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Information on Building Name: Home Wood

Address: 0 Homewood Avenue

Type of Building: Houses

Name of Building: Home Wood

Notes: Originally the home of George William Allan (1822-1901), Benjamin Homer Dixion (who changed the spelling to Homewood) and later Frederic Nicholls. It became the private 72-bed Wellesley Hospital in 1912. Demolished in 1964 to make room for the Wellesley Hospital expansion.

Address:	0 Homewood Avenue
Type of Building:	Houses
Name of Building:	Home Wood
Notes:	Originally the home of George William Allan (1822-1901), Benjamin Homer Dixion (who changed the spelling to Homewood) and later Frederic Nicholls. It became the private 72-bed Wellesley Hospital in 1912. Demolished in 1964 to make room for the Wellesley Hospital expansion.

Dates
Building completed	1846-1847
Demolished	1964

Architects: Lane Henry

Architects:	Lane Henry

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
Estates of Old Toronto	1997	n/a	58-59
Toronto, 100 years of grandeur	1978	n/a	108+

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