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St Matthew's Bowling Club, July 1925
St. Matthews Lawn Bowling Club's first tournament
July 4, 1925
City of Toronto Archives
Series 1404, file 5

   The St. Matthews Lawn Bowling Club may have been founded in 1899, but was incorporated in 1905. It had male-only and female-only branches, but became co-ed in recent years. The club disbanded at its last general meeting on May 25, 2007.

The St. Matthews Lawn Bowling Club House was designed by City of Toronto architect Robert McCallum, and built by the City in 1906. It is a classic example of early 20th century architecture found in the Riverdale neighbourhood.
In 2006, City Council protected the building as a historic structure. It was designed, with its classic ‘long porch’, to overlook a park setting and the move into Riverdale Park achieves this design goal.
 
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