Built in 1833 for owners Daniel Brooke and John Murchison, it was rebuilt before 1849[1] and damaged by the Toronto Fire of 1849.

In 1843, James Austin and Patrick Foy opened a retail and wholesale grocery business in the building.

[3] After the 1849 fire, the building housed The Patriot newspaper, whose offices on the south-east corner had been destroyed.

[4] From the 1930s, the lower level housed the Sportsman's Shop, a Toronto icon that mostly sold army/navy surplus.

In 1998, the block was integrated into a condominium project known as King George Square, with a new tower in behind.