Historic photos from around Wychwood Park, Toronto

Wychwood Park (west of Bathurst Street on the north side of Davenport) was founded as an artists colony in the late nineteenth century.

Painter Marmaduke Matthews planned out the community with the backing of businessman Alexander Jardine. It was centred around Wychwood Park, with houses designed in the Ars and Crafts style by architect Arthur Edwin Whatmough. At the time Taddle Creek ran through the property, and it was damned to create the pond (the rest of the Creek has since been covered over).

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1889		Summer Morning, Wychwood Park - painted by Marmaduke Matthews (1837-1913) 135 years ago - 1889 - Wychwood Park Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library Still not back as of March 2024)
1909		Children playing in Wychwood Park, Toronto 115 years ago - Saturday, November 27, 1909 - Wychwood Park Max temp: 8.3°C - Min temp: -1.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario)
1910		Horses running the Hillcrest racetrack at Davenport Road and Bathurst Street 114 years ago - 1910 - Wychwood Park Link to archive record - Map location (From Archives of Ontario)
1910		Car on muddy Davenport Road, east of Bathurst Street 114 years ago - 1910 - Wychwood Park at 774 Davenport Road Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1916		Wychwood Park pond - Taddle Creek 108 years ago - Saturday, June 17, 1916 - Wychwood Park at Wychwood Park Link to archive record - Map location (From the Library and Archives Canada)
1923		Hillcrest - Stores Building, looking south-east 101 years ago - Tuesday, October 2, 1923 - Wychwood Park Max temp: 15.0°C - Min temp: 5.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1923		Davenport, west from Bathurst 101 years ago - Monday, November 19, 1923 - Wychwood Park Max temp: 2.8°C - Min temp: -5.6°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)