Holwood - Joseph Flavelle House

Sir Joseph and Lady Flavelle took out a 99 year lease from the University of Toronto for the land at 78 Queen's Park Crescent. They hired the architects Darling and Pearson to design their Second Classical Revival style mansion, Holwood, which was built in 1902. The reception room fireplace has three lines from an Adam Lindsay Gordon poem: "Two things stand like stone / kindness in another's trouble / courage in your own." In the Georgian Great Hall four painted angels look down from amongst the Art Nouveau paintings on the ceiling by Gustav Hahn.

After Sir Joseph Flavelle died in 1939 none of the remaining family wanted to live in Holwood, so the building was returned to the U of T early, and the university used it as part of their new law school in 1940. It is now called Flavelle House. You can see modern photos on the Norbridge Antiques blog page.

 
 

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1909		Drawing room of Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle Holwood house - lots of paintings and chairs 115 years ago - Queens Park - 1909 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1909		Coffered ceiling and artwork in Sir Joseph W. Flavelle's residence - drawing room 115 years ago - Queens Park - 1909 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1910		Front hall of the Flavelle residence with amazing woodwork, vaulted ceiling, and grandfather clock 114 years ago - Queens Park - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1910		Dining room, Joseph Flavelle's mansion Holwood 114 years ago - Queens Park - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1910		Organ in the music room of Sir Joseph Flavelle - Holwood 114 years ago - Queens Park - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1912		Sir Joseph Flavelle's residence "Holwood" in the snow 112 years ago - Queens Park - 1912 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1912		Open car leaving Holwood - Sir Joseph Flavelle's house 112 years ago - Queens Park - 1912 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1935		Dining room at Holwood (Flavelle House), 78 Queens Park Crescent 89 years ago - Queens Park - 1935 Link to archive record - Map location (From the University of Toronto Archives)
1920		South side of Holwood in the snow along Queen's Park 104 years ago - Queens Park - 1920 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1928		Christmas Card with a photo of the gates of "Holwood" 96 years ago - Queens Park - 1928 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1940		Flavelle House as it was being converted to the new Law School 84 years ago - Queens Park - Thursday, May 16, 1940 Max temp: 11.1°C - Min temp: 7.8°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From the University of Toronto Archives)