Address: 4 Sword St Toronto Ontario M5A 3N2 Canada
Original Occupancy Date: 1889
Original Owner: John Secombe, 35, salesman
Original Occupant: John Secombe
Assessment Rolls: 1889 - John Secombe, 35, salesman, lot 21x127, RCBF 1+m, 18' x 30, 12x18, 8 adults, 8 children, $1417
Other Archival Sources: House was lived in for a while by U.S. Secretary of State Caspar Weinberger's counterculture daughter Arwen.
Land Use: Residential
Building Type: Semi-detached
Original Architectural Style: Second Empire
Height: 2 storey
Materials: Red brick with yellow detailing, lower level, slate roof facing
Doors: Half glazed wood with wood moldings detail around pane. Large single pane transom
Windows: Upper- 1 mansard arched radius window, square with Georgian pediment, Victorian style single hung. Lower - bay window. Two outer double hung, Victorian. Central divided double hung. Original with original wood storms, Window dormers
Roof: Mansard roof with horizontal slate
Interiors: Small open entrance wood stairway with wood rails and railings
Landscape Features: Simple wrought iron fence with arrowheads. Landscaped
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