Another old landmark passes. A landmark for half a century will vanish when the house of the O'Brien homestead, shown above, at the corner of Willard (...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Another old landmark passes. A landmark for half a century will vanish when the house of the O'Brien homestead; shown above; at the corner of Willard and Maple avenues; is torn down next week to give place to a modern bungalow. Fifty years ago Patrick O'Brien hewed a space out of primeval forest in Swansea and built the passing structure; a four-roomed rough-cast building. There his family was born and brought up on a forty acre farm. In 1912 his surviving son; James J. O'Brien; sold the farm with the exception of the lot on which stood the old house and a horse stable. Only two houses will remain in the district with such a lengthy service. One is the Ellis homestead by Grenadier Pond; and the other the Bloor street relic on the Home Smith property.