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Casa Loma

Description: The former home of Canadian financier Sir Henry Pellatt, Canada's foremost castle is complete with decorated suites, ... more

Casa Loma ... secret passages, an 800-foot tunnel, towers, stables, and beautiful 5-acre estate gardens.

Newest Review: ... CDN$1.7 million. The outer wall of the estate is made up of more than 250,000 stones. Sir Henry paid locals CDN$1 for each stone they brought to Casa Loma. The Library was used as a dancefloor when the Casa Loma was converted into a hotel. Room rates were CDN$500 a month. Sir Henry attended the auction of his property in June 1924. He described the first day as "the saddest of my ... more

... life" but was laughing and smoking cigars in the Great Hall by the end of day three. He described the sale of his art work, which included Old Masters and oils by Van Dyck, Turner and Sir Joshua Reynolds and took him over 45 years to collect, as "...more

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Casa Loma: Canada's Castle (2509 words)
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The son of a British bank clerk who later became president of the Toronto Stock Exchange, Sir Henry Pellatt made his fortune through opportune investments in Northwest Land Co. and the Canadian Pacific Railway as the great Canadian west was opened up to development in the early-1880s. At the age of 20 he installed 32 electric lights in the previously gas-lit centre of Toronto, and followed this up by founding Toronto Niagara Power Company, harnessing the power of Niagara Falls to supply electricity to houses, business and public transport in the city. In 1903 he purchased a 20-acre property in the elegant Davenport Hill area of Toronto and engaged the renowned architect ... Read the complete review