Dempsey Store

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| name = Joseph Shepard House; also Dempsey Bros. Store

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| caption = The Dempsey Store in North York's Dempsey Park.

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| location = 250 Beecroft Road
Toronto, Ontario
M2N 6W3

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| built = 1860

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| original_use = house and store

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| designation1 = Ontario Heritage Act

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| designation1_date = December 17, 1998

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File:Yonge Sheppard NW Corner.jpg

Dempsey Store was a hardware store built in 1860 at the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue, in North York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The historic store was moved and restored as a historic site further north at 250 Beecroft Road in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/2000/agendas/council/cc/cc000607/adm12rpt/cl001.pdf |title=Future Use of the Dempsey Store (Ward 10 - North York Centre) |author= |date=March 21, 2000 |work= |publisher=City of Toronto |quote=The Dempsey Store was built in 1860, on the north-west corner of Yonge Street and Sheppard Avenue, and was relocated to 250 Beecroft Road in 1996. |accessdate=4 November 2017}} The site in Dempsey Park is maintained by the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division and the North York Historical Society.

The building is protected under Park IV of the Ontario Heritage Act since 1998. The designation notes: "Architecturally, the Dempsey store is a unique example of a rural mid-19th century building constructed in the Georgian Survival style with Neo-Classical influences. Its recent restoration has reintroduced those picturesque architectural elements that were added to the exterior of the building during the closing decades of the 19th century."{{cite act |title=To designate the land and buildings at 250 Beecroft Road as being of architectural and historical value or interest |type=By-law |prefix=No. |index=1998-0812 |language=en |date=October 30, 1998 |legislature=Toronto City Council |url=https://www.toronto.ca/city-government/public-notices-bylaws/bylaws-municipal-code/bylaw-status-registry/search-bylaw-status-registry/#blsrDetails/10596 }}