Archived: Joseph Sheard Parkette, 1981
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Resource ID
6094
Access
Open
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
1981
Program Category
Historical Plaques
Rights
Heritage Toronto
Caption
Joseph Sheard Parkette, 1981
Description
This is the site of the homestead of Joseph and Sarah Sheard which they cleared from the forest and where they raised their seven children. Joseph Sheard (1813-83) arrived in York (Toronto) in 1833 a penniless immigrant from Yorkshire and rose from carpenter to prominent politician and architect. As Foreman of Public Works he refused at great personal risk to build the gallows to hang Lount and Matthews two of the leaders of the 1837 Rebellion. Sheard was Mayor of Toronto 1871-72 when his proposal for the August Civic Holiday (now Simcoe Day) was adopted. He helped design the first Parliament Buildings of Canada and erected many notable Toronto buildings including the former Cawthra Mansion Bay and King Streets considered to have been Toronto's finest house.
Toronto Historical Board 1981
Marker lat / long: 43.660347, -79.381886 (WGS84)