Distillery District - Buildings

Buildings

The former distillery consisted of a series of buildings, centred around a seven-storey windmill and wharf. Although the windmill and wharf have long since been demolished, the inventory of the main structures on the site is as follows:

  • the Stonehouse Distillery, designed by David Roberts Sr., near the then shoreline of Lake Ontario;
  • a 31-metre (100 ft) chimneystack;
  • the Malt House (built in 1860), now called the Maltings;
  • Double-D Rackhouse;
  • the Molasses Storage building;
  • the Boiler House - Land Mark;
  • the Tank House - Land Mark;
  • the Stables;
  • the Cannery;
  • the Paint Shop;
  • the various tankhouses (originally seven of which only three survive today);
  • the Denaturing Room;
  • the Crapper;
  • Rack Houses M, G, and J;
  • the Pump House - Land Mark;
  • the Case Goods Warehouse;
  • the Wharf (now demolished);
  • the Cooperage;
  • the Outhouse;
  • the Grain Elevator and Warehouse, located at the wharf (and since demolished);
  • the Pure Spirits Building (built in 1870); and
  • the Grist Mill/Windmill, which was built in 1832 at a height of 21 metres (71 ft). It ceased to be a windmill in 1846, and was rebuilt after damage from a storm in the 1850s and disappeared by 1866. A replica was built in 1954, but it was demolished to make way for the Gardiner Expressway.

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