Massey Harris Lofts

The Massey Harris Lofts is a loft condominium in the Liberty Village area of downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building is the former head office of Massey-Harris Limited, later known as Massey Ferguson, a large agricultural implements manufacturer. It is the last building remaining from a large factory complex that Massey-Harris operated on King Street West from the 1870s until the 1980s.

History

According to the City of Toronto records, the original building was a two-storey building along King Street built in 1885. A third floor was added in 1899 and a three-storey wing was added to the south side of the building before World War I. The north section was designed by well known Toronto architect E.J. Lennox and the south addition by George M. Miller. The Richardsonian Romanesque building served as the head office for Massey Manufacturing, later Massey-Harris, part of a large complex. It is located at 915 King Street West.
By the late 1970s, the head office building had become vacant, as the company used office space downtown. The surrounding manufacturing complex, which at one time employed