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Information on Building Name: Lyndhurst Lodge

Address: 153 Lyndhurst Avenue

Type of Building: Houses

Name of Building: Lyndhurst Lodge

Notes: Initailly built for Ralph Connable. Ernest Hemingway lived there in the 1920s/30s as a guest and tutor to Arthur Connable. When the Connable family moved out of the home, it was utilized as a hospice for paraplegic patients. In the 1980s, the house was divided into three homes.

Address:	153 Lyndhurst Avenue
Type of Building:	Houses
Name of Building:	Lyndhurst Lodge
Notes:	Initailly built for Ralph Connable. Ernest Hemingway lived there in the 1920s/30s as a guest and tutor to Arthur Connable. When the Connable family moved out of the home, it was utilized as a hospice for paraplegic patients. In the 1980s, the house was divided into three homes.

Dates
Building completed	1912
Altered	1980s

Architects: Wickson & Gregg (firm)

Architects:	Wickson & Gregg (firm)

Journal or book	Year	Month	Page	Vol.	No.
National Post	2001	Sept	D5		22nd
Toronto Star	2001	Oct	N12	Sat	13th

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