Glen Edyth - Samuel Nordheimer estate and gardens

Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nordheimer built their grand house, Glen Edyth, on the hill where Admiral Augustus Warren Baldwin's Russell Hill house once stood. Built in 1872, it had over 30 rooms, towers, a widow's walk, and a porte-cochere coach gate. The extensive grounds and 23-acre gardens were as grand as the house itself. The ravine to the east of the house still bears the family name - the Nordheimer Ravine runs south of St. Clair, where the river used to be damned up to create various ponds and waterfalls with small bridges. Eventually the property was sold in 1924, the house torn down, and the property was subdivided and new homes were built.

Glen Edyth is just one of the many estates that have stood along "The Davenport Hill" in Toronto.

 
 

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1895		Gates by the southern lodge of the Glen Edyth Estate 129 years ago - The Annex - 1895 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1910		Glen Edyth - Samuel Nordheimer Estate - lodge with road through the middle - in intersection of present Macpherson Ave. & Poplar Plains Rd. 114 years ago - The Annex - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)
1910		Glenedyth gatehouse - Nordheimer Estate 114 years ago - The Annex - 1910 Link to archive record - Map location (From the City of Toronto Archives)
1922		Ardwold - Sir John Craig Eaton's mansion - looking n.e. at right behind trees is Glen Edyth 102 years ago - Casa Loma - 1922 Link to archive record - Map location (From the Toronto Public Library)