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Journey's End

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photo credit, courtesy of Bob Krawczyk

BUILDING INFORMATION

Name & Location:

Journey's End
210 Riverside Drive
Toronto
High Park-Swansea

Year Completed:

1935

OTHER IDENTIFICATION

Alternate Name:

L.M. Montgomery House

Notes:

In 1935, famed Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery and her husband, Rev. Ewan Macdonald, retired to this house in Toronto. Montgomery was the author of the Anne of Green Gables series and wrote her final few books in this house. She coined the house 'Journey's End.' Montgomery died in the house in 1942.

Year completed is approximate.

The house was listed as a heritage property by the City of Toronto in 1979.

Status:

Completed

Map:

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BUILDING DATA

Building Type:

Detached house

Current Use:

Residential

Heritage Status:

Listed

Sources:

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Inventory of Heritage Properties
Author - City of Toronto
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Lucy Maud Montgomery in front of 'Journey's End', Toronto, ON
Author - L.M. Montgomery Research Centre (University of Guelph)
Notes - Link to digitzed photograph of L.M. Montogmery standing outisde Journey's End in 1940.
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The tragic final days of Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author - Adam Bunch
Date - September 12, 2017
Notes - Article about L.M. Montgomery's final days and death in the house.
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Lucy Maud Montgomery
Author - Toronto's Historical Plaques
Notes - Transcription and image of a historical plaque near the house.
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