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.
For CHP:
Space required for storage, or work.
Other Support:
contact us by email the Community History Project
If you'd like to support the project financially (and we hope you do!), please print, use our new interac donation process , or contact the CHP offices with any questions you might have.
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
