York Memorial Collegiate Institute Commemorative Plaque, 2015
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Resource ID
5181
Access
Open
Address
2690 Eglinton Avenue West, Toronto, ON M6M 1T9
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2015
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Heritage Toronto
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York Memorial Collegiate Institute Commemorative Plaque, 2015
Description
Opened in 1930, York Memorial Collegiate Institute was built for York Township Council in memory of local youth killed in the First World War. C.W. Smith was the architect. While Torches of Remembrance and Shields of Honour flank the main entrance, the upper set of eleven steps leading to the front doors symbolize Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. On the wall outside the school’s auditorium is a mural by John Hall honouring lives lost in the Second World War, and below the mural hang York Memorial’s Honour Rolls. Inside, above the stage, are plaster crests of Canada’s provinces alternated with Roses of Sacrifice. Stained-glass windows by Robert McCausland Glassworks commemorate two turning points in Canadian history – the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759 and the Battle of Ypres in 1915. Heritage TORONTO 2015
Marker lat / long: 43.690143, -79.476148 (WGS84)