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Places


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Agar's Bridge

The bridge, built in 1921, spanned Mimico Creek at Martin Grove Road, just north of Rathburn Road and the plaque remains in the EHS archives.    

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Albion Grove Village

In 1963, a new subdivision in Northern Etobicoke called Albion Grove Village was the first “all electric” subdivision in Ontario.   

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Andrew & Martha Coulter Farm

Underneath yellow vinyl siding and a white neoclassical portico sits Andrew and Martha Coulter’s original Georgian house of red and yellow brick.    

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Anga's Farm

Settled in a hollow at 85 Bankfield Drive in Etobicoke's Thistletown area, is Toronto’s last remaining working farm.    

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Bais-Oilum

On November 25, 1910, a new Jewish congregation established a Bais-Oilom, translated literally as a “House of the World”, a euphemism for cemetery.

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Bigham Agar Farm

Brigham Agar Farm is a large 1½ storey house of riverstone on a hill overlooking the Mimico Creek Valley. 

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Claireville Tollhouse

Claireville Tollhouse is the oldest remaining building in Claireville and one of the top 10 oldest structures in Etobicoke. 

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Edward Scarlett's House 

The story of Edward Scarlett’s house starts with his father, John Scarlett of Newcastle, England who arrived in the Town of York in 1808. 

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Fetherstonhaugh House 

Fred Fetherstonhaugh bought a large property on the waterfront in Mimico and built a new house, naming it Lynne Lodge after his family home in Ireland. 


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Franklin Horner Community Centre 

The Franklin Horner Community Centre (formerly Franklin Horner Public School) celebrated its 100th anniversary in November, 2010.

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Greystones

In 1925, the Crumptons built a new home in Westmount called “Greystones”, named after the house’s exterior stone. 

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Grubb Farm "Elm Bank"

The Grubb family emigrated from Scotland in 1833 and settled on a lot in the Thistletown area, calling their new farm “Elm Bank”.

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Highfield's Schools

The first school in Highfield was built in 1845 of logs donated by Joseph and Mary Ann Smith on the corner of Rexdale Blvd. and Martin Grove Road. 

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Islington's First Bank

This story of how the village of Islington got its first bank comes directly from the personal memoirs of a local man. 

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Islington's Fountains

Two unique fountains of Islington and the fascinating story of the sculptor who made them.

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Islington Golf Club

In 1913, the seed for Islington Golf Club was planted by three entrepreneurs with a vision for a community golf club. 

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Lambton Mills Methodist Church

In the early 1840s, the Methodists in Lambton Mills decided it was time to build their first church. ​

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La Rose Farm

The La Rose family initially lived in a log house and, sometime between 1852 and 1860, built a new home for their growing family.  

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Laver Farm

There is a heritage house on Kipling Avenue, south of Dixon Rd., that is ​easy to miss - but is actually the oldest home in Etobicoke. 

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McGillion House

This beautiful heritage home at 631 Evans Avenue was built ca. 1901 from 550 tons of shale and limestone, by owner, Charles McGillion.

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McGuinness House

The Consulate of the Republic of Poland has occupied this large gated house on the Mimico waterfront for more than 44 years. 

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Macpherson-Newlove House

This house at 4884 Dundas St. W. in Islington is a listed heritage property, yet some aspects of its history have been a mystery for many years.  

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Moore Farm

The Moore house is a simple 3-bay Georgian farmhouse made of brick laid in a Flemish-bond pattern, once kilned on the property. 

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Mercer Farm

The Mercers acquired 345 acres of land between 1820 and 1830, and built this large brick two-storey Georgian-style home.    

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Montgomery's Inn

Built in 1832, Montgomery's Inn stands today at 4709 Dundas Street West. It continues to provide visual evidence of early 19th century life.

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Newborn Farm - 8 Daisy Ave.

Newborn Farm was built in the Gothic Revival cottage style popular in Ontario 1840-90, especially for farm houses.    

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The Noble-Daniels Houses

Theses homes are located in what was once a major market gardening area, near Mimico Creek and The Queensway.    

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The Robert Coulter House

The Coulter House is one the area's more elusive historic houses because the most interesting architectural features are not visible from the street.  

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St. Matthias Anglican Church

St. Matthias is a rare example of a late 19th century Victorian Gothic frame country church and is the only designated church in Etobicoke. 


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Six Points Hotel

This hotel was a well-known stop for travellers, buses, drivers, and anyone wanting to wet their whistle or grab a meal.  


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Springbank

The story of this house begins in 1803 when Alexander Thompson received a grant of 200 acres of land in Etobicoke. 


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Summerville Station

Once located in Etobicoke, this heritage train station took an amazing trip of its own over the years, eventually landing in wine country. 


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The Old Mill Inn

On August 4th, 1914, Robert Home Smith opened his Old Mill Tea Garden restaurant at 21 Old Mill Road, the same day war was declared.

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The Toronto Humber Yacht Club

A large frame structure that once stood on the west bank of the Humber River, has a long and rich history before becoming a Yacht Club.   

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Thistletown Hospital

Designed as a Sick Children’s Hospital, Thistletown Hospital is an excellent example of Modern Classical architecture.    

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Tom Riley Park

On December 18, 1941, Etobicoke Township’s Council conferred the name “Central Park” to a new athletic field they had opened.   

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Traplin-Berry House

The Traplin-Berry House was built in 1892 south of Dundas Street and west of the Humber River in the milltown of Lambton Mills.

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Ward Farm

About 1828, Abraham and Ann Ward emigrated from Ireland to Etobicoke with their eight children.  In 1829, their son Andrew started building...

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Warrendale

For awhile in the 1960s, most of the buildings on Warrendale Court were at the very frontier of treating severely emotionally-disturbed children.


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