Location: Corner of Dovercourt Rd. and Argyle St.
Date photo taken: 19 April 2014
This beautiful building is known as the Argyle Lofts but once upon a time it was the home of the Ideal Bread Company. Built in 1919, each floor was specially designed to house a stage in the bread-making process. The third floor for example was where the baking of the bread took place and it had higher ceilings to accommodate the ovens.
According to the Heritage Toronto plaque on the side of the building "Montreal architect Sydney Comber designed this factory building in Edwardian Classical style... Window design is unique to each level and reflects the original separation - by factory floors - of the processes of bread production. In the final stage, bread wagons were loaded from the ground-level archways on Argyle Street."
The building ceased to operate as a bakery in 1957 and was used for various purposes before being converted to lofts in 2007. It was designated as a heritage property in 2003.
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