It was named for chorley, lancashire, the birthplace of toronto alderman and first chair of the toronto public library, john hallam. It rejected gage's offer and forged ahead with the rosedale site, known as chorley park, after the town of chorley in lancashire, england, the birthplace of toronto alderman john hallam. Transferred to the military in 1940, chorley park was used as a convalescent home and after the second world war as a recruiting and training centre through the korean war. 1, 1933, was built in 1915 and demolished in 1963. Chorley park, ontario’s last government house, takes its name from a tract of land in north rosedale on which this impressive mansion was built Designed by the province’s chief architect, francis r
Heakes, in the loire valley chateau style of architecture, the building cost well over $1 million. This is the site of the former “government house” or ontario’s viceregal palace, which was called chorley park It was built between 1911 &1915 for over a million dollars. In a mere 100 years from a clapboard cabin at fort york to a lavish castle in rosedale, chorley park was not only the most copious home ever constructed in toronto but probably in all of canada. It rejected gage’s offer and forged ahead with the rosedale site, known as chorley park, after the town of chorley in lancashire, england, the birthplace of toronto alderman john hallam. 14 acres in north rosedale, looking southeast across the don valley
A public park with many trees and paths Designed in the french renaissance style, it was demolished in 1959 due to high maintenance costs Today, the site is a public park offering scenic views of the don valley Though the mansion is gone, remnants of its past remain, making it one of toronto’s most historically intriguing green spaces.
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