Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
Between 1890 and 1893, a string of Victorian row houses went up on St. Patrick Street in the center of Toronto. The 6 residences were identical, connected homes on what was then known as Dummer Street, an area steeped in poverty. They were numbered 52 1/2, 54, 54 1/2, 56, 58, and 60.
Today, only 1 remains – 54 1/2 St. Patrick Street – and it turns out it was aptly numbered, since it’s standing as “half” a house.
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