Casa Loma

Casa Loma, a Gothic Revival mansion and garden on Toronto’s Davenport escarpment, was built for Sir Henry Pellatt and designed by E. J. Lennox between 1911 and 1914. Then the largest private residence in Canada, it combined grandeur with modern features such as an elevator, central vacuum system, secret passages, and extensive gardens. Pellatt’s financial troubles after the First World War forced his departure, and the city seized the estate in 1924. After periods as a hotel, entertainment venue, wartime research site, and near-vacancy, Casa Loma was preserved and adapted as a historic attraction, later restored and expanded in use as a museum, film location, and event venue.

Ontario · Canada