McTaggart Residence

The McTaggart Residence is a well-preserved, modest Craftsman bungalow in the Alberta Avenue neighbourhood (formerly Norwood). It is representative of a 1920s middle-income single family dwelling. The home is believed to be a catalogue design and was clad with wooden clapboard siding and shingles. Built of framed timber with a foundation of clinker brick, the Craftsman influences include square posts supporting the verandah, exposed rafters, large eave brackets and decorative wood shingles.

Built by a real-estate developer in 1922, the house was first occupied by John Lawson Haight, a teacher and veteran of the Great War. The well-known accountant John Wesley McTaggart bought the house in 1925, and it was their family home for more than 50 years.