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The oldest active stations in Toronto were built in 1878 with clock towers:

  • Station 312 at 34 Yorkville Avenue is a 2 storey brick built in 1878 with coat of arms from the old '''Yorkville Town Hall''' and has 3 bays (additional bay added later). Restored in 1974 .

  • Station 315 at 132 Bellevue Avenue is a 2 storey brick built in 1878 and has 4 bays (additional 3 bays added later)


Some stations were patterned after the houses found in Amsterdam :

  • Station 343 at 65 Hendrick Avenue is a 3 storey brick built in 1916 and has 2 bays

  • Station 344 at 240 Howland Avenue is a 3 storey brick built in 1910 and has 2 bays

  • Station 227 at 1904 Queen Street East is a 3 storey brick built 1905 with clock tower and has 2 bays

  • Station 311 at 20 Balmoral Avenue ("Knights of Balmoral") 3 storey brick built in 1911 and has 2 bays



Tudor-like stations were built in the early 1930 s:

  • Station 131 at 3135 Yonge Street is a 2 storey Tudor-style home built in 1931 with 2 bays

  • Station 134 at 16 Montgomery Avenue is a 2 storey Tudor-style home built in 1932 with 2 bays


Station 324 at 840 Gerrard Street East is a 2 storey Art Deco built in 1934 and has 3 bays

Formal brick structures were built in the turn of the century:

  • Station 313 at 12 Grosvenor Street or ("Pumper 313 Running the Strip")is a 3 storey brick built in 1926 with 2 bays


  • Station 342 at 106 Ascot Avenue is a 2 storey brick built in 1912 with 1 bay


Some stations appeared to converted homes:

  • Station 424 at 462 Runnymede Road is a 2 storey brick built in 1929 with 2 bays

  • Station 425 at 83 DeForest Road is a 2 storey brick (converted home) built in 1930 with 2 bays

  • Station 435 at 130 Eighth Street - "R435: The Lone Wolf") is a 2 storey brick built 1930 with 4 bays

  • Station 226 at 87 Main Street is a 3 storey brick built in 1930 with 2 bays

  • Station 135 at 641 Eglinton Avenue West 2 storey brick 1932 with 2 bays


Station # 114 in North York was formerly North York FD Station 1 (Ivan M Nelson Fire Station). The colonial revival was built in 1942 by Murray Brown on the site of a former municipal building. An additional bay was added in 1952 .
The original station was located in current day Empress Wall . The station was torned down in 1989 , but the hose tower was preserved and the stone entrance incorporated with the rear exit at the mall.
Station # 114 was renamed IVan M Nelson Station.