in 1962. Despite its grim history, the building is attractive architecturally, looking palatial over a broad green space, having been converted into an administrative building for the Bridgepoint Health complex in 2013. There are pamplets at the jail building entrances for a self-guided tour of the interior. Inside you will see the rotunda with a contemporary art displays, and a number of fixtures of the old jail. There is a preserved cell block. A short explanatory video is available. Hubbard Park, on the south side of the building, contains explanatory plaques, the former gate house and former jail warden's residence. On the north side is an attractive park containing plants, fountains and more explanatory plaques.
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