William Chin, AGO
Gatehouse, AGO
William Chin worked at The Grange for more than 50 years, many of them as butler. Chin, his wife and their seven children lived in the Gatehouse at the foot of The Grange.
His final entry in his pantry book reads:
"Today I leave the dear old Grange to become…a wanderer."
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Built in 1817 for D’Arcy Boulton Jr. and his wife Sarah Anne, The Grange was the first home of the Art Gallery of Ontario and is now a national historic site. In 1875, Hariette, widow of William Henry Boulton, married scholar and journalist Goldwin Smith. The Smiths continued to live in The Grange until their deaths when the house was left by Harriette in her will to the Art Museum of Toronto, now the AGO. This exhibition recounts the story of the house and its inhabitants.
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Laura Berazadi
It's great to see the Grange as it was, compared to how it is today. It really highlights the shifts the area has been through as well as ties that remain strong.
06.09.2008 at 10:17 AM