Osgoode Hall stands at the northeast corner of Queen Street West and University Avenue in Toronto. It's home to the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Superior Court of Justice and is the headquarters of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
The Law Society acquired six acres of land here in 1828, and the original two and a half storey building was started in 1829 and finished in 1832, with expansion in the 1840s, 1850s and 1880s.
Almost 200 years ago, this area was farmland and fields created from bushland and forest.
The property is surrounded by an intricate cast iron fence built in 1868, supposedly to keep the neighbourhood cows out. No cows anywhere near now, as this is as definitely considered downtown.
Very cool iron work, eh? I have to get into Toronto again and see it through the camera lens. It's been too long. Thanks for this invite. :)
ReplyDeleteIt looks peaceful inside that beautiful gate.
ReplyDeleteCows? Hahaha - that's a laugh. I do love that intricate ironwork. Looks like something out of a novel! You must have had a good visit.
ReplyDeletelovely! what do they call Toronto..."Toronto the Good"? I forget. It's a great place, and I absolutely fell in love with it the first time I visited there.
ReplyDeleteIt is an oasis of calm in the middle of the city isn't it.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the fence kept hogs out, after all Toronto was called Hogtown for many years...lol
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That fence is a beauty!
ReplyDeletei love the ironwork too
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a BEAUTIFUL Place....I love seeing a Fence like that with all sorts of things groewing around it and behind it....A lot of History here....!
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome!
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