
Wish List - Current & Future Friends Please Note:
Museum Docent positions available at the cottage. We need a few more fabulous Docents to introduce our visitors to life at the cottage in mid 19th century. We even have an application form here.
The following items detailed by clicking this line, are still (September 2010) required to complete the restoration of the cottage. If you can help, please call!
(The items must be antiques dated from 1860 backward to the beginning of the century, and should fit into a quality standard suitable for people at the bottom end of the economic scale, or be understood as a keepsake, or inheritance from the family's past, or as a castoff from more affluent residents of the region. )
We are collecting old fabrics in linen, cotton, and pure wool in order to hold workshops and make braided rugs for the Cottage. We are also interested in amounts of wool which can be used to teach children how to knit.<br>
If any of the above items can be donated, the items should be accompanied by a document establishing their value or by a receipt, if purchased, to facilitate evaluation for tax receipt purposes. The provenance of every item is also important.
For CHP:
To make communication far more effective and efficient, Internet access would be absolutely fabulous!
Other Support:
contact us by emailor phone the Community History Project at 416-515-7546.
If you'd like to support the project financially (and we hope you do!), please print, complete and mail this donation form along with your cheque, or contact the CHP offices with any questions you might have.
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Due to the research they'd already conducted, CHP was ready to act when the date for redevelopment became known. The building was acquired from the developers by CHP for $1 on condition that CHP remove the cottage within 30 days and clear the site for redevelopment.
CHP therefore had to find a place to "park" the building while making arrangements with the City of Toronto for a permanent home. The Toronto Transit Commission kindly allowed the Cottage to rest in its former Wychwood Yard.
Getting it to that yard and fulfilling the arrangements with the developer took 2,626 hours of dirty work by volunteer labourers and $26,000 in unavoidable costs