Tyrone Guthrie was the founding artistic director of the Stratford Festival

Guthrie Avenue runs north from William Street to Delamere Avenue. Originally called Queen Street North, it formed the west boundary of Lt.-Col. Thomas G. Delamere’s chicken farm and was part of the Avon Heights subdivision, laid out in 1920. Col. Delamere, Dr. Lorne Robertson and Alfred Neal were among the owners of the land. Queen Street North, which first appeared on the 1922 street map, was so named because it was in a direct line with Queen Street, already named, on the south side of the Avon River.

In the decade following the Second World War, the development of Queen Street North led to some confusion with the addresses on Queen Street. In 1955, Dr. William Macauley “Mac” Gilmore, who lived on Queen Street North, discussed the address confusion with neighbours, so........

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