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Home for Incurable Children

Don't forget about the video walkthrough below!!

youtu.be/LvahXmJGzIo

The Home for Incurable Children began in 1899 as 22 women gathered for a meeting over tea to form a committee (18 of those would later found the top pediatric hospital in the world)! This meeting also led to what is now known as Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital.

Overgrown, fenced off and rapidly deteriorating sits this Georgian Revival Style estate home that was built in 1914. The land was owned by a man and his wife named Edward and Betty, it was a sprawling piece of property comprised of 100 acres. They later sold the property to Robert in 1925, Robert broke up parts of the property selling it to various people one of whom went by the name of Alice. Alice moved into the home with her husband George and their many children, the family nicknamed the property Primrose Hill. Pieces of the property continued to change hands over the years to various people until 1987 when 30 acres of land where the building sits was sold to a private hospital. Then one year later the government funded the purchase of this same land to form a new 100 bed hospital for children that were too old for the pediatric hospital. Many of the people that resided at this hospital were eventually transitioned to group homes and in 1994 the building and property were sold to a religious organisation. The new owners used the current building until 2007 when a new structure was built and the this former hospital has sat abandoned ever since.

The building was designated a heritage structure in 2012 and is listed on the city's register which protects it according to the Ontario Heritage Act. There is a development proposal that would include a six-storey senior's building, an eight-storey condominium, 60 three-storey townhouses and a private secondary school, which would require the heritage building to be moved approximately 80 metres to a new location.

Only time will tell what happens to this building but due to its severe state of decay, I suspect the building will likely be lost to demolition by neglect if something is not done soon!!

Description
Home for Incurable Children

Don't forget about the video walkthrough below!!

youtu.be/LvahXmJGzIo

The Home for Incurable Children began in 1899 as 22 women gathered for a meeting over tea to form a committee (18 of those would later found the top pediatric hospital in the world)! This meeting also led to what is now known as Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital.

Overgrown, fenced off and rapidly deteriorating sits this Georgian Revival Style estate home that was built in 1914. The land was owned by a man and his wife named Edward and Betty, it was a sprawling piece of property comprised of 100 acres. They later sold the property to Robert in 1925, Robert broke up parts of the property selling it to various people one of whom went by the name of Alice. Alice moved into the home with her husband George and their many children, the family nicknamed the property Primrose Hill. Pieces of the property continued to change hands over the years to various people until 1987 when 30 acres of land where the building sits was sold to a private hospital. Then one year later the government funded the purchase of this same land to form a new 100 bed hospital for children that were too old for the pediatric hospital. Many of the people that resided at this hospital were eventually transitioned to group homes and in 1994 the building and property were sold to a religious organisation. The new owners used the current building until 2007 when a new structure was built and the this former hospital has sat abandoned ever since.

The building was designated a heritage structure in 2012 and is listed on the city's register which protects it according to the Ontario Heritage Act. There is a development proposal that would include a six-storey senior's building, an eight-storey condominium, 60 three-storey townhouses and a private secondary school, which would require the heritage building to be moved approximately 80 metres to a new location.

Only time will tell what happens to this building but due to its severe state of decay, I suspect the building will likely be lost to demolition by neglect if something is not done soon!!