Mohawk in Hamilton, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Grove Hall

Photographed by Tim Boyd, December 13, 2024

1. Grove Hall Marker

Inscription.
Built in 1931, Grove Hall was designed as an auditorium and recreation hall for patients.

Originally named Assembly Hall, the building featured a large auditorium with a stage and dressing rooms. With a seating capacity of 800, it was often used to show motion pictures. The basement of the building was outfitted with a bowling alley, billiard room and library of over 5,000 books. The main auditorium was used for variety shows, concerts and dances, and also held church services on Sunday.

Erected by St. Joseph’s Healthcare.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Entertainment • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1931.

Location. 43° 14.544′ N, 79° 53.018′ W. Marker is in Hamilton, Ontario. It is in Mohawk. It is on Juravinski Drive 0.2 kilometers west of West 5th Street, on the right when traveling west. The marker is on the grounds of St. Joseph’s Healthcare West 5th Campus. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hamilton ON L8P 3R2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe,

in the Hamilton-Halton-Brant

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Area,

and specifically in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Gateview (about 240 meters away, measured in a direct line); Lawn Bowling/ Orchard House/ Fire Hall/ Barton Buiding (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); The Honourable Isaac Buchanan and Auchmar/Isaac Buchanan the Builder (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); “Claremont Lodge” and “Auchmar”, 1855 (approx. half a kilometer away); Take a Ride on the Electric Railroad! (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); All Aboard! (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); The Incline Railway (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Mountain View Hotel (approx. 0.7 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hamilton.

Also see . . . Paul Wilson: Wreckers wait for Grove Hall, 1930s palace of play.

It used to be that buildings
Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 2, 2024

2. Grove Hall Marker
the province put up were designed in house. But 1931 marked the completion of one of the first projects turned over to private architects.

The firm was Wright & Noxon of Toronto. The project was to design a recreation hall on the parklike Brow grounds of what many still know as the Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital. Wright & Noxon really wanted to impress their new client – the province of Ontario – and they drew up a beauty. It’s called Grove Hall. It’s built in Colonial Revival style, four tall columns across the front, hipped roof with cupola.

(Submitted on December 13, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Preserved architectural elements of the former Grove Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, April 2, 2024

3. Preserved architectural elements of the former Grove Hall

Ontario Hospital (former Hamilton Asylum), 1920s image. Click for full size.

4. Ontario Hospital (former Hamilton Asylum), 1920s

Credits. This page was last revised on December 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 13, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 227 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 13, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.