RAZING
DR. JOHN ROLPH'S HOME
The wreckers are
demolishing an old-fashioned brick cottage at 14 Gerrard Street
East, Toronto, which was once a place of residence for the
Honorable Dr. John Rolph, prominent in the Reform party of Upper
Canada, and the William Lyon Mackenzie rebellion of 1837.
Dr. Rolph escaped to
Rochester when the rebels were defeated, but returned to Canada in
1843, and was elected member of the Legislature for Norfolk.
Dr. Rolph was described as
the "father of medicine in Upper Canada."
The property was purchased
some time ago by the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and a
modern residence building for young employed girls will be
erected.
