The George Davis House, is a house in

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built in 1919 and designated as a Toronto Heritage Property on September 30, 2004.City of Toronto By-Law No. 750-2004
/ref> The house is located at 40 Kingswood Road in the

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area of eastern Toronto and part of the Kingswood Road South Heritage Conservation District.E.R.A. Architects Inc. (2009) ''Kingswood Road South Heritage Conservation District'', 134 pp
plan_kingswoodsouth.pdf
(Accessed 2012-09-25) The house was built for George Davis, an editor with Maclean's Publishing, and was later occupied by F.S. Hollister whose firm was involved in creating the World War 1 memorial windows in Ottawa's

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. The house is considered a good example of
Period Revival
Design with English Tudor elements".

References

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