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[[File:The 2nd Spadina House, 1836-1866.png | left | thumb | The 2nd Spadina House was built for Dr. [[W.W. Baldwin]], in 1836, and was demolished 1866.]] | [[File:The 2nd Spadina House, 1836-1866.png | left | thumb | The 2nd Spadina House was built for Dr. [[W.W. Baldwin]], in 1836, and was demolished 1866.]] | ||
[[File:Spadina House, 2023 12 14 (53398593761).jpg | thumb | The 3rd Spadina House today.]] | [[File:Spadina House, 2023 12 14 (53398593761).jpg | thumb | The 3rd Spadina House today.]] | ||
'''Spadina House''' is the name of three houses, built on the top of bluffs formed by the shore of [[Glacial Lake Iroquois]], on [[Spadina Road]], in Toronto. | '''Spadina House''' is the name of three houses, built on the top of bluffs formed by the shore of [[Glacial Lake Iroquois]], on [[Spadina Road]], in Toronto.<ref name=tvo2023-01-04/> | ||
The third and current Spadina House was built in 1866, for [[James Austin]]. | The third and current Spadina House was built in 1866, for [[James Austin]].<ref name=tvo2023-01-04/> | ||
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| url = https://www.tvo.org/article/how-torontos-spadina-museum-is-telling-a-new-story | |||
| title = How Toronto’s Spadina Museum is telling a new story | |||
| work = [[TV Ontario]] | |||
| author = Steve Paikin | |||
| date = 2023-01-04 | |||
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20230128220823/https://www.tvo.org/article/how-torontos-spadina-museum-is-telling-a-new-story | |||
| archivedate = 2023-01-28 | |||
| accessdate = 2023-12-15 | |||
| url-status = live | |||
| quote = The place had been home to the wealthy Austin family since 1866. <!-- James Austin was founder of the Dominion Bank (which, in 1954, merged with the Bank of Toronto, ultimately creating the bank known today as TD). Descendants of the family lived there through the ’70s, when it was acquired by city; in 1984, it was transformed into a museum for all to see. --> | |||
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Revision as of 22:17, 14 December 2023
The 2nd Spadina House was built for Dr. W.W. Baldwin, in 1836, and was demolished 1866.
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Spadina House is the name of three houses, built on the top of bluffs formed by the shore of Glacial Lake Iroquois, on Spadina Road, in Toronto.[1]
The third and current Spadina House was built in 1866, for James Austin.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steve Paikin. How Toronto’s Spadina Museum is telling a new story, TV Ontario, 2023-01-04. Retrieved on 2023-12-15. “The place had been home to the wealthy Austin family since 1866.”