Location: 58 Dewey Drive
Date photo taken: 21 March 2017
This tidy bungalow on Dewey Drive probably looks very much as it did when it was first built back in the early 1950s. The "cut-stone front under picture window" and "sidewalk to curb" mentioned in a November 1953 advertisement from the Toronto Daily Star are still clearly evident, although the "gravel drive" has been paved. Interior highlights listed included modern L-shaped living and dining room, 14-ft kitchen with loads of cupboards, including broom closet, lino-tile floors to purchaser's choice of colors, ceramic tile counters and splashback, 4-piece ceramic tile bathroom with double medicine cabinet, electric light fixtures, stove cable, fruit cellar, steel beam construction, divided basement, and economical hot air heating. With all that, the 6-room, 1.5 storey bungalows could be had for $2,650 down, and a total price of $12,090. Other enticements to move to this new subdivision, dubbed Maryvale Gardens, included spacious lots, paved roads and sewers paid for, plus a short commute to Toronto.
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