Coordinates: 44°36′24″N 79°25′10″W / 44.606529°N 79.419324°W / 44.606529; -79.419324

Tudhope Building

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Tudhope Building
File:Orillia City Hall.jpg
Orillia City Hall wing of Tudhope Building
Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 411: Malformed coordinates value.
EtymologyNamed for James Brockett Tudhope
General information
LocationOrillia, Ontario, Canada
CoordinatesLua error in Module:Coordinates at line 489: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Current tenantsCity of Orillia, Lakehead University, private residences
Completed1909 (1909)

Tudhope Building is a multi-use building with western wing home to Orillia City Council since 1997[1] while the eastern wing is used as condominiums and as a satellite location for Lakehead University.[2] From 1909 to 1990s it was a manufacturing facility. The building is named for James Brockett Tudhope, who founded the Tudhope Motor Company and later served as reeve/mayor of Orillia.

Car Plant

[edit | edit source]

The building was formerly home to Tudhope Carriage and Motor Company built in 1909[3] and became home to the 'Tudhope Anderson Company from 1910 to 1936.[4]

War Production

[edit | edit source]

The building was a war plant supply military parts during World War I and World War II.[4]

OTACO/Redlaw Industries

[edit | edit source]

Tudhope Anderson Company was renamed as Orillia Tudhope Anderson Company (OTACO) in 1936 and switchted to producing consumer goods, sold to R.M. Barr (later as Bartaco) in 1961 and later sold to Redlaw Industries in 1984 which closed the plant in 1990.[4]

OPP Headquarters

[edit | edit source]

During the early 1990s the building was used as Ontario Provincial Police Headquarters until their new building was completed in 1995.

Conversion

[edit | edit source]

Since the 1995 the building has been converted for institutional use. In 2004 while undergoing renovations when parts of the building collapsed.[2]

The western wing houses Orillia City Hall/Council and the eastern wing is used as condominiums and as a satellite location for Lakehead University.[1]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ a b Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  3. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  4. ^ a b c Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).