Allan Maclean Howard House The Second Mile Club Heritage Property Plaque, 1997
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Resource ID
5302
Access
Open
Address
192 Carlton Street
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
1997
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Time Period
1835-1899
Caption
Allan Maclean Howard House The Second Mile Club Heritage Property Plaque, 1997
Description
This house, now home to the Second Mile Club, was built in 1850 for A. Maclean Howard a prominent citizen. Howard rode his horse to work along Carlton Street then a tree-lined country road bordered on the north by forests. In 1947 Arthur Davison the last owner to live in the house donated it to the City of Toronto. He asked that the house be used as a senior citizens' clubhouse which it became when the Second Mile Club began leasing it that same year. Eunice Dyke the influential head of the City's Public Health Nurses founded The Second Mile Club in 1937 to encourage meaningful activities among the elderly. The first organization of senior citizens in Canada the club still operates the house as a centre one of five in the city of Toronto that continue to provide a valuable service to the elderly.
Marker lat / long: 43.663751, -79.371278 (WGS84)