Ardwold (Image: CP Images)
ARDWOLD
Sir John Craig and Lady Flora Eaton lived in a 50-room estate on Spadina Road near Davenport, designed in 1911 by architect A. Frank Wickson. The Great Hall held this magnificent pipe organ, which Sir John loved to play. When Sir John died of pneumonia in 1922, Lady Eaton moved to her King City château and sold Ardwold in 1936. It was demolished a few years later, and Ardwold Gate, an upscale subdivision, was built on the site
HOLWOOD
Location: 78 Queen’s Park
Owner: Sir Joseph Flavelle, meat-packing magnate and philanthropist
Date: 1902
Architect: Darling and Pearson
At the turn of the 20th century, Torontonians offended by this magnificent Edwardian Geor-gian’s audacious size and excessive frills dubbed the place “Porker’s Palace.” Flavelle, who came from modest circumstances, made his fortune as co-owner of the largest pork-packing business in the British Empire and flaunted his success with the monumental Corinthian portico that fronted his home. The Baronial Hall (below) showcases both a love of classicism (a copy of Raphael’s School of Athens is prominently displayed) and a taste for the new (Gustav Hahn’s art nouveau frescoes would have been in fashion at the time). The Drawing Room (left) was dressed to impress, with an ornate moulded ceiling and intricately patterned walls. The house is now U of T’s faculty of law building.
(Images: City of Toronto Archives)
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