Heritage

Heritage (or historic) painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than artistic style. Heritage paintings usually depict a moment in a narrative story, rather than a specific and static subject, as in a portrait.

The Bluffs as Viewed by Elizabeth Simcoe c. 1793

This mural depicts the Scarborough as they would have been seen by the marvelled eyes of Elizabeth Simcoe, wife of Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe.

View Mural The Bluffs as Viewed by Elizabeth Simcoe c. 1793
H.M. Schooner, Onondaga c. 1793

This mural depicts the Onondaga, a ship that served as the flagship of the provincial marine from 1790 to 1797.

View Mural H.M. Schooner, Onondaga c. 1793
Scarborough Rifle Company

This mural depicts the Scarborough Rifle Company, who in 1862 was organized with headquarters in a school at Eglinton Avenue near Markham Road. It was the first of several militia companies formed in York County.

View Mural Scarborough Rifle Company
Cliffside Golf Course

The Cliffside Golf Course was located south of Kingston Road and West of Midland Avenue with a beautiful view of Lake Ontario.

View Mural Cliffside Golf Course
The Half Way House

Built as an inn at the corner of Kingston Road and what is now Midland Avenue, Half Way House was a rural stage coach stop half way between the village of Dunbarton and the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto.

View Mural The Half Way House