Spadina House
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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]
William W. Baldwin, a doctor and lawyer, and prominent member of Upper Canada's elite, built the first house in 1818.[2] When it burned down in 1835 Baldwin relocated to downtown Toronto, and built a smaller house on the first house's foundation. The third and current Spadina House was built in 1866, for James Austin.[1]
Toronto acquired the third house in 1984, and turned the 55 room mansion into a museum, recreating the Victorian era decor current when it was built.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.”
- ↑ Lost Rivers: Spadina. Lost rivers of Toronto. Archived from the original on 2022-02-22. Retrieved on 2023-12-15. “There were three houses on this site. The first two were built by William Baldwin. The last, the grand Victorian home still standing today, was built in 1866, by James Austin (picture lower left).”