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Sumach Street Wellesley Street Winchester Street Since the mid-1800s the Cabbagetown-Regent Park area has been the place where many of Europe’s immigrants began their life in Toronto. Through the years most have led simple lives steeped in a difficult environment. But the people of Cabbagetown were resilient and resourceful, and many have thrived to attain greatness. History comes alive in Cabbagetown. Not only a Victorian inner-city enclave where you’ll find a large number of beautiful heritage homes, indeed many fascinating and remarkable people have called it home. Read their stories here. Or better, use this brochure as your personal guide through the quaint streets of Cabbagetown. You will find blue oval plaques at the addresses indicated here. To further explore Cabbagetown People, to read about “More Remarkable Lives”, to discover more fascinating history, and to book a guided walking tour for a group, visit cabbagetownpeople.ca Welcome to Cabbagetown! More to be discovered at: cabbagetownpeople.ca Rosedale Valley Rd Sumach Street 390 Charles William Jefferys. 1869 – 1951 History Painter and Bayview Alpha 368 Darrell Kent. 1942 – 1989 Illustrator. W. Cottages W. Laurier Parkview Wellesley Ave Wellesley St. James Real Estate Agent and Born in Britain, C. W. Jefferys Wellesley Philanthropist Born arrived in Toronto around and raised on a farm in 1880. He is remembered Amelia Hillcrest Saskatchewan, Darrell Kent primarily for his bold Rose Prospect came to live in Toronto illustrations of Canadian Hillcrest Park Salisbury in the late 1960s and is history and military subjects. His sketches and Rawlings considered the driving force paintings of bygone events will continue to bring Metcalfe Lancaster Winchester behind the renovation of many of the area’s Canadian history to life for many generations. beautiful and unique Victorian houses. He Millington Flagler Sackville Pl financially supported activities for local youth, 397 Richard Bradshaw. 1944 – 2007 Aberdeen Broadcast Ln Broadcast Bleecker inspiring and encouraging others to join in his W’stock Canadian Opera Company Carlton Bowman philanthropy. Conductor and Visionary. Carlton t Born in England, he started Gildersleeve Geneva Dermot 422 Fraser Mustard M. D. 1927 – 2011 his career as a conductor. Medical Pioneer and In 1989 he was chief Spruce Hospital Lane Seaton Ontario Champion of Early Learning conductor of The Canadian Parliament Sherbourne Rolston Sword Naismith Sackville Gifford Remembered for his Opera Company, and Gerrard Sumach medical and educational became the general director in 1998. He had Gerrard achievements, his research a vision to build an opera house and in 2006 in early childhood education The Four Seasons Centre for the Performing paved the way to create a Arts officially opened. Oak Cornwall province-wide full-day kindergarten. Berkeley Oak Tony Brady. 1935 – 1991 Cole 443 River 424 Bill Stapleton. 1916 – 2008 A Founder of the Forsythia Dundas Artist, Activist, Teacher. Festival. Some compared his Wyatt Actor, magician, hairdresser, St. Bartholemew Mark artwork to that of Degas Arnold Nicholas animal breeder, traveller and and Toulouse-Lautrec. He writer of popular children’s St. David Labatt Defries painted in startlingly vibrant Milan stories, Tony was a founder Poulette Sutton colours and bold strokes, as of Cabbagetown’s Forsythia Regent Sackville Green forthright in his technique Festival, which has become a popular annual Shuter as he was in his social convictions. Collections event. of Mr. Stapleton’s work are in The National 94 Doug Henning. 1947 – 2000 156 Daniel Lamb. 1842 - 1920 Archives of Canada and The Canadian War Winchester Street World Famous Magician. Industrialist, Politician, Museum. As a teenager in Toronto, and a Founder of 21 The Venerable Archdeacon Samuel Doug Henning studied Toronto’s First Zoo. Wellesley Street Johnson Boddy M.A, D.C.L. magic. He created and Active in civic politics from 1826 – 1905 starred in several magic 1885 to 1901, Daniel Lamb 328 Walter Huston. 1884 – 1950 A Remarkable 42 Years of musicals on Broadway. On served as an Alderman for Academy Award-winning Service to this Community television the Emmy-award Cabbagetown. He built the Actor. A plaque is also He came to Canada from winning “Doug Henning’s World of Magic,” first public water works, still in operation today, located at Winchester England in 1858. Later, made him one of the best-known and popular on the Toronto Island. Public School, Heritage the Anglican parish of St. magicians in the world. Building, Ontario and Peter’s was duly constituted The Early Settlers. Winchester Streets. in Cabbagetown and he was appointed rector. 152 Sir Ernest MacMillan. 1893 - 1973 NE Corner of Winchester Toronto-born Walter attended His residence served as the Rectory for St. Brilliant Composer, The Early Settlers and Sumach Streets. Winchester Public School in Cabbagetown. He Peter’s during his tenure when he was also Organist and Educator. The remains of 984 early later studied engineering, but gave it up for responsible for getting the first streets in the Canadian-born Ernest settlers of the Town of York acting. He made his stage debut in Toronto in area paved. MacMillan was a child were removed from Potter’s 1902. He later moved to California where he won prodigy performing at Field, a 6-acre plot in what an Academy Award in 1948 for Best Supporting Massey Hall at eleven years is now the Yorkville district Actor in “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre”. He of age. Conductor of the of Toronto and re-interred in the Necropolis in appeared in over 50 movies, and occasionally Toronto Symphony for many years after WWII, a section designated “The Resting Place of returned to Broadway to act in plays. he was knighted in 1935 in recognition of his Pioneers” 1851 to 1881. musical accomplishments. Teachers, Students, Parents - Read about Cabbagetown Sauriol: Andre Flys Adaskin Family: University of Saskatchewan People's Program for Schools at Goss: City of Toronto Archives, Series Archives, photograph A-7093 cabbagetownpeople.ca 372, Sub-series 41, Item 597 Grand & Toy: Grand & Toy Company Garner: CBC Still Photo Collection Limited Credits: von Kunits: Toronto Symphony Orchestra Stapleton: The Cabbagetown Regent Seton: Ernest Thompson Seton Institute Inc. Archives Park Museum© Allward: Veterans Affairs Canada Wicks: The Wicks Family MacMillan: Toronto Symphony Orchestra CPA charitable number: Oliphant: V. Tony Hauser Liste Sinclair: Gloria Saarinen Archives 85053 6160 (RR0001) Oronhyatekha Royal Ontario Museum Callaghan: CBC Still Photo Collection Cabbagetown People Committee: Hume: Miss Margaret Robins Archives, Rose: Canadian Methodist Historical Christopher Dew, Gilles Huot, Women’s College Hospital Society Margaret Rutledge, Alan Waterhouse Brick: Chubb Family Collection – Nichols: The Ingram Gallery Program Founder: Sheila Schirmer Source Unknown Schawlow: Photo by Robert Lansdale, Gordon Sinclair: City of Toronto Archives, University of Toronto Archives [email protected] Fonds 1652, File 422, Item 2 Smith: The Arts and Letters Club cabbagetownpeople.ca brochure design: steveyeates.ca Aberdeen Avenue Lieutenant Francis Gwillim Simcoe. 550 Hugh Garner. 1913 – 1979 Salisbury Avenue 1791 - 1812 Author and Witness Ernest Thompson Seton. 1860 - 1946 First Private Owner of to Depression Era 34 Eden Smith, Architect. 1858 - 1949 Self-trained Biologist, These Lands. Plaque located Lieutenant Cabbagetown. Plaque Prolific Early Toronto Scientific Illustrator and Francis Gwillem Simcoe at SW corner of Riverdale located at the Hugh Garner Designer and Architect. Naturalist. Plaque located at Park at Carlton and Sumach Housing Co-operative. In 1888 he began his #6 (formerly #4 which no Streets. Born in Yorkshire, England, architectural practice. As well longer exists.) Francis Simcoe was the Hugh Garner grew up in as designing many prominent He was one of the founders eldest son of John Graves Simcoe, the first Cabbagetown and worked at the Toronto Star churches, he designed houses of the Boy Scouts and Girl Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. He was newspaper as a copy boy. He fought in the Spanish in Wychwood Park, Rosedale, Guides of America in addition to being one of the the first owner of the lands now known as Civil War and WWII. As a Canadian writer, his focus The Annex and Forest Hill. Another outstanding most important 19th century Canadian novelists. Cabbagetown. He was killed at the age of 21 in was on working class Ontario and the best known achievement was the design of the Co-op housing Spain while leading a storming party under the of his realistic novels is Cabbagetown (1950). complex at the Corner of Spruce and Sumach Streets. Amelia Street command of the Duke of Wellington. 675 Luigi von Kunitz. 1870 – 1931 Sherbourne Street 43 Walter Seymour Allward. 1876 – 1955. Cabbagetown’s First People. Founder of the Toronto Renowned Canadian Plaque located inside the Symphony Orchestra. 495 The Adaskin Family. Sculptor. SW entrance to Riverdale Plaque located at SW One of Canada’s greatest Following early training at Central Park. corner of Rose Avenue Musical Families of the Technical School in Toronto, Mr. Cabbagetown's Centuries before there was Public School. 20th Century. Allward studied in London and First People a Cabbagetown community Born and trained as a musician Harry. 1901 – 1994. Paris. He is best known for his and long before French in Vienna, he came to Toronto John. 1908 – 1964. monument at Vimy Ridge in fur traders or the British in 1912 to teach. He inspired many musicians. In Murray. 1906 – 2002. France which took 14 years to complete. settlement called York, many different the 1920s he founded the Toronto Symphony (Pictured) Aboriginal cultures such as the Anishnabai Orchestra and became its first conductor. Plaque located in what is now the Wellesley 137 Betty Oliphant. 1918 – 2004 (Ojibwa), Haudenosaune (Iroquois), Huron, Community Centre - Lobby. The Adaskin Renowned Innovator of Eries, Petuns and Neutrals came together to Parliament Street brothers represent one of the greatest stories in Ballet Education. trade, hold councils and seasonal ceremonies Canadian music history.
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