User:Geo Swan/Thorncrest house

Thorncrest house built in 1854, was one of the oldest buildings in Toronto, until it was demolished in 1999. William_Pearce_Howland, who would later be one of Canada's fathers of Confederation, built this relatively modest home as a summer retreat in 1854, one 40 hectare of land near the corner of Islington Avenue and Rathburn Road.

Developer Marshall Foss acquired the parcel of land in 1945, and divided it into parcels of .5 acre, leased to home buyers, but he preserved the historic Thorncrest house, which, sadly, was later torn down, in 1999, against the advice of conservationists.


 * Thorncrest house
 * Thorncrest House