20 Albert Street

For many years this landmark, Territorial Headquarters for The Salvation Army, was central to the territory and the work of The Army. It was the place where we went to enter Toronto Temple as well. With an auditorium that could seat near 1400 it was a gathering place for many events.

I just happened to be at the office last week and found a painting of the corner of the building – it doesn’t show the whole building but it is very recognizable for those of us who knew this building.\

So I just included this for you to see. The property was sold to

The Toronto archives describes this as Toronto’s first modernist building. The architect has a series of famous buildings which you can find here.

Here’s the painting.

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