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St. Matthew's Anglican Church 1890

Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2009

At 135 First Avenue, near the entrance to the church, is this 2008 Heritage Toronto plaque erected with support from the Riverdale Historical Society. Here's what it says:

Coordinates: 43.665411 -79.347253

Designed by Toronto architects Strickland and Symons, this charming example of Gothic Revival church architecture was constructed for an Anglican congregation founded in 1874. Growing quickly after the 1884 annexation of Riverdale into the City of Toronto, the congregation moved to this site from its first church building (since demolished) at today's DeGrassi and Cumming Streets. The present St. Matthew's, which originally seated 600, is constructed of red brick - donated by 11 east-end brickmakers - and Credit Valley and Ohio stone. Its exterior is distinguished by a hexagonal tower that rises with a chimney from a square base, and by buttresses, pinnacles, and richly detailed brickwork. Inside the church, a long, narrow nave rises to a steeply pitched, open timber roof. The attached Church Hall was opened in 1907 on the site of the congregation's lawn bowling club, which has relocated to St. Matthew's Road.

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Allen's Danforth Theatre 1919
Cranfield House 1902
Dingman's Hall (later Broadview Hotel) 1891
The Don Jail 1859-1864
The Don River Bridge, 1803
Dr. Garon Cleland House 1906
Frederick Hubbard House 1909
Owen Staples House and Studio 1904
Poulton Block 1885
Riverdale Courts 1913
The Scadding Cabin, 1794
St. Matthew's Lawn Bowling Clubhouse
Straightening the Don, 1890
Thomas Hogarth House circa 1875
William Peyton Hubbard 1842-1935

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