Thomas Clark House Heritage Property plaque, 2024
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Resource ID
11586
Access
Open
Address
9 Barberry Pl, Toronto, ON M2K 1G9
Credit Line
Heritage Toronto
Date of Creation
2024
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Heritage Toronto
Caption
Thomas Clark House Heritage Property plaque, 2024
Description
This farmhouse, known as Barberry Place, was built by Thomas Clark during the colonial settling of the land that would become Bayview Village.
In 1802 — three years before signing Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas at the head of Lake Ontario — the British Crown granted this land to Joseph Provost. Despite resistance, settlers colonized the region, displacing many
Indigenous Peoples.
Clark built the Georgian farmhouse called Barberry Place with his second wife, Nancy Miller, in 1855. Prominent in the community and the church, the Clarks hosted meetings and Sunday services. In 1853, they formed “Clark’s Congregation” as part of the Wesleyan Methodists of Oriole.
In 1884, the Clarks sold the house and farmland to Elijah Armstrong and his son Samuel. Walter and Agnes Rean eventually bought Barberry Place in 1944, adding a two-bedroom wing to the house. During the Second World War, Agnes was a philanthropist and advocate for the rights of Japanese Canadians placed in internment camps by the government.
In the 1950s, the Reans subdivided the land for housing, and this area became part of Toronto’s suburbs.
Designated in 1994 under the Ontario Heritage Act
Marker lat / long: 43.767056, -79.384447 (WGS84)