Fizgig

✎ This impressive Neo-Gothic style building, designed by Gustave Steinback, began as the Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception - a six year high school/college prep program that was geared towards young men who had an interest in the priesthood. The building was completed in 1916 & functioned as a school until 1985. In 1988, developer Norman Kirscher paid $2.7 million for the school, 2 rectory houses and the parking lot. He sank another $3 million plus into renovating it into condos. John Gillis was the architect on the project. As visually striking as the main school building is, it was not easy to convert to apartments, walls were found to be 2 feet thick in places, there are odd shaped rooms and layouts, and care was taken to preserve as much of the original detail as possible. The result is a unique condo conversion that has been quite successful.

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