Editing Annesley Hall

{{About|place in Canada|the house in England|Annesley Hall, Nottinghamshire}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox building
| name               = Annesley Hall
| image              = AnnesleyHallToronto.jpg
| image_size         = 275px
| completion_date    = 1903
| building_type      = [[Residence hall]]
| location           =  95 Queen's Park Crescent, [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| roof               = 
| top_floor          = 
| floor_count        = 
| floor_area         = 
| architect          = George Martel Miller
| architectural_style = [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne]]
| embedded           = {{designation list|embed=yes|designation1=Canada|designation1_date=1990/11/16}}
}}

'''Annesley Hall''' is the all-female residence at [[Victoria University in the University of Toronto|Victoria College]], [[University of Toronto]]. The residence is located across from the [[Royal Ontario Museum]] and is designated a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]].<ref name=NHS>{{CRHP|1155|Annesley Hall National Historic Site of Canada|11 November 2013}}</ref>

Built in 1903 in the [[Queen Anne style architecture|Queen Anne style]], Annesley Hall is the first university residence built for women in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=1155&pid=0 |title=Annesley Hall National Historic Site of Canada |access-date=22 August 2012 |work =Canada's Historic Places |publisher=Parks Canada |quote=Annesley Hall was designated a national historic site because it is a particularly good example of the Queen Anne Revival style, as expressed in institutional architecture. Designed by architect G. M. Miller, and built in 1902-1903, Annesley Hall was the first purpose-built women's residence on a Canadian university campus.}}</ref> It was designed by architect George Martel Miller.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950 | title = Miller, George Martel | url = http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1484 | access-date = 22 August 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120514030754/http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1484 | archive-date = 14 May 2012 | url-status = dead }}</ref> Annesley Hall was home to the first female resident at the University, as well as the first woman to graduate from a Canadian [[medical school]].

Annesley is noted for its close-knit community life and is also known for its elegance and uniqueness. No two rooms are the same, and students in Annesley are able to enjoy exclusive common space, such as the Tackaberry Library and the Music Room, found on the main floor.

Annesley Hall was a location used in the shoot of the 1974 horror movie ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]''. It was renovated and restored in 1988–1989.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torontoplaques.com/Pages_ABC/Annesley_Hall_Victoria_University.html |title=Annesley Hall |access-date=22 August 2012 |work=Toronto's Historical Plaques |publisher=Alan L. Brown |quote=In late August, 1988, the building was closed for a year of major renovation and restoration work...Annesley Hall was reopened in September 1989 and officially rededicated on October 21 of the same year.}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* O'Grady, Jean (2001). ''Margaret Addison: A Biography''. McGill-Queens University Press. {{ISBN|0773521526}} — Biography of the founding dean of Annesley Hall who served from 1903 until 1931.

==External links==
* {{CRHP|1155|Annesley Hall National Historic Site of Canada}}

{{University of Toronto}}
{{NHSC}}
{{Coord|43|40|04|N|79|23|35|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark_scale:2500|display=title}}

[[Category:University of Toronto buildings]]
[[Category:University residences in Canada]]
[[Category:National Historic Sites in Ontario]]
[[Category:Queen Anne architecture in Canada]]
[[Category:Residential buildings in Toronto]]