Located directly behind the Eaton's Main Store and Toronto's (now former) City Hall, the Eaton's Annex was a 10-storey building containing both retail and office space. When it was first constructed in the 1890s, the Annex contained Eaton's housewares and furniture departments. When these departments were moved to the new College Street store in 1930, the focus of the Annex's retail offerings was shifted to lower-cost offerings. The Eaton's Annex and some surrounding warehouses were destroyed by fire on May 9, 1977. A portion of the Bell Trinity Square office complex currently occupies the former Annex site.