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Bracondale Hill
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2007
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted November, 2013
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted July, 2007
A place for kids to have fun sits where Robert John Turner's house used to be. This 1987 Toronto Historical Board plaque here on a rock in Hillcrest Park at Davenport Road and Christie Street gives us this information:
Coordinates: 43.676191 -79.424962 |
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On this site Robert John Turner (1795-1872) built his house "Bracondale Hill" about 1847. A lawyer, he practised in the chancery courts at Osgoode Hall and became referee of titles and accountant general of the court of chancery. His son, Frank Edwin Prince Turner, inherited "Bracondale Hill" and after a career of railroad building in Brazil, Argentina, Honduras and England, returned to become first post-master of Bracondale Village and after, deputy reeve of York Township. Frank's younger brother, Charles Conrad, lived in the house until his death in 1932. In 1937 the mansion was demolished but street names such as Turner, Conrad, Frank and Ashworth recall the influence of the Turner family.
Related webpages
The Turners of Bracondale
Bracondale Hill
Related Toronto plaques
Bracondale Village
Osgoode Hall
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