Enoch Turner Schoolhouse Museum and Special Events Venue

The Enoch Turner Schoolhouse stands out with its modest, red-brick Gothic Revival architecture and a steep, pointed roofline that feels out of place against the taller city buildings. Built in eighteen forty-eight, it served as the first free school in Toronto. Enoch Turner, a wealthy brewer, paid for the building to provide an education for the children of the poor Irish immigrants living in the nearby Corktown slums. The school operated for years, though the basement was often damp and flooded during heavy rain.