The Old Guild Inn
When I was very little (ages 2 to 5) our family lived in Guildwood. I used to call the Guild Inn The Castle, because it had impressive gates, and was always a signal that we were almost home.
The Guild Inn, or simply The Guild was a historic hotel in the Guildwood neighbourhood of Scarborough, Ontario and was once an artists colony. The surrounding Guild Park and Gardens is notable for a sculpture garden consisting of the rescued facades and ruins of various demolished downtown Toronto buildings.
The property was known as Ranelagh Park, owned by Colonel Harold Bickford who built Bickford House, a 33-room, Arts and Crafts-style manor house on the property in 1914. The building has been through many uses and owners including the Roman Catholic Church's Foreign Mission Society, renamed the China Mission College, family mansion, artists colony, Women's Royal Naval Service, a hospital for the treatment of nervous disorders in military personnel and hotel.
READ MORE HERE:
guildinnestate.com/guild-inn-history/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Inn
The Old Guild Inn
When I was very little (ages 2 to 5) our family lived in Guildwood. I used to call the Guild Inn The Castle, because it had impressive gates, and was always a signal that we were almost home.
The Guild Inn, or simply The Guild was a historic hotel in the Guildwood neighbourhood of Scarborough, Ontario and was once an artists colony. The surrounding Guild Park and Gardens is notable for a sculpture garden consisting of the rescued facades and ruins of various demolished downtown Toronto buildings.
The property was known as Ranelagh Park, owned by Colonel Harold Bickford who built Bickford House, a 33-room, Arts and Crafts-style manor house on the property in 1914. The building has been through many uses and owners including the Roman Catholic Church's Foreign Mission Society, renamed the China Mission College, family mansion, artists colony, Women's Royal Naval Service, a hospital for the treatment of nervous disorders in military personnel and hotel.
READ MORE HERE:
guildinnestate.com/guild-inn-history/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild_Inn