The Assembly Hall at Samuel Smith Park is 127 years old and is slated for a long-awaited $2 million facelift.
The City is in the process of hiring a company to conduct heritage restoration for masonry and windows of the Assembly Hall, which was built in 1898.
A report to a City Council Bid Award Panel estimates that it will cost about $2 million to perform the work on the previously restored building, which is on the grounds of Humber College, at Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Kipling Avenue.
The contract is expected to be issued later this year and end in June 2026.
The Assembly Hall was built in 1898 as a multipurpose building for the Lakeshore Phsychiatric Institute. The main room on the second floor was used for dances, religious services, plays, etc.
The first floor also originally contained a store and an office for the storekeeper. A beauty parlour was added in the 1950s.
As with the rest of the hospital, the Assembly Hall was closed in 1979 and remained shut for two decades. The site is now occupied by Humber College.
The hall is now rented out to various community groups to hold their events.