Rossin House Hotel

The original structure was built in 1856-1857 (corner was occupied by Chewitt Building) and was destroyed by a fire and re-built in 1863.

"[1] The five-storey hotel was renamed the Prince George Hotel in 1909 after the future monarch, George V. It was demolished in 1969 to make way for the architect Mies van der Rohe's Toronto-Dominion Centre, with the corner being further developed in 1984 for The Standard Life Centre.

[2] While it is always difficult to define what exactly constitutes "upscale", a surviving dinner menu from Friday, April 9, 1869, with its wine list,[3] provides a valuable insight and is striking when it is considered that only 50 years earlier, Toronto was a muddy imperial backwater.

The list includes a selection of Bordeaux "claret" wines, such as a "Barton & Gestier Château Margaux 1847" at $3 a bottle (approximately equivalent to $80 today).

Josef Gungl wrote a piano piece entitled the "Rossin House Gallop".