Gooderham Building Flatiron Building Toronto Postcard

Also known as the Flatiron Building, the Gooderham Building is a narrow historic office building at 49 Wellington Street East in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the eastern edge of the city's Financial District (east of Yonge Street) in the St. Lawrence neighbourhood, wedged between Front Street and Wellington Street in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is shaped like an iron and on its wide flat side, is the famous Flatiron Mural painted by Canadian artist, Derek Michael Besant. Architect, David Roberts Jr. designed the building and it originally cost $18, 000 to build. It was built for George Gooderham Sr. (1830- 1905) who was the son of the Gooderham and Worts distillery founder, William Gooderham. It was sold by the Gooderham family in 1957. David Walsh and Robert Phillips bought and partially restored the building in 1975. The Gooderham building was last sold in 2005 for $10.1 million. It is currently managed by The Commercial Realty Group.