[1][2] Additionally, the building is an irreplaceable element in King Street's continuum of commercial architecture dating from the pre-Confederation era to the present and is likely one of the oldest surviving sheet metal facades in the country.

Herring tea brokers, the Empire Newspaper, Canada Cycle Company and Bessie Brown Hats.

A high-fashion women's store named Foster's moved into Victoria Hall in 1952 and about 10 years later it also took over the MacKay space next door.

The key elements that relate to the heritage value of this site include: After Fosters, a Willowdale dentist took ownership of the buildings.

They hired the Toronto engineering firm of Tran Dieu & Associates, which has come up with a $3 million plan that includes retail, office and 10 live-work spaces, popular in other cities.

Victoria Hall was designated a National Historic Site in 1995 as a superior and rare example of a commercial building with a decorative, hand-made architectonic sheet metal facade.

Victoria Hall's well-designed and well-crafted three-story metal facade, made up of high-relief architectural elements, was, at the time of designation, largely intact.