List of historic places in Greater Sudbury


This is a list of significant historic properties in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The Sudbury Municipal Heritage Committee listed 64 sites in a Heritage Position Paper as part of its new Downtown Sudbury Master Plan in April 2011.

SMHC List

Lost Buildings and Structures

BuildingLocationYear CompletedCommentImage
Water TowerAsh Street Demolished 2011
Capitol Theatre64 Cedar StreetSeating Capacity = 1369. Demolished 2005.
Cochrane Block23 Durham StreetDemolished 1974
Acme Block C191024 Durham StreetC1910Demolished
Balmoral Hotel2 Elm Street WestDemolished 1957 pg 197 and Zeller's Department store built on site in 1958. Page 2-45
Nickel Range HotelElm Street1914King George VI and Queen Elizabeth stayed there in June 1939 visit. Demolished in 1976.
White HouseElm Street1890 pg 25Demolished
Davison's GarageElm StreetChevrolet Oldsmobile Dealer Page 17 Demolished to make way for President Motor Hotel.
D&M MotorsElm StreetTexaco Page 17 page 90 Demolished to make way for President Motor Hotel.
Gardner's GarageElm StreetDodge De Soto Page 17 page 66, 90
Federal Building - "Old Post Office"Elm Street - SE corner of Elm and Durham1915Erected on the site once occupied by the C.P.R. store. Construction commenced in the fall of 1913 by Dorin and Devlin of Ottawa. Because of the railway tracks, its shape was pentagonal. The stone building and ninety foot clock tower was completed in the fall of 1915 at a cost of $125,000. The clock was manufactured in England and installed by Alex Beath, veteran jeweller and watchmaker of Sudbury.pg 32 The post office was demolished in 1959 pg 197, replaced by F.W. Woolworth's building, which was also demolished 1998.
King Edward HotelElgin and Larch1905Demolished
Century Theatre16 Lisgar StreetSeating Capacity = 799. Demolished.
Welcome Arch KingswayKingswayDemolished 1950 pg 196
Welcome Arch Copper CliffLorneDemolished 1952 pg 196