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Local Landmarks & Heritage

  • Taddle Creek pond
  • Wychwood Park private roads and park reserve (1891)
  • Wychwood Park Heritage Conservation District

Neighborhood History

Wychwood Park is a private residential enclave in midtown Toronto, on the hill above Davenport Road west of Bathurst Street. It takes its name from Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire, England, chosen by landscape painter Marmaduke Matthews, who built the first house here in 1874 hoping to establish an artists' colony. In 1888 Matthews and businessman Alexander Jardine created Wychwood Park as a private enclave for artists and businessmen, and in 1891 a subdivision plan was registered, with a park reserve, including Taddle Creek and its pond, vested in trust for the use of the property owners.

Much of the park was developed between 1907 and 1911, with architect Eden Smith designing many of its houses in the English Arts and Crafts style. The area was annexed to the City of Toronto on February 1, 1909, yet its roads remain the property of the homeowners rather than the City. Wychwood Park is a designated Heritage Conservation District under the Ontario Heritage Act, and it is one of the few places in the city where the former Taddle Creek can still be seen running above ground.

The Wychwood Park tee is for the neighbours of the enclave on the hill, where Taddle Creek still sees daylight.

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Wychwood Park - Central Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee

Wychwood Park - Central Toronto - Unisex Cotton Tee

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Wychwood Park is a private enclave on the hill west of Bathurst Street, above Davenport Road in midtown Toronto. Painter Marmaduke Matthews and businessman Alexander Jardine created it in 1888, and its Arts and Crafts houses went up mostly before the First World War.

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