tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71500190420958291272024-03-27T16:52:59.441-07:00Mimico Beach EstatesThe story of the fascinating people and their fabulous estates along the waterfront of the former Town of Mimico (now part of the City of Toronto)Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-71896128796722665022012-05-10T06:19:00.001-07:002014-01-16T06:03:55.974-08:00The Mimico Beach Estates<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">This is the story of the Mimico Beach Estates. Growing up in Mimico I was often amazed and astonished by the remnants of the many large estates that used to line the waterfront of this former town. There was little information available on these estates and the people who lived in them. Some information was available in Harvey Currell's <i>The Mimico Story</i> published as a history of the town at the same time as it was being forced to amalgamate with the Borough of Etobicoke in 1967, but it was very brief. I had the appetite for more. So over the last 20 years I have been researching the fascinating people and their estates. The ultimate goal is to create a richly illustrated book on the Mimico Beach Estates.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Mimico began to look attractive to city dwellers as early as the mid 1870s when a nucleus of suburban cottage development began. These early pioneers occupied large lakefront estates south of the Lake Shore Road. The first three estates were established in 1875 by William Irving, a prominent Toronto architect, W.H. Sparrow and William Hewitt, successful Toronto merchants. John Kay followed a few years later. However, with the construction of the streetcar line along the Lake Shore Road in the early 1890s the area became more accessible to Toronto. Many wealthy families began to move into the area to establish large lakefront estates. The area became a popular location and developers moved in to purchase farmland and subdivide it into new residential communities. In 1904 the Grand Trunk Railway established its westerly marshalling yards nearby and the area boomed. By 1905 the population reached over 300 and Mimico gained status as a Police Village, giving the population limited autonomy from the Township of Etobicoke. The population rose to over 800 by 1911 when the community gained independence from Etobicoke Township as a full fledged Village, and then a Town in 1917. The community remained independent until 1967 when the provincial government forced it to amalgamate with the Borough of Etobicoke. Though many of the former lakefront estates were demolished and replaced by apartment developments in the 1950s and 1960s, a few of the grand houses remain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">However many of them are vulnerable to loss. In the 1990s the Jessie Applegath House was demolished. Others are currently vacant and their future uncertain. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Charles Ring House was demolished in May 2011, and the John McBride House was demolished in December 2013.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Some of the homes have been listed by the former Etobicoke Historical Board but most have not been designated under the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i>. Those which are listed are still vulnerable. Many of these homes deserve the additional protections that come from being designated under the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i>. Many are architecturally and historically significant. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Consideration could also be given to including what is left of the estates as part of a Heritage Conservation District. The creation of one of more Heritage Conservation District(s) in Mimico would follow the example of other well known residential areas in Toronto such as Cabbagetown, Wynchwood Park, Rosedale, Riverdale, Yorkville and others. Each has a deep history. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Designation as one or more Heritage Conservation Districts would provide protection of the heritage resource and certainty for existing owners that the homes on neighbouring lots would remain and not be developed with townhouses or condominiums.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In 2012, the city of Toronto undertook a heritage study as part of the Mimico by-the-lake Secondary Plan which included a good chunk of the Mimico Beach area. It was an excellent start and many important heritage buildings were identified that require further study. However the study area did not include the area west of Miles Road and so did not look at the majority of the Mimico Beach estate homes still standing. As already noted there have been a number of losses in this area over the last few years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There have also been some successes. The Fetherstonhaugh Gardener's Cottage was designated under the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i> in 2011 and will be with us for many years to come, and the highly significant Ormsby/Franceschini Estate was designated under the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i> in the fall of 2013. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Do you have information or photos of the Mimico Beach Estates? If so I would love to hear from you. </span><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Are you interested in keeping up to date on heritage issues in Mimico by being added to a heritage email list?<br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I can be reached at mimicohistory at hotmail.com.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>All information and photographs on this site are copyrighted and may not be used without my permission.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>© Copyright Michael Harrison 2010. All rights reserved.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>(originally posted April 23, 2010)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">William Common House - 2635 Lake Shore Blvd West</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">This large home at 2635 Lake Shore Blvd West was built for William Belmont Common in 1938. It had a major addition to it in the 1990s which seems to have obliterated many of the original features of the house except for a bit of the front facade.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">William Belmont Common was the son of William Common and Lucy Lang and was born in London, England in 1899. This family immigrated to Canada in 1905.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">They lived in Quebec and later in Peterborough before moving to Toronto. William Belmont Common joined the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. After the war he attended Osgoode Law School, graduating in 1923.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1925 he married Eunice Watt in Toronto and had two children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He practices law for a number of year before joining the Ontario Attorney General's department in 1926.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">His first wife died in 1931 and he married his second wife Mona Margaret Shirley in 1935.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1957 he was appointed as Deputy Attorney General in Ontario and held the position until 1964.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1963 as Chairman of the Joint Committee on Legal Aid he proposed a system of legal aid for Ontario, thus becoming the father of Ontario's legal aid system.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He retired in 1964 but instead of living a quiet life on his estate he took on new challenges as the Chief Election Officer of Ontario and was appointed the Clerk of the Ontario Legislature. He finally retired in 1971.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He died on April 3, 1984 at the age of 84 and is buried in Orangeville.</span><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "inherit","serif"; font-size: 18.0pt;"></span><br />
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<![endif]-->Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com02594-2644 Lake Shore Blvd W, Toronto, ON M8V 1G3, Canada43.604168640374255 -79.492188692092943.603809140374253 -79.4928056920929 43.604528140374256 -79.49157169209289tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-49704834079990033302012-03-09T05:32:00.009-08:002014-09-11T06:17:22.536-07:00Herbert P. Ritchie Estate - 10 Miles Road<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hebert P. Ritchie House - 10 Miles Road</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This fine home was built circa 1910 for Herbert P. Ritchie and his wife Mary Hay. It was originally at the end of a long 77 foot wide lot which extended down from the Lake Shore Road.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Herbert P. Ritchie was born in Ontario in 1881. His father John Ritchie Jr. was born in Scotland in 1849, immigrated to Canada, and was a real estate agent in Toronto. He was married to Lilliam Dunn. Both parents died young. Lillian died in 1890 of tuberculosis. John died in 1891 of pneumonia. This left their five children as orphans. The eldest John was 15 years old in 1891. Herbert was only 10 years of age and Edith, the youngest, was 8.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In the 1901 census Herbert and his sisters Irene and Edith are boarding in a house owned by Mary Lowery.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">On November 17, 1909 Herbert married Mary Elizabeth Hay, daughter of Robert Hay, grain buyer, in Toronto.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">According to the 1914 Toronto City directory, Ritchie owned H.P. Ritchie and Company, a lace importing and manufacturing company at 38-42 Clifford Street (now part of Richmond Street West). His city home was nearby at 185 Crawford Street. Later he moved to a more substantial home at 56 Health Street West.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Ritchies continued to own their Mimico Beach estate until 1926 when they sold it to Arthur W. Miles for $6000 who then incorporated into Miles Park. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 1952 the property was acquired by Peter Del Greco who built apartments on the majority of the lot. The portion of the lot containing the house was severed from the main lot and access was provided from Miles Road. The address then became 10 Miles Road.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The house is listed under the Ontario Heritage Act, and remains one of the few remaining original homes in this portion of the Mimico Beach estates. </span></span> </div>
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Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-33131890922683900012012-01-04T06:13:00.000-08:002019-08-04T03:41:39.135-07:00John McBride Estate - 2621 Lake Shore Blvd West - DEMOLISHED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">John McBride House - 2621 Lake Shore Blvd West</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">The large house at 2621 Lake Shore Blvd West was built circa 1927 for John McBride.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">John McBride was the son of John McBride and Hannah Cuttell and was born in 1872. On June 17, 1896 he was married to Ada Grace Libby and they would have three children: Harold (b. 1897), Maud (b. 1898) and Ada (b. 1900). His wife Ada died in 1916 of a cerebral hemorrhage.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">He was a first cousin of Sam McBride, a two time Mayor of Toronto serving his first term in 1928-1929 and his second in 1936. Sam McBride died on November 10, 1936, becoming the first sitting Toronto mayor to die in office.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">John McBride ran a successful fruit importing business on Church Street in Toronto.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1927 he purchased a lakefront lot on the Lake Shore Road and built the home that he would live in for the rest of his life. He died there on August 5, 1953 at the age of 82 years. He is buried in Prospect Cemetery.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">In 1955 the house was sold by his estate to Arthur and Margaret Mercer. I had the opportunity to talk to Mrs. Mercer in the mid 1990s.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">She must have passed away a few years ago as the house was sold. A demolition permit was approved by the Etobicoke-York Community Council in 2008. The future of the house is uncertain. Hopefully the owners will see the value in renovating this handsome and impressive house.</span></span></span><br />
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<u><b><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">Update - December 18, 2013</span></span></span></b></u><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">City staff just confirmed that the John McBride House has been demolished. Another loss of a historic Mimico Beach estate home.</span></span></span></div>
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Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-50524909858734548302011-03-31T10:38:00.000-07:002014-09-11T06:37:12.014-07:00Cork Estate - DEMOLISHED<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The other founder of Loblaws also had an estate in Mimico Beach. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">John Milton Cork was born in Picton, Ontario in 1870 but the family soon moved to Toronto where his father William opened a grocery store on King Street. He grew up in the business and became a friend of Theodore Pringle Loblaw when he worked for this father. Working together they created the self serve grocery store that would make them both wealthy men. Cork's genius was the creation of the distribution system that would ensure that the Loblaw stores worked at peak capacity and maximum profitability.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He established his Mimico Beach estate in the late 1910s. His estate was between those of Colonel Harry McGee and Thomas Goldring.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He was married to Adelaide Apted and had three children (2 sons and one daughter). Adelaide died in 1928 and he married Lillian Bates in New York City in February 1933. While he was on his honeymoon in the Caribbean Loblaw died on March 31, 1933 and he had to rush back to Toronto. <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">After the death of Loblaw, Cork became the president of Loblaw's and chairman of the board. He remained with the company until he sold his stock to the Weston family in 1947.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Cork sold the estate to the bandleader Luigi Romanelli in 1941. The estate was the last one to be built on in Mimico and remained until 1963. I have heard that the owner at that time offered to sell it to the Town of Mimico for parkland but that the town turned him down. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-87569808773845461072011-03-24T06:54:00.000-07:002014-09-11T06:37:01.055-07:00Beamish Estate - DEMOLISHED<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Just to the west of the Ogden Estate was the estate of John Richard Beamish. Beamish was born in Kent County, Ontario in 1868. He later moved to Toronto and started a barber shop. In 1892 he would marry Elizabeth Patterson. Two children followed: Joseph in 1893 and Lorine in 1904. Tragically, Lorine would die in 1908 from diphtheria. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Beamish established his barber shop business at 7 Richmond Street East and grew it into the "largest barbershop in Canada". He seems to have done quite well. From more humble abodes in the downtown core, he was living in Rosedale by 1911. In 1921 he is listed in the Toronto city directory as living at Mimico Beach but seems to have also had a home in the Parkdale area of the city.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span>Later in life he turned to politics. In 1916 he was first elected to Toronto City Council as an alderman for Ward 2 and would be reelected an additional 19 times before he was defeated in 1936. On June 1, 1937 he died at his home at 130 Tyndall Avenue. The entire City Council attended his funeral at Cooke's Presbyterian Church.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">In 1926 John Beamish sold the estate to Dr. John R Serson and his wife Lillian for $25,000. Dr. Serson, a well known surgeon at both Grace and St. Joseph Hospitals died in 1939. His widow Lillian Serson remained in the house until 1945 when she sold it to William Pryde. Pryde flipped the estate in 1946 to Henry Woolmer. The Woolmers remained until 1951 when Henry died and his wife Ethel sold the estate to Cecilia Chisholm. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The estate would be sold in 1947. The West Point Motor Hotel and Restaurant was built on the site in 1952. It catered to the many tourists that visited Toronto, and was comprised of several buildings. The restaurant, which included a venue for live music, was located along Lake Shore Blvd West. It included a "diner" just within the front door with a more formal restaurant space to the back and in the basement. Further behind and closer to the lake were the three motel buildings with plenty of parking in between.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In the early 1980s the Grand Harbour condominium complex was built on the site.</span></span></span></span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-29390270541920138732011-03-14T10:30:00.000-07:002014-09-11T06:36:42.311-07:00Bethfield - Odgen Estate - DEMOLISHED<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The Odgen Estate was established about 1900 by Albert Ogden and his second wife Esther Herdman.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Albert Ogden was born in 1847 in Peel County, and was the son of William and Rebecca Ward. Albert grew up on the family farm but attended Toronto Collegiate Institute and then law school. He was called to the bar in 1876 and worked at a number of Toronto firms before becoming a partner in McMichael, Hoskin and Odgen in the 1880s. Following Mr. Hoskin's death Albert practiced alone for several years before entering into a partnership with Mr. Bowlby. They had their offices at 23 Toronto Street. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Albert was the long-time solicitor for the Salvation Army where he looked after the legal affairs of the organization first in Toronto and later the entire country. He was a leader in the Queen Street Methodist Church, later moving to the Eaton Memorial Church.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Mr. Ogden's first wife was Mary Leadley with whom he had six children. She died in 1895 and he married his second wife Esther Herdman the following year and had two more children. Albert died in 1921. Esther remarried in 1923 to Ebenezer Brock Lauceley.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Their Mimico Beach estate remained until about 1961 when The </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><a href="http://www.homestead.ca/apartments/landmark-apartments" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Landmark</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> apartment complex at 2493 Lake Shore Blvd West was built on the estate.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-67109109523258517642011-02-24T06:04:00.000-08:002014-09-11T06:36:33.662-07:00Bonnyview - Loblaw Estate - DEMOLISHED<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In February 2011 when I discovered that the owner of the Gardener's Cottage was seeking to demolish it I requested that the City of Toronto designate it, the Boathouse and remaining landscaping elements of the estate under the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Ontario Heritage Act</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">. At its meeting on February 16, 2011 the Etobicoke-York Community Council deferred consideration of the demolition application until May 2011 in order to allow Heritage Preservation staff adequate time to review my designation request.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: inherit;">If you would like to depute at the Board meeting, please contact Margaret Sexton of the Clerk's Department at 416-392-6316 or email her at <u><span style="color: blue;">msexton@toronto.ca</span></u> with your name, address and telephone number and the item in which you are interested.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The recommendation from Toronto planning staff that the Gardener's Cottage be designated under the Ontario Heritage Act was adopted by the Toronto Preservation Board at its meeting of May 5, 2011. The report will now proceed to the Etobicoke-York Community Council meeting of May 25, 2011 for consideration. I will post more on this when the agenda for the meeting becomes available on the City of Toronto website. Letters/emails of support for Etobicoke-York Community Council to adopt the recommendation would be very helpful. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The agenda for the May 25, 2011 Etobicoke-York Community Council has now been posted online. The Fetherstonhaugh Gardener's Cottage item is item EY7.5: (May 25, 10:30 AM) Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29 of the Ontario Heritage Act – 2669-2673 Lake Shore Boulevard West (Ward 6) <a href="http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2011.EY7.5" target="_blank">http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2011.EY7.5</a> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">You will note a letter from the owner's lawyer is also posted online right after the report. Deputations are listed to begin at 10:30am. Deputations and/or written submissions would be most helpful. They should be addressed to: Councillor Mark Grimes, Chair, and Members of Etobicoke-York Community Council and can be emailed to <a href="https://webmail.look.ca/low/src/compose.php?send_to=etcc%40toronto.ca">etcc@toronto.ca</a>. If you could also send me a copy that would be appreciated (mimicohistory at hotmail.com).</span></div>
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1. Recommendation 2 of Item EY7.5 - Intention to Designate under Part IV, Section 29,of the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i> - 2669-2673 Lake Shore Boulevard West (deferred by Etobicoke York Community Council May 25, 2011), be amended to read: City Council state its intention to designate that portion of the properties at 2669-2673 Lakeshore Boulevard West (Gardener's Cottage, Fetherstonhaugh Estate) described as Part of Lots 540 and 541, Plan M-76 and Part of Lot 1, Broken Front Concession, City of Toronto, as shown outlined on the attached survey (Attachment 1), under Part IV, Section 29 of the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i>.<br />
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Thank you everyone for your letters of support on this issue. Toronto City Council approved the recommendation on September 21, 2011. As a result the Fetherstonhaugh Gardener's Cottage will be designated under the <i>Ontario Heritage Act</i> in the near future and hopefully be with us for many years to come.</span></div>
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Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-74103731996370456112011-02-23T10:42:00.001-08:002014-09-11T06:36:13.420-07:00Quidi Vidi - Horwood Estate - DEMOLISHED<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">John Charles Batstone "JCB" Horwood was born in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Quidi Vidi</st1:city>, <st1:state w:st="on">Newfoundland</st1:state></st1:place> on <st1:date day="19" month="3" w:st="on" year="1864">March 19, 1864</st1:date>, the son of Richard Horwood and Harriet Batstone. When he was four, his family moved to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:city> where he grew up working in the building trade alongside his father. In 1882 he began work with the architectural firm of Langley, Langley and Burke where he remained until 1887. In the early 1890s he went to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">New York</st1:place></st1:state> City to work for the firm of Clinton and Russell. He travelled in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> in 1894 to study the classical architecture of European cities. He returned to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:city> in 1895 and entered into a partnership with Edmund Burke, and undertook their first big commission rebuilding the Robert Simpson Store at the south west corner of Yonge and <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Queen Street</st1:address></st1:street>, after it burned to the ground. JCB utilized his knowledge of fire resistent construction obtained in New York City firm of Clinton and Russell during the commission. The construction of department stores would become a speciality of the firm though they would also be known for their residential designs for many of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Toronto</st1:city></st1:place>'s elite families. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-30230918208768750802011-02-23T10:41:00.001-08:002014-09-11T06:36:02.342-07:00Jermyn Estate - DEMOLISHED<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">One of the largest estates on the Mimico waterfront, it was established in the mid 1890s by Mr. Thomas John Jermyn. Mr. Jermyn was born in </span><country-region style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Ireland</place></country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> in 1846 and emigrated to Canada in 1864. In 1870 he began as a cashier with Brock and Company, a </span><city style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Toronto</place></city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> drygoods wholesaler, and later rose to be Vice-President with headquarters at Bay and </span><city style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Wellington</place></city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. His city home was at 314 Sherbourne Street, across from Allan Gardens. Jermyn died on April 12, 1904 days before the company's head office and warehouse burned to the ground in the Great Toronto Fire of April 19-20, 1904 which destroyed the city's business </span>center<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. The Jermyn family stayed on in Mimico Beach for some time and it was a favourite summertime haunt. Percy Jermyn, Thomas' son, was often seen dashing about the waterfront in his sailing boat the "</span><city style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Nancy</place></city><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">" practising for the annual regatta.</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Louis J. West was born in </span><place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><city w:st="on">London</city>, <country-region w:st="on">England</country-region></place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> in 1872 and emigrated to </span><country-region style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Canada</place></country-region><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> with his parents when he was a small child. He was educated at </span><place style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Toronto</city></place><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> and later founded the brokerage firm of Louis J. West and Company. He moved to Mimico in 1905 where he took an active part in the incorporation of Mimico as a police village. In 1919 he was elected Mayor of the town and held the post for two years. He was one of the founders, and one time president of the Toronto Stock Exchange. He retired from his brokerage firm in 1931 and died at his Mimico Beach home on </span><date day="3" month="10" style="font-family: inherit;" w:st="on" year="1936">October 3, 1936</date><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">, leaving an estate valued at over $395,000. The West family continued to live at the estate until it was sold to the Peckover family in 1945. The Peckover family sold it to John Hamm and his wife Evelyn Pearl Bedford in 1947. John was originally a </span>journalist with the <i>Mail and Empire</i> but later appears to have turned his hand to the building of quality homes in some of Toronto's best neighbourhoods. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> Hamm lived on the estate and also developed a small apartment along the Lake Shore Road frontage. He sold the estate for apartment development </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">in 1959. Today the twin Shoreline Towers apartment blocks are built on the site of the estate.</span></div>
Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-10399660207927179932011-02-23T10:40:00.000-08:002014-09-11T06:35:47.686-07:00William Inglis Estate - DEMOLISHED<div class="MsoNormal">
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">William Inglis was the son of John Inglis, founder of the John Inglis Company Limited, manufacturer of boilers, engines and pumps. The Inglis family, originally from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Scotland</st1:place></st1:country-region>, emigrated to <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region> in the early 1850s. They moved in 1858 to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Guelph</st1:place></st1:city>, establishing their business. John Inglis died in 1898. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">William Inglis was born in <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Guelph</st1:place></st1:city> on <st1:date day="20" month="10" w:st="on" year="1868">October 20, 1868</st1:date>. As a youth he began to learn the machinists trade from this father, later joining his father in the business - renamed John Inglis and Sons. The business was moved to <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Toronto</st1:place></st1:city> in 1895 and established at <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">14 Strachan Avenue</st1:address></st1:street>. William Inglis was married to Bertha Hewett on <st1:date day="19" month="12" w:st="on" year="1898">December 19, 1898</st1:date> and they had one daughter, Margaret.<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">William Inglis was a member of the best clubs including the Toronto Engineers Club, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, the Lakeview Golf and Country Club, the Ontario Jockey Club and the Parkdale Curling and Bowling Clubs. He was a member of the Board of Trade and an executive member of the Canadian Manufacturer's Association. He was appointed a Director of the Canadian National Exhition in 1925 and in 1933 was elected President. The foundry was a profitable business. Even when the Great Depression hit in 1929 business was still good with many orders on the books - particularly from the government. However, as the Depression dragged on into 1932 the situation became more serious. The business suffered its first loss and sales were virtually non-existant, especially from the private sector. Mr. Inglis' attempts to solicit further business from government failed. The stress on senior management was unbearable and many senior company officials died suddenly in 1935-1936 including William Inglis who passed away on <st1:date day="18" month="11" w:st="on" year="1935">November 18, 1935</st1:date>. Toronto Mayor Simpson stated that " The city has lost a fine citizen, with a personality which earned for him a host of friends. He was liked by all who had dealings with him. He was an outstanding business man." To commemorate Mr. Inglis, the island ferry recently delivered to the City of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Toronto</st1:city></st1:place> was renamed the <i>William Inglis</i> - it continues to serve the islands today. The company went into receivership in 1936 and the factory closed. It would later be resurrected but the family was no longer connected with it.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The son of Thomas McGee and Rachel Webster, Harry McGee was born on <date day="20" month="9" w:st="on" year="1861">September 20, 1861</date> in Renamore, <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">County Tipperary</city>, <country-region w:st="on">Ireland</country-region></place>. He came to <country-region w:st="on"><place w:st="on">Canada</place></country-region> in 1882, staying with his brother Jim in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Blyth</city>, <state w:st="on">Ontario</state></place>. He got a job at the Golden Griffin in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Toronto</city></place> shortly thereafter but quit to work for Timothy Eaton in August 1883 at a starting salary of $6 per week. He quickly worked his way up the corporate ladder from general staff to the head of a department, and then general supervisor of several departments. He was made a director of the Eaton Company in 1906 and a year later was made Vice-President. He was put in charge of Eaton's expansion plans and supervised the construction of the Eaton's store in <place w:st="on"><city w:st="on">Winnipeg</city></place>, and then other stores across the country. In 1928 to celebrate his 45th anniversary with Eaton's he was presented with many gifts including a Rolls Royce. In 1892 he married Nellie McBride and they had one daughter, Isobel. Colonel McGee took a great interest in agriculture and had a large farm in Etobicoke which he called Harnibel. He died at his home in Forest Hill in 1939 leaving an estate of $1.2 million. His Mimico Beach estate later became <place w:st="on"><placename w:st="on">Kilcooley</placename> <placetype w:st="on">Gardens</placetype></place> and operated for a number of years as a restaurant and reception hall before it was demolished for apartment blocks in 1957. The property at 2345 Lake Shore Boulevard West is currently home to the Kilcooley Gardens Co-op.</span></div>
Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-82534418648718185972010-04-23T09:14:00.000-07:002011-06-15T07:19:15.238-07:00Miles Park - Miles Road<span style="font-size: large;">Miles Park straddled both sides of present day Miles Road down to Lake Ontario. Miles Park was the creation of Arthur Miles. Miles was born in Toronto in 1873. He originally worked on a dairy farm before leaving for South Africa in 1894 to seek his fortune in the gold fields of South Africa. Within a few years he obtained a senior position with the Crown Deep Mine Company owned by Paul Kruger. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He returned to Toronto in 1900 and founded A.W. Miles Company, Undertakers, setting up the first funeral chapel in Toronto and modernizing the undertaking business in Canada. He introduced the first motorized hearse and handled the funeral of many of Canada's most notable statesmen and citizens including Prime Minister Mackenzie King, Sir William Mulock, Sir Joseph Flavelle, Sir Henry Pellatt and Sir William Hearst to name a few. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He established his 3 acre lakefront estate in Mimico in 1912 complete with a private zoo. The zoo was established on the north side of the street and included birds, monkeys, ostriches, horses, donkeys, camels and an elephant. On the south side of the street was the pleasure grounds including a dancing pavilion, picnic area, snack building and a baseball diamond. The Park was open to the public for use by all. Many community and church groups availed themselves of Mr. Miles' hospitality. At the foot of the street he built a large "U" shaped wooden pier into the lake which held a number of decorative swans. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the foot on the street on the south side he built his large home at 11 Miles Road. Mr. Miles was generous with his good fortune, and the grounds were open to the public free of charge. Many organizations availed themselves of his warm hospitality over the years. However, as the Town of Mimico grew, complaints about the smell of the zoo grew in number. In the early 1930s Mimico Council asked him to consider leaving. Reluctantly, he left and purchased a large 200 acre estate in Erindale, to which he was able to move the zoo animals.</span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-90946873539392217852010-04-23T09:10:00.000-07:002012-01-05T09:02:31.892-08:00Hunter Estate - 10 Lake Cres.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuhv4JcT-OjSH3S_h7PSeFOXIM4Cm0BfTzT-dmiK6szpo8qlbWiFbVEaiNAg_zRP0_rnZJUYGEmG_3fc1XgRQb32FP45LrVi7WeIbhfbG_Ooz8RvfxB7g6vMAoxcnxgjmA6WMGCUYTglL/s1600/10+Lake+Cre+-+Hunter-Hornell+Estate+-+April+2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijuhv4JcT-OjSH3S_h7PSeFOXIM4Cm0BfTzT-dmiK6szpo8qlbWiFbVEaiNAg_zRP0_rnZJUYGEmG_3fc1XgRQb32FP45LrVi7WeIbhfbG_Ooz8RvfxB7g6vMAoxcnxgjmA6WMGCUYTglL/s400/10+Lake+Cre+-+Hunter-Hornell+Estate+-+April+2010.JPG" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">One of largest estates in terms of acreage was the Hunter Estate at 10 Lake Crescent. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Hunter Estate was built in 1899 by William Howard Hunter, a Toronto lawyer, in the "English Tudor" style. The large estate of a little over 4 acres extended along the Lake Shore Road from Lake Crescent down to the lake. A small boathouse was built on the lake. In 1912 Hunter sold the estate to Mr. McKelvie, a developer from St. Catherines for $30,000 who subdivided the property into 20 lots and introduced a new street "Island View Blvd." closer to the lake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In 1915 Harry Hornell, a clothing manufacturer from Toronto purchased the main house . He was the father of David Hornell, who won the Victoria Cross in 1945. The house was later converted into four apartments. </span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-79312960512522549532010-04-23T09:04:00.000-07:002014-09-11T06:34:06.855-07:00Abel Estate - 2597 Lake Shore Blvd. West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The large home at 2597 Lake Shore Blvd. W. behind a low stone wall was the long time home of Charles Abel, a pioneer in the photography business. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Built in the late 1910s in the Arts and Craft style, it was originally owned by a Dr. Richardson, however, he only lived here a few years before selling it to Charles Abel in 1920. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charles Abel was born in Turkey, the son of an English engineer and his wife. His father was in the country building a railway for the Turkish government. A plague struck the country and both of his parents died leaving him and his two brothers orphaned. One of the brothers died in Turkey. Charles and George were then sent to Dr. Barnardo's Orphanage in the UK. </span>They eventually were sent to Canada, where they originally worked in garment factories before entering the photography business in 1909. In 1911 they are both found living in a rooming house at 240 Simcoe Street. During WWI they operated the photography service for the Canadian Armed Forces, and then went back into private business. They worked together until 1937 when they dissolved the partnership and went their separate ways. Charles Abel set up the Chas. Abel Photo Service, which was run through independent drug stores. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Upon the death of his wife in the mid 1960s he built the large bungalow next door to the east and sold the house with everything in it. He lived in the modern bungalow (it has always reminded me of the Brady home from the Brady Bunch in the 1970s) until 1979 when he died at the age of 90 years.</span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-34506504091596538402010-04-23T08:59:00.000-07:002012-05-23T07:54:05.604-07:00McGuinness Estate II - 2603 Lake Shore Blvd. West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The largest home built on the Mimico waterfront was that built by Lawrence J. McGuinness at 2603 Lake Shore Blvd West in 1927 set behind tall ornate gates.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The mansion was designed by architect John Wilson Siddall (1861-1941) and is built in limestone in the "English Tudor" style. It originally had 21 rooms including six marble bathrooms, four fireplaces, a panelled library, two solariums and formal gardens extending to the lake. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">From here he continued his profitable distilling and distribution activities until Prohibition was revoked in the United States in 1933. McGuinness was well known in Toronto, and was a personal friend of Ontario Premier Mitch Hepburn. In 1938 he built a distillery and bottling plant in Mimico. He died in 1951. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Upon his death his son Larry McGuinness Jr. took over the family business. Educated at Upper Canada College, Larry Jr., competed as an equestrian in the 1952 and 1956 Olympics for Canada. In 1973 he sold the distillery operation for $4 million, bringing his net worth to a total of $7 million. Following the death of his mother he sold the mansion to the Polish Government in 1976. A year later he declared bankruptcy after a series of bad investments in mining. He later moved to Florida to live with his brother and son.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The house still remains in the ownership of the government of Poland and is their consulate in Toronto.</span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-84410207828746344772010-04-23T08:51:00.000-07:002010-04-23T11:13:19.720-07:00Manning/Gentles Estate - 2067 Lake Shore Blvd. West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhousk-bSq7cTicC4yYYWPkmVVCzLKdLu6mBWHFAhiGZ2KLfGwFYxb2Y3Pk95fLthU3bo-rjX2yf_DMAzpB9EVO7MmfnkjvrQUYTUBy_aU6balzYAhyphenhyphenKFQDX7-1aMIf3_Cco3ExDOh0x1kK/s1600/2607+Lake+Shore+Blvd+West+-+April+2010+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhousk-bSq7cTicC4yYYWPkmVVCzLKdLu6mBWHFAhiGZ2KLfGwFYxb2Y3Pk95fLthU3bo-rjX2yf_DMAzpB9EVO7MmfnkjvrQUYTUBy_aU6balzYAhyphenhyphenKFQDX7-1aMIf3_Cco3ExDOh0x1kK/s400/2607+Lake+Shore+Blvd+West+-+April+2010+-+1.JPG" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Manning/Gentles Estate - 2607 Lake Shore Blvd. West</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">© Michael Harrison 2010 </span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The large house at 2607 Lake Shore Blvd. W. was built for Edward Manning in 1922 in the "Arts & Craft" style. Edward B. Manning was President of E.B. Manning & Company, which sold stocks, bonds and unlimited securities from their offices in the Dominion Bank Building at 68 Yonge Street. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Later it was purchased by Charles Gentles in 1928. Gentles was President of Chas. Gentles Investments with offices across the street from Manning at 69 Yonge Street. The Gentles family remained in the home until the early 1950s.</span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-27600675353272885932010-04-23T08:47:00.000-07:002014-09-11T06:34:23.594-07:00Ring Estate - 2609 Lake Shore Blvd. West - DEMOLISHED<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">The former residence at <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2609 Lake Shore Blvd. W.</st1:address></st1:street> was built in 1915 for Charles and Daisy Ring in the "Arts and Craft" style. Ring was the son of Robert Ring and Ella Aldridge and was born in Cornwall, New York in 1877, however later his family moved to New Jersey where his father worked as a House Painter.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">In the late 1960s he became legally blind and increasingly infirm but was determined to remain in his home with the help of a full time housekeeper and a part time secretary. He succeeded and continued to live in his home until his death on <st1:date day="9" month="12" w:st="on" year="1971">December 9, 1971</st1:date> at that age of 94 years. He left various legacies to his existing relatives, his housekeeper and secretary, but left the bulk of his estate to the Charles E. Ring Foundation.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The home at 2613 Lake Shore Blvd. W. was built in the Arts and Craft style in 1920 for William Calder Ingram, a Customs Official.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Calder Ingram was the son of Charles and Penelope Ingram and born in Toronto in 1887. His parents were born in Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1882.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">William married his first wife Annie Honan in 1907. She died and he married his second wife Rosalie Collins in Niagara Falls, New York in 1912. Rosalie's mother Elizabeth purchased the lot in 1919 for her daughter. It was formally conveyed to her upon her mother's death in 1923. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">William and Rosalie moved to their Mimico Beach home in 1920. Rosalie died of cancer in late 1925 and William sold the house in 1926.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been told by a local resident that the building is now demolished. It has stood vacant for some time. Another loss of one of the original Mimico Beach Estates.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-85059041995552988112010-04-23T08:38:00.000-07:002018-02-15T04:48:54.350-08:00Moyer Estate - 2615 Lake Shore Blvd. West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Moyer estate is located at 2615 Lake Shore Blvd. W. Designed by architects Ellis, Ellis and Richardson, this home, costing $10,000 was built in 1923 in the classical revival style. It was the home of Harry (Hal) Moyer, President of the E.N. Moyer Company, a school furnishing company with offices and warehouses at 100 Front Street W. in Toronto, just to the west of the Queen's Hotel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">At 2619 Lake Shore Blvd West is a home that was the original McGuinness Residence. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Larry McGuinness began in the distillery business in 1905, but made his money as a bootlegger and rumrunner who exported liquor into the United States during Prohibition. At the height of Prohibition, he and his partner Harry Hatch, controlled all traffic in liquor along the west end of Lake Ontario. By the time Prohibition was over McGuinness was a very wealthy man. He would use the profits to build a much larger estate a few lots to the east in 1927.</span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7150019042095829127.post-27490995576350479652010-04-23T08:25:00.000-07:002012-01-13T07:46:28.266-08:00John Parker Estate - 2637 Lake Shore Blvd. West<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8gaHGhQgll6kWxrplTggB1BO4fmsniyb6x7FrIo6oSHGFr9xijsuVT370JXl73TFdt6HK2aF7ltwPpFYc2di4WCRKK9vqzXg5TgFnysr1RgH7P8OCJfEqytYNpedG5Ei1DZwkKWdKUmf/s1600/2637+Lake+Shore+Blvd+West+-+April+2010+-+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8gaHGhQgll6kWxrplTggB1BO4fmsniyb6x7FrIo6oSHGFr9xijsuVT370JXl73TFdt6HK2aF7ltwPpFYc2di4WCRKK9vqzXg5TgFnysr1RgH7P8OCJfEqytYNpedG5Ei1DZwkKWdKUmf/s400/2637+Lake+Shore+Blvd+West+-+April+2010+-+1.JPG" tt="true" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">John Parker Estate - 2637 Lake Shore Blvd. West</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">© Michael Harrison 2010 </span></div><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The John Parker House at 2637 Lake Shore Blvd. W. was built circa 1912. It is one of the earliest homes built on this portion of the Mimico Beach waterfront which was re-divided for development in 1910. It was designed in the Arts and Craft style popular at the time. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">John T. Parker was the son of Joseph Parker and Jane Henderson, born in Ontario in 1862. In the 1891 census his father is listed as a shoe cutter and John as a wholesale boot salesman. By 1909 he was President of the John A. Walker-Parker Company, which manufactured footwear at their factory located at 152 Wellington Street W. in Toronto. He married his wife Mary Moore in 1903. They never had any children but they later adopted a daughter Helene Harrington. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He and his family used the house as a summer home until they sold it in 1919. Their main residence was on Lowther Avenue in Toronto. He died in 1936 at his summer cottage on Lakeland Crescent in Burlington (Port Nelson).</span></span>Michael Harrisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15408473849110286556noreply@blogger.com0