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Casa Loma photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation

Casa Loma photograph.
Photograph © Wayne Lorentz/Artefaqs Corporation

Casa Loma photograph.
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Casa Loma

Built: 1911-1914
Cost: CAN$3,500,000
Designed by: E.J. Lennox
Type: Palace-Castle-Fortress
Stories: 4
Location: 1 Austin Terrace, Toronto, Canada
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  • This house would have had Canada's first indoor swimming pool, but it was never completed.
  • Three bowling alleys were never completed.
  • The ceiling of the Great Hall is 60 feet high.
  • There is an underground passage connecting the house with the stables across the street.

  • Rooms: 98
  • Secret passages: 2

  • 1911: Construction began on this house.
  • 1914: Construction was completed
  • 1923: The home's owner, Sir Henry Mill Pellatt was forced to leave his home when the City of Toronto increased his taxes 1,000%.
  • 1925: This building was reopened as a hotel.
  • 1929: The hotel closed.
  • 1933: The City of Toronto seized the house for back taxes. Sir Henry sold the home for $27,303.
  • 1937: The City of Toronto turns over operation of the building to the Kiwanis Club as a tourist attraction.

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  • The Pellatt coat of arms on the wall in the library.
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  • This was one of the filming locations for the movie Chicago
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  • This was one of the filming locations for the movie The Pacifier
  • This was one of the filming locations for the movie The Tuxedo
  • This was one of the filming locations for the movie X-Men




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