Lansing
LANSING
European farmers settled in this area first in
the 1790s. The Gold Lion Inn was built in
1824 at the southwest corner of today's
Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street, which
became the centre of a small community. In
1860, a large, brick general store was built on
the northwest corner. Six years later, the
"Lansing" post office opened in the store.
During the late 19th century, other shops
opened north and south on Yonge Street.
Following the extension of the electric street
railway in 1896, the surrounding farm fields
gave way to residential streets. Lansing
rapidly expanded in the 1950s, with the widening of Yonge Street and the opening
of nearby Highway 401. In 1974, the Sheppard station opened as part of the
Yonge subway extension, and the neighbourhood developed into a high-rise, densely
populated community.
HERITAGE TORONTO 2012
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