Bain, James, house, Sherbourne St

Photograph (coloured with watercolour).
Bain, James, house, Sherbourne St., northeast corner Dundas St. East.

House originally stood on e. side of Sherbourne St. in present Dundas Street East.; moved ca 1857 

766-BAIN HOMESTEAD, SHERBOURNE ST., TORONTO-View in 1870-This pretty roughcast residence was built in 1851 by the late James Bain, bookseller, who died in 1908. It stood on the east side of Sherbourne street on a plot of ground between the n.e. and s.e. corners of Sherbourne street and the present Wilton avenue. Beech street (Wilton avenue) was extended from Seaton to Sherbourne, according to a plan dated 1857, and filed in the registry office. The property for this extension had been pur-chased, one parcel from James Bain on 13th Oct., 1855, and the rest from James Humphrey on 23rd Nov. of the same year. The Bain residence was moved about 50 feet to the n.e. corner of Beech and Sherbourne, and was occupied by Mr. Bain until 1900, when he moved to Kew Beach. In 1878 a by-law was passed changing Crookshank street, which ran from Yonge to George streets, and Beech street, running east from Sherbourne, to Wilton avenue. Wilton crescent, which connected Crookshank and Beech streets, was always known by that name. Mr. Bain sold the re- mainder of his property in 1906. Three years later the house was demolished and an apartment house erected on the site. During Mr. Bain's residence in the old house the garden at the south side wal! much admired, for he was a master florist and an expert in horticulture. Water color. Size 6 x 8.