St. Andrew-Windfields

C.W. Jeffreys Home & Plaque
4111 Yonge Street
*Note: Private Property. Please observe from the sidewalk only. This house was built circa 1833 by Rowland Burr, who supervised the straightening of Yonge Street in the 1830s. Later it served as the parsonage of York Mills Presbyterian Church. From 1922 to 1951, it was owned and lived in by noted Canadian artist C. W. Jefferys (1869-1951). Jeffreys worked as an artist and illustrator and taught drawing and painting at the University of Toronto. Look for a plaque in front of the house to read more about Jefferys. In 1956, the house was moved back a short distance to allow for the widening of Yonge Street. A plaque dedicated to Jeffreys can be seen at the south end of the property, next to the staircase that leads to the hill to St. John's Church.

St. John's Rectory
174 Old Yonge Street
*Note: Private Property. Please observe the house from the sidewalk only. By the 1870s, the congregation at St. John's was looking to build a new rectory. The plans of Mr. Fisher of Eglinton, a carpenter and lumber merchant, were approved in 1876, and construction was completed under the direction of contractor Joseph Pennock. The first clergyman to live in the rectory was Canon Henry Bath Osler. The design of the home exemplifies the modest scale and symmetry of Victorian values. The rectory and church are among the few buildings from the nineteenth century in the community that have not been moved.

St. John's Anglican Church
19 Don Ridge Drive
St. John's Anglican Church was built in 1843-1844 and is one of the oldest buildings in North York, designed by John George Howard to replace an earlier building. St. John's was the first Anglican church built outside the Town of York. Over time, expansions were added to the building to serve the growing needs of the community, but the sanctuary and the tower still retain their original design. The cemetery located next to the church building is the resting place of many early North York residents. There are some notable interments here, including hockey player Lionel Conacher and artist C. W. Jefferys.

Owen Park
150 Gordon Road
Owen Park offers a 1.2-hectare park near York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue that features a children's playground and an open green space.

La Belle Maison (Schitt's Creek Mansion)
30 Fifeshire Road
*Note: Private Property. Please observe this house from the sidewalk only. This home was used for the interiors of the Rose Family mansion at the beginning of Schitt's Creek, the award-winning Canadian comedy series. The 24,000 square foot La Belle Maison was built in 2012, and features a Sistine-Chapel inspired foyer. While the exterior of the home was not featured in the television series, the interior represented the luxurious life the Roses left behind.

Kirkwood Park
25 Kirkwood Road
Kirkwood Park on Leslie Street near York Mills Road features four lit outdoor tennis courts, a children's playground and an open green space.

Gosia Komorski Artbox
Northeast Corner of Leslie Street and Coldwater Road
I chose to represent the surrounding area with a quilt of patterns that juxtapose natural elements and man-made structures including the West Highland Creek, Scarborough Butterfly Trail, Huron-Wendat village, St. Andrews Rd, Thompson Memorial Park, Gatineau Hydro Corridor and the neighbourhood bungalows.

Duncan Gingerbread Farmhouse
125 Moatfield Drive
David Duncan was a dairy farmer, and the first to introduce Jersey cows (prized for their milk which contains a high butterfat and protein content) to Ontario. He named the land at York Mills and Don Mills Moatfield, still the name of the local parkland. He also built a farmhouse on the lands around 1865. This home is one of the last remaining examples of the Gothic gingerbread style in Ontario. The building was relocated to its current location in 1986, and has been designated as a heritage building.

Moatfield Farm Park, William Goodwin House & Clark Locke House
355 Lesmill Road
Moatfield Farm Park, named by dairy farmer David Duncan who built a home in the area, offers an outdoor sportsfield and green space. In the park are two heritage buildings: William Goodwin House and the Clark Locke House. The wooden framed Goodwin House was built around 1845, and moved to the park from its original location on Yonge Street in 1982. Clark Locke House, with its distinctive Tudor style design, was built in 1933. Both buildings are now in use by Ontario Nature as office space. Please observe the buildings from the outside only.

Eva's Place
360 Lesmill Road
Eva's Place opened in 1994, and is the first youth shelter in North York to provide a wide range of services and support to prevent and reduce youth homelessness. The shelter is named after Eva Maud Smith, who emigrated from Jamaica in 1956 as a domestic worker. She became a school outreach worker and community leader focused on youth. Her crusade to provide support for youth (which was lacking in the adult shelter system) resulted in the creation of the North York Emergency Home for Youth in 1989, later Eva's Place. Smith's vision for social support now serves hundreds of youth and their families, offering shelter & housing, street outreach, counselling, training and life skills programs.