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A living history museum situated in North York. The property contains a number of early-to-mid 19th century buildings. [10] [11] Campbell House Museum: Grange Park: Old Toronto: Historic house: Historic house museum that is situated in a house dating back to 1822. The building was converted into a historical house in 1974.
Robins's painting allowed the garden to be restored in the 1990s under the direction of Painswick's owner, Lord Dickinson, who inherited the house in 1955. [6] [7] The garden is the only surviving garden of the rococo period which is open to the public. [3] It was designed and laid out in the 1740s. [8]
An outstanding example of picturesque design inspired by the 19th-century tradition of rural cemeteries in a naturalistic setting; many of the grave markers are representative of significant epochs in the history of Toronto and the rest of the country Old Toronto City Hall and York County Court House [50] [51] 1899 (completed) 1984 Toronto
A few years later he created a slightly larger garden at his Painswick house, known then as Buenos Aires. [8] It incorporated a statue of Pan by Jan van Nost, which presided over the garden. [10] The main features of the garden were preserved into the 20th century and have now been preserved and opened to the public as the Painswick Rococo ...
Casa Loma (Spanish for "Hill House") is a Gothic Revival castle-style mansion and garden in midtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that is now a historic house museum and landmark. It was constructed from 1911 to 1914 as a residence for financier Sir Henry Pellatt. The architect was E. J. Lennox, [1] who designed several other city landmarks.
Old Toronto 18 Somerset House 1873 27 Wellesley Street East Church and Wellesley: Old Toronto 18 John Thomson and Andrew Woodcock House 1873 296–298 Sherbourne Street Garden District: Old Toronto 18 St. Michael's College: 1873 William Irving Saint Joseph Street Discovery District: Old Toronto John Ward House 1873 401 Sackville Street Cabbagetown
Spadina Museum was awarded the Ontario Museum Association Award of Merit in conjunction with Dawn Roach Bowen for their Black History Month programme Meet Mrs. Pipkin in 2002. [17] Mrs. Pipkin was a laundress at the Spadina house in the 1860s, where she came after escaping slavery in the United States .
Charles Hyett (1677 [1] – 1738), of Painswick House, near Gloucester, Gloucestershire, was an English politician.. He was born 10 April 1677, the eldest son of Benjamin Hyett (d. 1711), an attorney and clerk of the peace for Gloucestershire. [1]