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One of the last great stately homes in Toronto, Flavelle House is at the northwest corner of Queen's Park
One of the last great stately homes in Toronto, Flavelle House is at the northwest corner of Queen's Park

One of the last great stately homes in Toronto, Flavelle House is at the northwest corner of Queen's Park

Date2/15/1975
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  • One of the last great stately homes in Toronto, Flavelle House is at the northwest corner of Queen's Park
  • One of the last great stately homes in Toronto; Flavelle House is at the northwest corner of Queen's Park. Built in 1902; it was called Holwood; but was renamed by the University of Toronto to honor Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle.
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Original Toronto Star caption: One of the last great stately homes in Toronto; Flavelle House is at the northwest corner of Queen's Park. Built in 1902; it was called Holwood; but was renamed by the University of Toronto to honor Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0115918F
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      Holwood, his Queen's park residence one of Toronto's finest homes
      Holwood, his Queen's park residence one of Toronto's finest homes
      Flavelle, Joseph, 1858-1939
      3/7/1939
      The lights are on: The spirit of Christmas in the city has even made stately old Queen's Park take on the sparkle of lights highlighting its architecture and glowing around the bandstand
      The lights are on: The spirit of Christmas in the city has even made stately old Queen's Park take on the sparkle of lights highlighting its architecture and glowing around the bandstand
      Spremo, Boris
      11/29/1985
      Among grand homes of 19th-century company presidents on Queen's Park Crescent, stands No
      Among grand homes of 19th-century company presidents on Queen's Park Crescent, stands No
      Lennon, Frank
      4/14/1975
      Flavelle House, is a reminder of one of the city's least known and most maligned benefactors
      Flavelle House, is a reminder of one of the city's least known and most maligned benefactors
      Mahler, John
      10/19/1978
      Henry Baldwin's home, considered to be one of the last great homes that once stood on the outskirts of the original village of Yorkville
      Henry Baldwin's home, considered to be one of the last great homes that once stood on the outskirts of the original village of Yorkville
      McConnell, Colin
      11/4/1989
      A real homebody, Eggleton lives in a stately house by High Park with wife, Brenda, and daughter, Stephanie
      A real homebody, Eggleton lives in a stately house by High Park with wife, Brenda, and daughter, Stephanie
      Eggleton, Arthur C., 1943-
      6/19/1988
      Three-storey, vine covered brick building with roof gables and porte-cochere at entrance.
      William Mellis Christie House, Queen's Park Crescent East, northeast corner of St. Alban's Street (now Wellesley Street West), Toronto, Ontario
      James, H.
      October 15 1926
      Aubrey Foy (right), housemaster of Flavelle House, chats with students (from far left) Ivan Lavrence, Sandeep Sharma, Robert Duve and Jason Campbell outside Dunlap Hall at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario
      Aubrey Foy (right), housemaster of Flavelle House, chats with students (from far left) Ivan Lavrence, Sandeep Sharma, Robert Duve and Jason Campbell outside Dunlap Hall at St. Andrew's College in Aurora, Ontario
      Godfrey, Sharon
      10/23/1985
      Concrete statue of cross with engraving of sword on upper portion of shaft. Statue stands on a …
      Mimico War Memorial, Vimy Ridge Parkette, Lake Shore Boulevard West, northwest corner of Queens Avenue, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      n.d.
      New alcohol distillery opens to-day; Above is a photograph of the Cereal Mills of Lindsay; formerly the property of the Flavelle Milling Company; of which Mr. J. D. Flavelle was chairman.
      New alcohol distillery opens to-day; Above is a photograph of the Cereal Mills of Lindsay; formerly the property of the Flavelle Milling Company; of which Mr. J. D. Flavelle was chairman.
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      1/14/1927
      Stately Hart House at university of Toronto looks down on tent set up by students to protest the shortage and high prices of university housing. Demon(...)
      Stately Hart House at university of Toronto looks down on tent set up by students to protest the shortage and high prices of university housing. Demon(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      9/9/1968
      Colorized pictures show a living room in a large house.
      Stately rooms and queenly flowers make for the duchess lovely bowers , Government House, Toronto, Can
      Kilburn, B. W. (Benjamin West), 1827-1909
      Approximately 1902