In 1913, the federal government purchased the hotel and remodelled it as a post office for the North Toronto postal district. It was torn down in the 1930s and replaced by the current structure. The site of the tavern is now occupied by a two-storey Art Deco post office designed by Murray Brown and built in 1936. The building, known as Postal Station K, bears the cypher "EviiiR" for Edward VIII, who reigned as king for eleven months in 1936. It is one of a few buildings to bear this mark in Toronto.