The Evolution of Healthcare Services
This site, which is now home to Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, has a long history of addressing Toronto's most pressing social and healthcare issues.In 1856, the City of Toronto purchased...
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Eden Smith House
The important Canadian architect Eden Smith (1859-1949) designed this house in 1896 as his family residence. It was part of an artistic colony on Indian Road where Eden Smith planned residences...
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Elgin and Winter Garden Theatres
Designed by New York architect Thomas Lamb for the Loew circuit, this double-decker complex was unique in Canada, and included many features later found in movie palaces. The lower theatre,...
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Ernest Hemingway
American-born Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), internationally renowned author, lived in this apartment building, 1597-1599 Bathurst Street, in 1923-24, while working as a journalist for the Toronto...
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Early Mill Site
A grist mill & sawmill, built by David Holley in 1810-11, stood in the valley below. James Farr, to whom the mill belonged from 1815 until 1828, operated five run of stones in his mill. The...
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Etobicoke Transportation Mural
This mural was created by artist Stephen Stanley through the City of Etobicoke's Public Art Program and was dedicated by Mayor Doug Holyday on October 16, 1996. The mural depicts the history...
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Evolution of Carleton Village
By the mid-1800s, this area was called Carleton Village. As farmland was settled, village occupations grew from local shops: a blacksmith, a cooper, a cobbler, a tailor.West Toronto...
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Earlscourt Branch, Toronto Public Library 1921
Originally named for its local community (annexed by Toronto in 1910), Earlscourt Branch replaced a smaller Toronto Public Library branch opened in 1913 in a nearby rented space. Toronto...
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Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe 1766-1850
The wife of the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim was born at Whitchurch, Herefordshire, England. Orphaned at birth, she lived with her uncle, Admiral...
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Early Exhibition Buildings
These five buildings - the Press (1904), Music (1907), Horticulture (1907), Government (1912), and the Fire Hall and Police Station (1912) - are the largest and finest group of early 20th...
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Eglinton Hunt Club RCAF Institute of Aviation Medicine
Surrounded by open fields, this site became home to the Eglinton Hunt Club in 1919. By 1929 the club added stables, arenas - one for indoor polo - and an impressive club house, all designed...
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Enoch Turner Schoolhouse
In 1849, this building opened as Ward Street School, Toronto's first free school. Enoch Turner, a wealthy local brewer, financed the construction and operation of this school on land donated...
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Elm Grove Garden
The Parkdale Village Business Improvement Area (PVBIA) encompasses the area along Toronto's celebrated Queen Street West from Dufferin Street to Roncesvalles Avenue. Because of its close proximity...
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Eulogy to Beauty
NonePlaque via Alan L. Brown's site Toronto Plaques. Full page here.
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Elm Street
Elm Street, named after a solitary elm tree which once stood like a landmark at the corner of Yonge and Elm streets, is now in the heart of the city. (By the way, the trees you see on the street...
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Earl Kitchener Public School
The Earl Kitchener Public School was originally located on this site. Opened in September of 1915 by the Toronto Board of Education, this school was jointly used by students from the City of...
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Edward S. Rogers, Sr. 1900-1939
49 Nanton Avenue was the childhood home of Edward Samuel Rogers Senior, inventor, businessman and pioneer in radio engineering and broadcasting in Canada. Fascinated by radio at an early age,...
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Edith Kathleen Russell 1886-1964
A distinguished Canadian educator, Kathleen Russell was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia. She graduated in 1918 from the Toronto General Hospital School of Nursing and, in 1920, became first director...
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Edward Hanlan 1855-1908
Ned Hanlan was born in Toronto. In an era when rowing was a highly popular spectator sport in the English-speaking world, he was the sport's greatest exponent. He became Canadian champion in 1877...
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Edgar John Jarvis 1835-1907
One of Rosedale's early developers, Edgar John Jarvis was introduced to this area by his uncle, William Botsford Jarvis of "Rosedale Villa". Edgar and his wife, Charlotte, moved here into their...
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