The home at 22 Kensington Place still bears hand prints in the cement made by Nico and Fevh, the children of the barber, John Varney, who lived there in the 1890s.
22 Kensington Place
Bellevue Square Park
Bellevue Square Park, donated to the City of Toronto in 1887 by Robert Denison was originally the front lawn to the Bellevue, the Denison home.
St. Stephen of the Fields Anglican Church
St. Stephen of the Fields Anglican Church was originally built in 1858 with funds and property donated by Robert Brittain Denison. The modern building was rebuilt in 1865 after the original burnt down.
Toronto Western Hospital
90 Bellevue Avenue
Currently the location of Precision Vacuum Products, the building at 90 Bellevue was built by Bell Canada and served as their Telephone School for Operators from 1907 until 1932.
87 Bellevue Avenue
In 1890 87 Bellevue was home to Dr. J. Algernon Temple’s private hospital, Bellevue House hospital. In 1906 the Sisters of St. John the Divine converted it into Church Home for the Aged, an active senior’s residence which expanded into the property at 78 Oxford St.
No. 8 Fire Station
Built in 1878, No. 8 Fire Station became, in 1911, the first in all Toronto to acquire a motorized fire engine.