Kew Williams House

Last Saturday my friend Marcia and I made our way over to Lee Avenue to attend the plaque presentation at the Kew Williams House.

Heritage Toronto and the Toronto Public Library were unveiling a plaque for this historic stone house, that was built in 1902.

It is designed in the Queen Anne Revival style, and it was the only building not moved nor demolished when Kew Gardens was made into a public park.
For about 90 years, the house was the residence of the park caretakers, or gardeners, as I like to call them.
The event was hosted by Ross Fair, a Heritage Toronto Board member.

There was quite a turnout; some of the relatives of the caretakers/gardeners were present, and a few politicians, and a representative from Scotiabank.

Here is a better....closer look at the plaque:

After the unveiling, we were invited for a look through the ground floor of the building.

This is the stairway to the second floor:

Here are two pictures of the windows:

The other wonderful thing about this property is the garden, or gardens.
The City employs three gardeners to look after everything...and I think that they do a great job!!