Address: 70 Spruce St Toronto Ontario M5A 2J1 Canada
Building Name: Spruce Court School
Original Occupancy Date: 1957
Original Owner: Toronto School Board
City Directories: 1958 - 70 Spruce St. Regent Park Public School
Land Use: Institutional
Building Type: Detached
Original Architectural Style: Modern
Height: 2-storey
Composition: Front plaque indicating prior for Toronto General Hospital, Medical School and School of Nursing.
Materials: Red brick, cement stucco.
Doors: 3 front entrance doors, side by side, wood frames and wood doors with very large metal/glass fixed windows.
Windows: 1st floor - 40 wood frame windows consisting of 1 large and 1 small pane of glass, glass appears fixed, lug sill, voussoir above. 2nd floor - same but no voussoirs. Entrance - 18 wood frame. 2 fixed pane windows covering most of entrance wall.
Roof: Flat, red brick chimney at the rear of the building.
Secondary Structures: Small stone addition with 2 metal doors - no windows. Flat roof.
Context: Large wide and deep property.
Landscape Features: Large lawn, asphalt drive bordered by chain link fence on west side and cement slabs on each side, cement walkway and cement steps to front entrance. Badminton court.
Trees: 25 ft. Spruce, 2-50 ft. Horse Chestnut, 25 ft. Spruce, 18 ft. Linden, 3 - 60 ft. Norway Maples, 45 ft. Elm (poor shape), 20 ft. Malus, 3-25 ft. White Pines, 75 ft. Norway Maple, 50 ft. Manitoba Maple (poor shape).
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