Casa Loma - Wikipedia Casa Loma This article is about the house in Toronto. For other uses, see Casa Loma ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2013 ) Casa Loma General information Type Mansion ; established as museum in 1937 ( 1937 ) Architectural style Gothic Revival Location 1 Austin Terrace Toronto, Ontario M5R 1X8 Coordinates 43 ° 40 ′ 41 '' N 79 ° 24 ′ 34 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 43.6781 ° N 79.4095 ° W ﻿ / 43.6781 ; - 79.4095 Current tenants Liberty Entertainment Group ( since 2014 ) ( ( since 2014 ) ) Construction started 1911 Completed 1914 Cost $5.4 M Client Sir Henry Pellatt Owner City of Toronto Other dimensions Grounds : 343,253 sqft Technical details Floor count 7 floors Floor area 64,700 sq. ft. Design and construction Architect E.J. Lennox Ontario Heritage Act Official name Casa Loma Type Designated Part IV ( Heritage Property ) Designated Casa Loma ( Spanish for `` Hill House '' ) is a Gothic Revival style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was E. J. Lennox, who designed several other city landmarks. Casa Loma sits at an elevation of 140 metres ( 460 ft ) above sea level. Due to its unique architectural character in Toronto, Casa Loma has been a popular filming location for movies and television. It is also a popular venue for wedding ceremonies, and Casa Loma can be rented in the evenings after the museum closes to the public. Contents 1 History 2 Layout 2.1 Main floor 2.2 Second floor 2.3 Third floor 2.4 Basement 2.5 Stables 2.6 Exterior 3 Appointments 3.1 Oak Room 3.2 Other rooms 4 Location 5 Film location 6 Girl Guiding 7 Vintage car exhibition 8 See also 9 Further reading 10 References 11 External links History Construction of Casa Loma, c. 1912 Garden party at Casa Loma, 1914 In 1903, financier Henry Pellatt purchased 25 lots from developers Kertland and Rolf. Pellatt commissioned architect E. J. Lennox to design Casa Loma, with construction beginning in 1911, starting with the massive stables, potting shed and Hunting Lodge ( a.k.a. coach - house ) a few hundred feet north of the main building. The Hunting Lodge is a two - storey 4,380 - square - foot ( 407 m ) house with servants ' quarters. As soon as the stable complex was completed, Pellatt sold his summer house in Scarborough to his son and moved to the Hunting Lodge. The stables were used as a construction site for the castle ( and also served as the quarters for the male servants ), with some of the machinery still remaining in the rooms under the stables. The house cost about $3.5 million and took 300 workers three years to build. Due to the start of World War I, construction was halted. At 98 rooms covering 64,700 square feet ( 6,011 m ), it was the largest private residence in Canada. Notable amenities included an elevator, an oven large enough to cook an ox, two vertical passages for pipe organs, a central vacuum, two secret passages in Pellatt 's ground - floor office, a pool, and three bowling alleys in the basement ( the last two were never completed ). Most of the third floor was left unfinished, and today serves as the Regimental Museum for The Queen 's Own Rifles of Canada. Pellatt joined the Regiment as a Rifleman and rose through the ranks to become the Commanding Officer. He was knighted for his dedication to the Regiment. Pellatt later served as the Honorary Colonel and was promoted to Major - General upon retirement. During the depression that followed the war, the City of Toronto increased Casa Loma 's property taxes from $600 per year to $1,000 a month, and Pellatt, already experiencing financial difficulties, auctioned off $1.5 million in art and $250,000 in furnishings. Pellatt was able to enjoy life in the castle for less than ten years, leaving in 1923. In the late 1920s, investors operated Casa Loma for a short time as a luxury hotel. During Prohibition, it became a popular nightspot for wealthy Americans. The Orange Blossoms, later known as Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra, played there for eight months in 1927 -- 1928. Shortly thereafter, they went on a tour of North America and became a major swing era dance band. The city seized Casa Loma in 1924 for unpaid taxes, and for years, the building was left vacant. In the 1930s, CFRB broadcaster Claire Wallace spent a night at Casa Loma to gather material for a story about ghosts and supernatural phenomena, and she later broadcast an appeal to save the old building from demolition. Her broadcast was heard by the vice-president of a local Kiwanis Club, and subsequently Casa Loma was leased in 1937 by the Kiwanis Club of West Toronto, later the Kiwanis Club of Casa Loma ( KCCL ), which began operating the castle under a sole - source contract as a tourist destination. Lieutenant - Governor Herbert Bruce opens Casa Loma to the public, 1937 During World War II, the stables were used to conceal research and production of sonar, and for construction of sonar devices ( known as ASDIC ) for U-boat detection, according to a book about the `` castle ''. The area was closed, behind an `` Under Repairs '' sign. The suggestion that the stables were under renovation allowed workers of the secret facility to come and go without suspicion. Casa Loma is often claimed to be the location of Station M that manufactured covert devices for agents, claiming that the book Inside Camp X provides this information. In 2015, however, author Lynn Philip Hodgson rejected this in an interview with the Toronto Star. `` Nobody knows where Station M was. You wo n't read where it was in any book. '' KCCL managed Casa Loma for 74 years, until 2011. Its tenure was not without controversy, with Pellatt 's great - grandniece Trelawny Howell starting a campaign for an open - tender lease process in 2005, and the organization disputing her relationship with Pellatt in 2010. A 2006 advisory committee led by former MPP Ron Kanter, and its subsequent reports, recommended that the city turn the castle 's management over to a new `` Casa Loma Trust ''. However, a city manager 's report in 2008 recommended extending the city 's lease with KCCL for 20 years, and in July 2008, it was renewed. Meanwhile, from 1997 until 2012, the castle underwent a 15 - year, $33 - million exterior restoration largely funded by the city, which also created a new board of trustees in 2008, including seven KCCL members and seven city appointees. The city 's renewed management agreement included a stipulation that KCCL would use the castle 's net revenues to help pay for upgrades ; however, the organization used the fund to cover operating shortfalls instead, and there was only $335,000 in the account by 2011, rather than the $1.5 - million originally projected. As a result, in 2011, the city temporarily resumed management of Casa Loma and began welcoming bids from the private sector in its search for a new operator. In January 2014, the city entered a new long - term lease and operating agreement with Liberty Entertainment Group, led by President and CEO Nick Di Donato, which agreed to spend $7.4 million to continue the castle 's upgrades. The company 's plans also included a fine dining facility. The restaurant, Blueblood Steakhouse, opened in summer 2017. Layout The CN Tower is visible from the third floor Fountain as seen from the third floor Casa Loma has five acres of gardens. An underground tunnel connects Casa Loma to the Hunting Lodge and to the stables ( garage, potting shed, stalls, carriage room and tack rooms ). Main floor Great Hall Library Dining Room The Conservatory Serving Room Peacock Alley Sir Henry 's Study Smoking Room Billiards Room Oak Room Second floor Sir Henry 's Suite Sir Henry 's Bathroom Lady Pellatt 's Suite Lady Pellatt 's Bathroom Girl Guides Exhibit Guest Suite Windsor Room Round Room Third floor The Queen 's Own Rifles of Canada Regimental Museum Stairs to Towers The Kiwanis Room The Garden Room Servant 's Room The Austin Room Basement Gift Shop ( Bowling lanes and shooting range - never completed ) Castle Café ( Gymnasium - never completed ) Swimming Pool ( Never completed ) Wine Cellar Tunnel to Hunting Lodge and Stables Stables Garage Potting Shed Standing Stalls with horses ' names and box stalls Carriage Room Tack Rooms Hunting Lodge Exterior Gardens Parking lots Appointments Sir Henry imported artisans from Europe to design much of the furniture and other features of the castle. Oak room The Oak Room The Oak Room ( originally called the Napoleon Drawing Room ) is the most decorated room in the house, and was used for formal occasions. It is encased in wood panels in the style of Grinling Gibbons, which took three artisans three years to carve. The highly ornamented plaster ceiling was made by Italian craftsmen, and was enhanced by the use of indirect lighting in the ceiling. Among other fixtures, the room featured a 10 feet ( 3.0 m ) high Louis XVI style faux - gilt carved light standard with 24 bulbs. Other rooms Library at Casa Loma with new chandeliers. Sir Henry aspired to have members of the Royal Family stay in the Guest Suite. The Conservatory showcases plants and, at one end, this fountain. Lady Pellatt 's Suite. The Round Room is designed to fit beneath the castle 's tower ; this room is notable for its doors and windows, which curve to follow the shape of the room. Location Casa Loma is located on Austin Terrace at Spadina Road, on an escarpment ( Davenport Hill ) above Davenport Road. Davenport runs along the bottom of the escarpment, which was the shoreline of Lake Iroquois, the predecessor of Lake Ontario ( coordinates 43 ° 40 ′ 41 '' N 79 ° 24 ′ 33 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 43.678 ° N 79.4093 ° W ﻿ / 43.678 ; - 79.4093 ). Casa Loma affords views down the escarpment and Spadina Avenue into the heart of Toronto. The stables are located at 330 Walmer Road and the Hunting Lodge at 328 Walmer Road. Casa Loma is served by St. Clair West Station and Dupont Station on the Yonge - University line of the Toronto subway. Film location Casa Loma is a popular location for use in film and television. It has served as a location for movies such as X-Men, Strange Brew, Chicago, The Tuxedo, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Warehouse 13, Descendants, Twitches Too, and The Pacifier. Comic books and children 's novels that have used it include the Scott Pilgrim series and Eric Wilson 's murder mystery, The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma. It was also temporarily transformed into Hogwarts for the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows as well as The Beasts Castle for Disney 's 2017 live action Beauty and The Beast. In the CBC Television show Being Erica, the episode `` Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma '' features Casa Loma prominently as the place where main character Erica Strange works. It also served in the movie adaption of R.L. Stine 's Goosebumps ( TV series ) A Night In Terror Tower. Casa Loma also features prominently in the biography - documentary of Sir Henry Pellatt, The Pellatt Newsreel : the Man who Built Casa Loma and was nominated for a 2009 Gemini for Best Biography Documentary ). TV show Hemlock Grove was also filmed there as well as The Mortal Instruments : City of Bones and related Shadowhunters Exterior shots of the building were used in the Gothic TV Show, Strange Paradise. It is also the filming location of the TV movie `` re-imagining, '' The Rocky Horror Picture Show : Let 's Do the Time Warp Again, where scenes that take place at Dr. Frank N. Furter 's castle and the movie theatre where the audience participation and Ivy Levan 's performance of Science Fiction Double Feature take place were filmed ( a movie theatre marquee was placed at the front entrance of the castle for filming ). Girl Guiding Lady Pellatt frequently invited the Girl Guides to her home. Their first visit was in 1913, when 250 girls and their leaders toured the conservatories and stables, climbed the circular staircase to the top turret and then were served tea in the Palm Room. In March 1914, Lady Pellatt watched the Guides ' annual fête from her bedroom window as she was too ill to leave her room. Rallies became an annual event at the house. Guides also skated on the house 's curling rink in winter. Girl Guiding events have continued in recent years, including the introduction of a Girl Guide room in 1973, and both the 75th anniversary and the 100th anniversary celebrations of Guiding in Canada were held at Casa Loma. Vintage car exhibition As of 2014, the garage and carriage room feature an exhibition of vintage cars from the early 1900s. 1910 Maxwell Model Q Standard 1910 Maxwell Model Q Standard 1922 Ford Model T Woody 1924 - 1925 Ford Model T Touring 1929 Ford Model A See also Mary Lake Augustinian Monastery Spadina House Further reading Denison, John ( 1982 ). Casa Loma and the Man Who Built It. Boston Mills Press. ISBN 978 - 0919822481. Oreskovich, Carlie ( 1982 ). Sir Henry Pellatt, the King of Casa Loma. MaGraw - Hill Ryerson. ISBN 978 - 0075484561. References Jump up ^ `` The History of Casa Loma ''. Casa Loma website. City of Toronto. Retrieved 2014 - 02 - 07. Jump up ^ Casa Loma Altitude and Location Jump up ^ Dela Cruz, Ruth ( 31 March 2013 ). `` A Visit to Casa Loma ( Old Castle in Toronto ) ''. Retrieved 22 February 2015. Jump up ^ Future Options for Casa Loma, Toronto, Casa Loma Corporation, 2012, 115 p., p. 13 ^ Jump up to : Grant, Kelly ( 2010 ). `` The Globe and Mail : Feud brews over Casa Loma ''. www.globeandmail.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` Wallace, Claire History of Canadian Broadcasting ''. www.broadcasting-history.ca. Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 22. Jump up ^ Casa Loma : The House that Henry built : how a castle in downtown Toronto helped us win the battle of the Atlantic in WWII. Eric Leclerc. Esprit de Corps. 18.6 ( July 2011 ) p32. url = ( 1 ) Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/11/07/the-names-bond-maybe-st-james-bond-ian-flemings-toronto-inspirations.html Jump up ^ Howell, Trelawny ( 2005 ). `` Toronto Waterfront Magazine : Casa Loma 's Fate '' ( PDF ). www.casalomatrust.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2014. Jump up ^ Farncomb, Jennifer ( 2010 ). `` Annex Gleaner : Howell defends her lineage ''. www.casalomatrust.ca. Retrieved 3 July 2014. Jump up ^ Spears, John ( 2006 ). `` Toronto Star : Sir Henry 's great - grandniece wants new caretakers ''. www.casalomatrust.ca. Retrieved 10 February 2014. Jump up ^ Wood, Eric Emin ( 2013 ). `` Turnaround at Casa Loma ; Town Crier ''. www.mytowncrier.ca. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 7 February 2014. Jump up ^ Wood, Eric Emin ( 2013 ). `` Liberty Group to free Casa Loma ; Town Crier ''. www.mytowncrier.ca. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014. Jump up ^ `` Casa Loma is getting a new ' upscale ' but ' edgy ' steakhouse ; ''. www.cbc.ca. 2017. Jump up ^ Freeman, Bill ( 1999 ). Casa Loma : Canada 's Fairy - Tale Castle and Its Owner, Sir Henry Pellatt. Lorimer. pp. 28 -- 29. ISBN 978 - 1550286458. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Jump up ^ Davidson, Hillary ( 2008 ). Frommer 's Toronto 2009. Frommer 's Complete Guides. Frommer 's. p. 143. ISBN 978 - 0470399064. Retrieved January 23, 2015. Jump up ^ Litvak, Marilyn M. ( 1996 ). Edward James Lennox : Builder of Toronto. Dundurn. p. 60. ISBN 978 - 1550022049. Retrieved January 22, 2015. Jump up ^ Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma ( Television production ). Being Erica. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2009. 21 : 32 minutes in. Archived from the original on 2013 - 10 - 29. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 04 - 15. Retrieved 2011 - 04 - 09. Jump up ^ Maljardin Trivia Jump up ^ Rocky Horror Picture Show filming at Casa Loma Jump up ^ `` Fact Sheet Lady Mary Pellatt '' ( PDF ). Girl Guides of Canada Guides du Canada. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 2007 - 09 - 28. Retrieved 2007 - 12 - 01. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Casa Loma. 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