Dundas Doctor's Office c.1848

Dundas Doctor's Office c.1848. Originally Located at 85 King St. W. - Operated by Six Doctors from 1848 to 1974. , This building originally stood at 85 King Street W, and served continuously as a doctor's office for six physicians from 1848 to 1974., It is an early example of Canadian Gothic Revival architecture, a style which became popular in the mid 1800s with the emergence of Romanticism and a renewed interest in medieval art. The result is a building that looks as if it belongs in an illustration to Grimm's Fairy Tales. The office became an icon of Dundas' main thoroughfare and was passed down from doctor to doctor throughout the years. Many of these doctors lived in a house which stood next door at 87 King St. W., In 1974, the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) next door, planned an expansion project that jeopardized the building. Dr. Bates, the last doctor to occupy the office, decided to move his practice to another King Street location and donate the historic structure to the Dundas Museum and Archives. Restoration was performed on the building which included the addition of a side door and central staircase. In July of 1976, the Doctor's Office became the first property in Dundas to be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act.