“Wychwood Park was named after Wychwood Forest in Oxfordshire England, by Marmaduke Matthews, a landscape painter.  He built the first house here in 1874 hoping to establish an artists’ colony.  In 1891 a subdivision plan was registered and a park reserve, including Taddle Creek an its pond, was vested in trust for the use of property owners.  Many of the early houses are by Toronto architect Eden Smith and reflect the English Arts and Crafts movement – simple composition and traditional English house forms, blended with the natural landscape site.  In its origins, development and operation, the Park is a unique and early example of a planned community in Toronto. Wychwood Park was designated as a Heritage Conservation District under the Ontario Heritage Act in 1985.” [Toronto Historical Board, 1986]