The Globe and Mail

Those who appreciate historic architecture in Toronto may be familiar with Eden Smith -- a Toronto practitioner of the arts and crafts school led by Briton William Morris at the end of the 19th century. But even they probably know only Mr. Smith's public buildings, such as the Group of Seven studios on Aylmer Avenue, St. Thomas Anglican Church on Huron Street and three public library branches that resemble Elizabethan church halls. Not even the heritage preservation department of the City of Toronto is aware of the extent of Mr. Smith's contributions to the city's upper-class residential neighbourhoods, where he and his sons built an estimated 250 homes in the early 1900s.