200 Annette Street - Czechoslovak Church SOLD

The Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec (“the Convention”)  has sold the  200 Annette Street Church which they acquired at the closure of Annette St. Baptist Church at nominal value.  The property was loaned to the Czechoslovak Church since 1980.

Initial report form people who have spoken to the new owners report there intend to rent the church out to many different users, such as church groups, the blog has emailed the new owners to confirm this.

Jerome Ave unusuals

David Wencer pointed out this house to this author yesterday built by John Turner at 20 Jermone St. It is a wonderful house entirely faced in terra cotta. You can view the another house Mr Turner built for himself at 2549 Dundas St. West.

Mr Turner was also the designer and builder of the Annette St Bapist Church at 200 Annette St. [1. Diana Fancher] which now is  the Czechoslovak Baptist Church and is currently for sale. [2. april 1st 2009 still for sale]

Right next door to the Mr Turner's terra cotta house is a house currently being postmordernized.

200 Annette St. Czechoslovak Baptist Church a conditional bid was placed on it this past week

Blogto is reporting the Czechoslovak Baptist Church is about to sell and has  a conditional bid was placed on it this past week {link to blogto article}

Exclusive photos of the tower structure of Annette Street Baptist Church

On Sept. 23, 2008  the Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec (“the Convention”) decided to sell  200 Annette Street which they acquired at the closure of Annette St. Baptist Church at nominal value.  The property was loaned to the Czechoslovak Church since 1980,  who have decided not to continue the usage of the building.

The Convention is stating they have been  unsuccessful in finding an alternate use of the property.

The site is approximately 9,700 square feet.

[caption id="attachment_2236" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Inside the church viewed from front of the church - the tower  is the square outcrop from the building shell to the left of the people standing just inside the front doors."][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2237" align="alignright" width="500" caption="1st view as you climb from the 1st floor (in use finished section) into the second level"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2238" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Looking into the roof structure of the front tower from the second level"][/caption]

[caption id="attachment_2239" align="alignright" width="281" caption="Construction detail south east corner of the front tower"][/caption]

Photo credit - Junctioneer

200 Annette St. Czechoslovak Baptist Church

A PRELIMINARY PROJECT REVIEW application has been taken out  for 200 Annette St. Czechoslovak Baptist Church, in an effort to to change the use to a Dance Studio with accessory uses from a place of worship.



data - City of Toronto

Link to the blogs originial post about the sale Czechoslovak Baptist Church for sale, what will happen?

Posted by Robert

Czechoslovak Baptist Church for sale, what will happen?

 

 

from the sales sheet - Development Opportunities

link to agents site about the sale [opens in new window]

The site offers an opportunity to convert the existing building to residential lofts or create traditional townhouses. Current zoning is R2 Z0.6 which permits places of worship, as well as a variety of residential building types including detached, semidetached, row housing, and apartments to a maximum of 0.6 times the lot area. The City of Toronto Official Plan designates the Property as ‘Neighbourhood’. The existing building is ‘Listed’ on the City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties.

Czechoslovak Baptist Church  link to chrch web site in Czech