Toronto's Historical Plaques

Learn a little of Toronto's history as told through its plaques.

Wychwood Park

Photo by Laura Cooper - January 2008

Here, beside one of the private roads in Wychwood Park, is a 1986 City of Toronto plaque that says:

Wychwood Park was named after Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire, England, by Marmaduke Matthews, a landscape painter. He built the first house in the park in 1874 hoping to establish an artists' colony. In 1891 a subdivision plan was registered and a park reserve, including Taddle Creek and its pond, was vested in trust for the use of property owners. Many of the early houses are by Toronto architect Eden Smith and they reflect the English Arts and Crafts Movement - simple composition and traditional English house forms, blended with the natural landscaped site. In its origins, development and operation, the park is a unique and early example of a planned community in Toronto. Wychwood Park was designated as a Heritage Conservation District under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1885.

Location Co-ordinates: 43.677308 -79.419973

Photo by Laura Cooper - January 2008

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