Casa Loma 1258
by Guy Whiteley
Title
Casa Loma 1258
Artist
Guy Whiteley
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Photograph - Photograph
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Casa Loma - Hill House (1258). A Gothic Revival style house and gardens in Toronto. Now a museum and national landmark. Sir Henry Pellatt had the stone mansion built for his residence in 1911. The house cost about $3.5M and took 300 workers three years to build. Because of the start of WWI, construction was halted. Construction was still not complete by WWII. During World War II, Casa Loma was used to conceal research on sonar, and for construction of sonar devices (known as ASDIC) for U-boat detection. It should be noted that most of the work went on behind an area simply segregated with an "Under Repairs" sign, behind a simple sheet. This allowed endless people to come and go dressed as workmen, right under the public's nose. Today it is one of Toronto's most popular tourist attractions.
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April 19th, 2013
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