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) 137 years ago - 1889 - Wychwood Park Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1909		Children playing in Wychwood Park, Toronto 117 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 116 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 116 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 110 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 103 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 103 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)
1924		St Clair Car House, looking south-west - now called Wychwood Barns 102 years ago - Thursday, July 10, 1924 - Wychwood Park at 76 Wychwood Ave south of St. Clair Ave West and Christie Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1924		St Clair Car House, looking north-west - now called Wychwood Barns 102 years ago - Thursday, July 10, 1924 - Wychwood Park at 76 Wychwood Ave south of St. Clair Ave West and Christie Street Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)