# Coffin Block Building > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coffin_Block_Building > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Coffin_Block_Building.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_Block_Building > Source revision: 1334515402 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Building in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2026}} [[Image:WholsaleStoresFrontandWellington.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo of the Coffin Block by [F. W. Micklethwaite](/source/F._W._Micklethwaite), circa 1885]] The '''Coffin Block Building''' at Front and Church streets was the first [flatiron building](/source/List_of_buildings_named_Flatiron_Building) in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada. The 3-storey [Georgian](/source/Georgian_architecture) structure was built some time before 1838 (based on a Bartlett print of the building drawn in 1838){{Cite web | url=http://www.virtualreferencelibrary.ca/detail.jsp?Entt=RýDMDC-B1-26B&R=DC-B1-26B&searchPageType=vrl | title=Redirecting your request to eMuseum host }} and in 1845 became an annex to ''The Wellington'' hotel on Church Street. The basement housed the office of the [William Weller](/source/William_Weller) (of [Cobourg](/source/Cobourg%2C_Ontario)) Stagecoach Company from 1830 to 1835. William Weller operated the east/west Stagecoach line operating from Eastern Ontario to Hamilton area. In 1832, William bought the north/south Stagecoach line from John Playter of Richmond Hill. William operated the north/south Stagecoach line until 1840, when he sold it to Charles P.Thompson of Summerhill, who operated a Steamship service on Lake Simcoe and needed a means to move his ship passengers south to York (Toronto) The stage coach office at the apex of the building was added later. A business under the name J.M. McCuaig was located in the building as well. The M & L Samuel Company (now [Samuel, Son & Co.](/source/Samuel%2C_Son_%26_Co.)) were based out of the building from 1855 until 1881.{{cite web |last=Keddy |first=Steven |title=Spotlight On... Samuel, Son & Co., Limited |url=http://www.ssw-americas.com/pdf/SSWAM201212.pdf |work=Stainless Steel World America |date=December 2012 |access-date=January 20, 2021}} The unique shape of the building was due to the intersecting roads of [Front Street](/source/Front_Street_(Toronto)) and Wellington Street at [Church Street](/source/Church_Street_(Toronto)). The building is also seen in a Bartlett print, "Fish Market", from 1839 to 1842. Further research dates it to the early 1830s.{{Cite web |url=http://www.townofyork.com/pages/legend-03-town-of-york.html |title=Legend 03 |access-date=2014-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072118/http://www.townofyork.com/pages/legend-03-town-of-york.html |archive-date=2014-10-06 |url-status=dead }} In the 1890s, it was replaced with the Gooderhams' [Flatiron Building](/source/Gooderham_Building). ==See also== * [Distillery District](/source/Distillery_District) * [List of buildings named Flatiron Building](/source/List_of_buildings_named_Flatiron_Building) ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Coffin Block}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20021212122744/http://www.brucebelltours.com/html/gooderham_bldg_.html The History of the Gooderham Building and its Surrounding Area] {{coord|43.64836|N|79.37432|W|display=title}} Category:Buildings and structures in Toronto Category:Demolished buildings and structures in Toronto Category:Hotel buildings completed in 1845 {{Ontario-struct-stub}} {{Toronto-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Coffin Block Building](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_Block_Building) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffin_Block_Building?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.