Looking towards the Winchester Public School from Ontario St and Winchester St in the Cabbagetown and St James Town neighbourhoods of Toronto.
Built in 1897/98, architect Charles Hartnoll Bishop designed the building in the Italianate style. Notable former students of Winchester School include Walter Thomas Huston, a Canadian actor, and Arthur Leonard Schawlow, a Nobel Prize winner in Physics.
Then and Now
SOURCE
- City of Toronto Heritage Register: Winchester Public School at 15 Prospect St
- TDSB: Winchester Junior and Senior Public School History
- Photo: Denise Marie for TorontoJourney416
- Vintage Photo: City of Toronto Archives
- City of Toronto: Maps
- Toronto City Directory courtesy of Toronto Public Library
