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HISTORY
Hogg's Hollow is named after James Hogg, a Scotsman from Lanarkshire, who settled
here in 1824. Hogg operated a whisky distillery and a grist mill, and was considered
the most successful of all the millers in the valley.
In 1856
James Hogg's sons John and William, subdivided their late fathers
estate under the name "Hogg's Hollow". The Hogg's Hollow subdivision
included one hundred and forty-one lots however only a handful
of houses were actually built at this time.
Four of
the original Hogg's Hollow houses are still standing. These
include two former mill workers cottages, that were relocated
in 1986 to 4150 Yonge Street, where they now serve as the entrance
to the Auberge du Pommier Restaurant. The other two original
houses are located at number one and number five Old Yonge Street.
Both of these houses have undergone extensive renovations. The
Jolly Miller tavern, circa 1857, situated at 3885 Yonge Street,
and the George S. Pratt House, circa 1886, located at 17 Mill
Street, are the other historic landmarks in this neighbourhood.
The present day
Hogg's Hollow neighbourhood began to be subdivided in the 1920's. This neighbourhood
grew in stages and was finally completed in the 1960's.
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