The Buildings

The buildings were renamed throughout years of the operation of the asylum. Cottages 1–5 housed female patients (southern), while Cottages A–E housed male patients (northern).

The following buildings have not survived (some were probably torn down in the early 1990s during the takeover by Humber College): Lakehouse, Moorhouse, Nurses’ Residence, Gatehouse garage, conservatory, greenhouse, laundry, incinerator, storage, barn, roothouse, toilet. With the exception of the Moorhouse as well as the New Trades Building and Cafeteria, all buildings were constructed free of charge to the Government of Ontario by using patient labour. In 1988, the Government of Ontario designated the grounds of the former hospital as a heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.

For reference, please consult this map showing all of the buildings.

Hospital Designation, 1889 Hospital Designation, 1959 Hospital Designation, 1975 Current Designation & Address Additional Information
Cottage 1 Ward 1 Mississauga Building Building H: Schools of Business, Food Services and Health Services, Cafeteria:
23 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 One of the first buildings to be constructed, originally housing female patients. Due to severe overcrowding, the building was conjoined with Cottage 2 in 1931.
Cottage 2 Ward 2 Mississauga Building Building H: Schools of Business, Food Services and Health Services, Cafeteria,
23 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Destroyed by fire in 1905 and rebuilt a year later. In 1939, it became an admission ward (a reception for incoming patients).
Cottage 3 Ward 3 Peel East Building I: classrooms, faculty offices,
25 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 The last building to bear an old remnant left behind from the asylum days: an old sign which read “COTT.3”.
Cottage 4 Ward 4 Peel West Building J: English Language Centre, Liberal Arts and Science,
27 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 [none]
Cottage 5 Ward 5 Child and Adolescent Unit Building K: Student Centre, Students’ Federation,
29 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Built in 1892 for the most severely ill female patients and for the criminally insane. Contained only single occupancy rooms, which were maximum security. On February 6, 1967, Dr. Donald Ross Gunn, the superintendent between 1967 and 1972, opened the new Child and Adolescent Unit in this building, complete with so-called “quiet rooms.” Between 1970 and 1971, it underwent a major renovation. Humber College recently revitalized the building, beginning in the summer of 2009.
Administration Building Administration Building Administration Building Building G,
17 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Most likely, the first of all buildings to be constructed. It was partially renovated between 1930 and 1934 and the turret was removed in order to avoid the cost entailed with its restoration. In 1946, the building was altered to provide consultation offices for medical staff. It remains unoccupied, awaiting restoration by Humber College.
Cottage AWard AMimico Building Building F: Schools of Media Studies, Information Technology, Math and Writing Centre,
15 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Due to severe overcrowding, it was conjoined with Cottage B in 1931.
Cottage B Ward B Mimico Building Building F: Schools of Media Studies, Information Technology, Math and Writing Centre,
15 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 [none]
Cottage C Ward C Etobicoke East Building E: classrooms, faculty offices
11 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 In the 1970s, it housed an industrial therapy workshop.
Cottage D Ward D [none] Building D: School of Creative and Performing Arts,
9 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 [none]
Cottage E Ward E York West Building C: School of Social and Community Services,
7 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Built in 1892 for the most severely ill of male patients and for the criminally insane. Contained only single occupancy rooms, which were maximum security.
Entrance Lodge Gatehouse Gatehouse The Gatehouse,
3101 Lakeshore Boulevard West		 Originally called an entrance lodge and built in 1893 (other sources cite 1910). Additions to the Gatehouse, which included new kitchen, pantry, bedroom, closets, bathroom, and enlarged cellar with hot air furnace, were made in 1909. Like other hospital buildings, it fell into a state of disrepair after the closure in 1979. It was renovated in 1999 and opened as a supportive centre for adults and children known as The Gatehouse.
[none] Lakehouse Lakehouse [none] Erected in 1912 in order to provide on-site housing for staff, located some distance south from the cottages, close to the lake. Abandoned, it burned down in 1987.
Assembly Hall Assembly Hall Assembly Hall Assembly Hall Community Cultural Centre,
1 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Constructed in 1898. Another source suggest that it may have been built in 1897. Completely restored and re-opened in 2000 as the Assembly Hall Community Cultural Centre.
Carriage House Garage Garage William’s Coffee Pub,
21 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Constructed in 1892. Some sources claim that it was erected in 1900. Originally used as a horse stable. In 1930, it was modified to store vehicles rather than horses and carriages and divided into three separate sections.
Superintedent’s Residence Cumberland House Cumberland House Jean Tweed Centre,
3111 Lakeshore Boulevard West		 Erected in 1896, used originally as a superintendent’s residence. During the 1950s, the building was named after Dr. Thomas Daly Cumberland, the superintendent between 1936 and 1959, and he was the last superintedent to reside there. In 1960, it was renovated to accommodate patients’ day and night care, and a couple of years later converted into Patients’ School House. In 1984, the building was renovated and became home to the Jean Tweed Centre.
[none] Powerhouse Powerhouse Power House Recreation Centre,
65 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Erected in 1930 (or 1937), still standing today south of the former hospital, towards the lake. It hosts Power House of Terror annually in October.
[none] Nurses’ Residence Humber Building Built between 1930 and 1934. It has not survived. It was located just north of the present parking lot of the Assembly Hall.
[none] Moorhouse Moorhouse Erected in 1968 by the Association of the Volunteers and named after the former superintendent, Herbert Clayton Moorhouse, who had been in charge of the hospital between 1959 and 1967. The association was still very much active after the hospital was closed down and continued to operate the program until at least 1986. It was torn down in the early 1990s. Please refer to The Moorhouse, 1968–c.1986.
Centre Building Centre Building New Trades Building and Cafeteria Building L: School of Creative and Performing Arts, Theatre,
19 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive		 Built in 1974 on the site of the Centre Building, which burned down in 1964 and included main kitchen, laundry, store, amusement hall, chapel, bakeshop, boiler house, recreation rooms, storerooms, and bedrooms for the staff, as well as an old fire hall and the carpentry shop. As of summer 2010, this building has been demolished and is being replaced.
[none] Pavilions Pavilions Pavilions Two pavilions were constructed in 1896, designated for male and female patients. Only the former has survived in its entirety, while the concrete base of the female pavilion survives.
Cricket oval Cricket oval Cricket oval Cricket oval Created in 1896, it was reportedly one of the finest in the Township of Etobicoke. It is one hundred and fifty yards in diameter. The incorporation of the Mimico Asylum Cricket Club soon followed, initiated by Dr. Nelson Beemer, the superintendent between 1894 and 1928.
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References:

Anonymous. “History of Ontario Hospital, New Toronto, Henceforth to be Known as Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital” [Unpublished, written by an unnamed patient with assistant of John Sutherland, Chief Attendant, c. 1964].
Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning. Humber Lakeshore Campus Plans. <http://www.humber.ca/sites/www.humber.ca/files/HumberLakeshoreCampusPlans.pdf>. Accessed January 30, 2011.
“Lakeshore Buildings Renamed.” Rapport 1975.
Melamet-Vetter, Walther. “The Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, A World of Its Own, Another Coocoo’s Nest, In New Toronto.” Toronto: July 1989.
Rogers, E.R. Esq., Inspector of Asylums, Parliament Buildings, Toronto. [Untitled].

Thanks to Ed Janiszewski for supplying additional information.