Glendon Hall Manor

Now home to York University Glendon Campus, the manor house was designed in the 1920's by architects Molesworth, West, and Secord as a stucco covered Italian-style villa with a green tile roof. It has an elliptical walnut staircase under an oval skylight.At the time it was home to one of Canada's largest collection of Dutch portraits, and of modern British paintings. It stood on an estate that covered 125 acres - including 70 acres of cultivated gardens, with the rest serving as farmlands.

Timeline of Glendon Hall Manor

History of the area and the estate:

• Historically the territory of Indigenous peoples, including the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas. They called the Don River the Wonscotanach river - an Anishinaabe word meaning burning bright light - which may come from the fire-lit torch fishing that took place in the area
• 1924 - Edward Rogers Wood (1866-1941) and Agnes Euphemia Smart (1868-1950) build Glendon Hall Mansion -
• 1925 - they present their former residence, Wymilwood renamed Falconer Hall on Queen's Park, to Victoria University
• 1930 - Wood gifts part of his land to his daughter and her husband, Murray Fleming, where they built the Tudor inspired Chedington House
• 1950 - Agnes Eupemia (Phemie) died and left the estate to the University of Toronto to be used for a university botanical garden
• 1959 - becomes the founding campus of York University and was officially inaugurated in 1966 by then Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson

Glendon Hall at York University details:

• Short URL to share for Glendon hall historic photos: wholemap.com/GlendonHall
• Address for Glendon hall: 2275 Bayview Ave, North York, Ontario, Canada - M4N 3M6
• Latitude, Longitude for Glendon hall: 43.727761060315636, -79.37662686372758

 
 

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Historic photos of Glendon hall

1950		Glendon Hall interior view, ground floor, front entrance hallway 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall, interior view, ground floor, loggia (covered outdoor corridor or gallery), facing west 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior view, second floor, sitting room and family kitchenette 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall, interior view, second floor, Mrs. Woods bedroom with four post bed 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior - second floor, Mr. Woods bedroom; portrait above the bed of granddaughter, Beverly 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior view, second floor, master dressing room and bathroom 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior - ground floor, facing outside through the main doors, the porte-cochère and front garden beyond 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall - ground floor, living room; portraits of Mrs. Wood (ca. 1926) and Mr. Wood (1928) 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior - ground floor, hallway, facing east; oval grand stairway visible on the right 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall, interior view, ground floor, guest powder room 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall, interior view, ground floor, oval grand stairway 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall, exterior view, the terrace garden, immediately at the rear of the manor, looking north-west 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall exterior view, formal garden, from inside the northerly gazebo 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior view, ground floor, library 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior view - ground floor, dining room 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1950		Glendon Hall interior view, second floor, family sitting room 75 years ago - Bridle Path - 1950 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1954		Glendon Hall Grounds and Gardens - The Garden Journal 1954 Vol 4 Iss 6 Page 177 71 years ago - Bridle Path - 1954 Link to archive record - Map location
1961		Murray Ross standing at the gates of Glendon Hall, York University 64 years ago - Bridle Path - Friday, September 15, 1961 Max temp: 18.3°C - Min temp: 11.1°C (weather details) Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1965		Formal garden at Glendon Hall, including two gazebos, in the 1960s 60 years ago - Bridle Path - 1965 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)
1980		Glendon Hall - built 1924 - former country estate of Edward Rogers Wood 45 years ago - Bridle Path - 1980 Link to archive record - Map location (From York University Archives)