St. George on Sheldrake
Eglinton United Church, a red-brick church of 1923 by Horwood & White just off Yonge north of Eglinton, whose congregation began as a Methodist chapel on Yonge in the 1830s. Converted by Rosecorp in 2001–03 into 34 very large lofts, some over 4,000 square feet, with ceilings up to 24 feet.
History of St. George on Sheldrake
The congregation started as a small Wesleyan Methodist chapel on Yonge Street around 1830, when Eglinton was a village on the road north of Toronto, and grew into Eglinton Methodist Church. In 1923 it moved into this building on Sheldrake Boulevard, designed by the Toronto architects Horwood & White, who were asked to make it recall Keble College at Oxford: red brick, limestone trim and solid, simplified Romanesque proportions.
The church became Eglinton United Church when the Methodists joined the United Church of Canada in 1925, and it boomed with the neighbourhood: by 1940 it had almost 2,000 members and more than 1,000 children in Sunday school, and a Christian Education wing was added in 1957. As congregations shrank, a private school used the lower level from 1978 to 1999.
Rosecorp converted the church between 2001 and 2003 into 34 lofts, among the biggest in the city, some over 4,000 square feet, with ceilings from 10 to 24 feet and the old church windows. The church hall and Sunday school wing were taken down and rebuilt as part of the project, with underground parking, and Gothic-arched mirrors in the foyer recall the building's past.
St. George on Sheldrake: quick facts
Where is St. George on Sheldrake?
St. George on Sheldrake is at 65 Sheldrake Boulevard, Toronto, near Yonge & Sheldrake, in Yonge-Eglinton.
When was St. George on Sheldrake built, and what was it originally?
It was built in 1923. Eglinton United Church, a red-brick church of 1923 by Horwood & White just off Yonge north of Eglinton, whose congregation began as a Methodist chapel on Yonge in the 1830s.
What kind of loft is St. George on Sheldrake?
St. George on Sheldrake is a hard loft: an older industrial or commercial building converted into homes, keeping features like brick, beams and big windows.
How many units are in St. George on Sheldrake?
St. George on Sheldrake has 34 units.
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