Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop
The Canadian Northern Railway Eastern Lines Locomotive Shop is the largest surviving structure of the former Leaside Terminal. Completed in 1919, the Locomotive Shop's symmetrical features, tall windows, and shallow buttresses were typical of engine house design. Each engine was moved to one of 12 service bays by the transfer table, which was shared with the Passenger Car Repair Shop to the east.
With the opening, in 1927, of yards and shops at Spadina Avenue, west of Union Station, the Leaside Terminal declined in importance. The Locomotive Shop closed in the early 1930s. The building was then acquired by E. S. & A. Robinson, which used it as part of their package factory until 1954. The Locomotive Shop survived the demolition of surrounding industrial buildings and, in 2012, became part of a commercial complex.
Plaque via Alan L. Brown's site Toronto Plaques. Full page here.