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Spadina
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Located beside Casa
Loma, this is the third Spadina House on the site. The original owner of the property was
William Warren Baldwin, a prominent early resident of York who was a lawyer, doctor and
sometimes architect. Baldwin's grandson sold the eighty acre estate to financier James
Austin in 1866, who erected the present building. It has undergone some major renovations
over the years, including the addition of a third floor in 1912. The Austin family
remained at Spadina House until 1980, when the building and six acres of the original
estate were generously donated to the city as a museum. An unusual feature of Spadina
House is that most of the furnishings and artwork were donated with the building, lending
an air of authenticity and integrity to it.
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