Casa Loma stands on a hill overlooking downtown Toronto, Canada, built between 1911 and 1914 for the financier Sir Henry Pellatt to a design by the architect E. J. Lennox in a Gothic Revival castle style inspired by European castles Pellatt admired on his travels. Its features include turrets, secret passages, an oak-paneled great hall, a conservatory, and stables connected to the main house by a long underground tunnel, all built with then-novel amenities such as elevators, electric lighting and a partial central vacuum system throughout the mansion. Pellatt lost the house within a decade of its completion after financial reverses, and the city of Toronto later took ownership of the property, which now operates as a museum and event venue. It remains one of the largest and most visited historic houses in Canada.
Facts
Building Type
Building Type (category) Building Type (category) Building Type (category) Building Type (category) Building TypeGothic Revival castle-style mansion and house museum 1 LocationSourced to the subject's own account Completed Year Classification
Standing Status Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In Style
Source Casa Loma, Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Canada, located there.
Sources
1. Casa Loma, Wikipedia
Introduction, first sentence
Gothic Revival castle-style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark.
Infobox, general information
Completed 1914
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Casa Loma stands on a hill overlooking downtown Toronto, Canada, built between 1911 and 1914 for the financier Sir Henry Pellatt to a design by the architect E. J. Lennox in a Gothic Revival castle style inspired by European castles Pellatt admired on his travels. Its features include turrets, secret passages, an oak-paneled great hall, a conservatory, and stables connected to the main house by a long underground tunnel, all built with then-novel amenities such as elevators, electric lighting and a partial central vacuum system throughout the mansion. Pellatt lost the house within a decade of its completion after financial reverses, and the city of Toronto later took ownership of the property, which now operates as a museum and event venue. It remains one of the largest and most visited historic houses in Canada.
- In Style: Gothic Revival, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic Revival
View the Source2. Casa Loma (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Toronto, CanadaQuote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Toronto, Canada
Wikidata item Q1046446, property P131/P17 (location): Toronto, Canada
3. Wikidata: Casa Loma
- Wikidata Q1046446, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Wikidata Q1046446, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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