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The Denisons' Belle Vue home as it looked in 1865. - Photo courtesy: Archives of Ontario, 1582 S1305
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 In 1869 the Denison home, in the centre of what is now Kensington, was surrounded by orchards and watered by Russell Creek, but around their oasis, building lots were swiftly filling in. - Toronto Reference Library
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 The architect of St. Stephen's painted this watercolour of the proposed church. Thomas Fuller designed the Parliament buildings in Ottawa and the University Avenue Armoury in Toronto. The inscription reads: "N.E. view of the church at S. Stephen. Toronto Canada West. To Robert Brittain Denison Esq. Of Toronto. This view dedicated by his faithful servant, the architect." - Photo courtesy: City of Toronto Culture Division Collection. Gift of St. Stephen's-In-The-Field Anglican Church
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 In 1911, No. 8 Hose Station across from the church at College and Bellevue became the first to get a motor-driven fire engine, which used both chemicals and water to fight fires. It was so successful that city council voted to buy more the following year, but also prudently bought a horse-drawn vehicle. - Photo courtesy: Toronto Fire Department
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 In 1911, No. 8 Hose Station across from the church at College and Bellevue became the first to get a motor-driven fire engine, which used both chemicals and water to fight fires. It was so successful that city council voted to buy more the following year, but also prudently bought a horse-drawn vehicle. - Photo courtesy: Toronto Fire Department
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 Dining room in home for aged, about 1910. - Photo courtesy: Sisterhood of St. John the Divine
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On voting day in 1958, one-hundred-year-old Mrs. Ford cast her ballot. With her are Mrs. Thompson, Sister Constance and Mrs. Carscadden. - Photo courtesy: Sisterhood of St. John the Divine
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 The Anglican Sisterhood of St. John the Divine had been operating church homes for the aged since 1886, first on Larch Street, then on John. In 1907, they bought Dr. Temple's hospital on Bellevue. An addition, built as a home for the Pepler family, and known as Bellevue House, became the Gwenneth Osler Memorial Wing. The home accommodated about forty-five elderly women. - Photo courtesy: Sisterhood of St. John the Divine
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 Bell Canada's central office was built at Bellevue Avenue and Oxford Street in 1907. It was a telephone exchange and home to the Bell Telephone School for Operators. It was closed in 1932 because technological change made it redundant. Since 1954 it has been home to Precision Vacuum Products. - Photo courtesy: Bell Canada Historical Services
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 Bell Canada's central office was built at Bellevue Avenue and Oxford Street in 1907. It was a telephone exchange and home to the Bell Telephone School for Operators. It was closed in 1932 because technological change made it redundant. Since 1954 it has been home to Precision Vacuum Products. - Photo courtesy: Bell Canada Historical Services
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 Bellevue Square as it looked in 1913. - Photo courtesy: City of Toronto Archives, RG 8-52-197
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 Leonard Avenue in 1908. - Photo courtesy: City of Toronto Archives, SC 244-2321
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