The old schoolhouse on Glenrose Ave. in Moore Park which for decades was the home of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle is on the market for $4,800,000. It seems like a staggering price for a home which is, to be sure, both historic and beautifully refinished inside. Still, the lot is 50 by 145 and large homes on the street could not command more than 2.5 million at the upper pinnacle of pricing. The building dates it is said from the mid to late 19th century and, in what has become local trivia, was not a former church even though it appears to be one. It was the original school of Deer Park United Church which at the time was a Methodist congregation. It became the home and studio for two subsequently famous sculptors and artists, Loring and Wyle, who fled their homes in the midwest United States to hide their love affair and became famous in Canada through much distinguished work. As celebrated as they were, the couple sometimes barely eked out a living. Some who knew them personally say the old schoolhouse was frequently dangerously cold for lack of coal to heat it. Loring and Wyle died within a few months of each other in 1968. The parkette at St. Clair Ave. and Mt Pleasant Rd. in the former streetcar turn contains a number of copies of Loring and Wyle sculptures. Most of the originals are in the national gallery in Ottawa. Loring and Wyle home on market for $4,800,000
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The old schoolhouse on Glenrose Ave. in Moore Park which for decades was the home of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle is on the market for $4,800,000. It seems like a staggering price for a home which is, to be sure, both historic and beautifully refinished inside. Still, the lot is 50 by 145 and large homes on the street could not command more than 2.5 million at the upper pinnacle of pricing. The building dates it is said from the mid to late 19th century and, in what has become local trivia, was not a former church even though it appears to be one. It was the original school of Deer Park United Church which at the time was a Methodist congregation. It became the home and studio for two subsequently famous sculptors and artists, Loring and Wyle, who fled their homes in the midwest United States to hide their love affair and became famous in Canada through much distinguished work. As celebrated as they were, the couple sometimes barely eked out a living. Some who knew them personally say the old schoolhouse was frequently dangerously cold for lack of coal to heat it. Loring and Wyle died within a few months of each other in 1968. The parkette at St. Clair Ave. and Mt Pleasant Rd. in the former streetcar turn contains a number of copies of Loring and Wyle sculptures. Most of the originals are in the national gallery in Ottawa. 