5/5 Ron van K. 11 months ago on Google • 124 reviews
Do
not
know
much
about
Casey
house
itself;
but
the
building
is
beautiful
and
so
is
their
care.
There
is
a
plaque
out
front
that
reads:
CASEY
HOUSE
WILLIAM
R.
JOHNSTON
HOUSE
1875
This
house
was
designed
by
the
architecture
firm
Langley,
Langley,
&
Burke
for
William
R.
Johnston,
a
prominent
Toronto
clothing
merchant.
At
the
time,
Jarvis
Street
was
lined
with
large
homes
owned
by
the
city's
wealthiest
residents.
The
house
remained
in
the
Johnston
family
until
1941
when
it
became
the
national
headquarters
of
the
Young
Women's
Christian
Association
(YWCA)
.
In
2001,
the
HIV/AIDS
hospice
business
partner,
Lauchlan
M.
Livingston
bought
the
property.
Courtesy
of
Casey
House
Casey
House
was
the
first
independent
HIV/AIDS
hospice
in
Canada
-
and
one
of
the
first
in
the
world
-
when
it
opened
in
1988
on
nearby
Huntley
Street.
It
provided
compassionate,
specialized
care
at
a
time
when
many
people
with
HIV
/AIDS
faced
isolation
and
discrimination.
Spearheaded
by
writer
and
social
activist
June
Callwood.
the
establishment
of
Casey
House
on
nearby
Huntley
Street
was
a
landmark
moment
for
people
with
HIV/AIDS.
The
facility
was
named
after
Callwood's
son
who
died
in
a
motorcycle
accident
in
1902.
Hans
Deryk/The
Globe
and
Mail
Casey
House
offers
inpatient
and
outpatient
care
and
care
in
the
communitv.
In
1991,
Diana
Princess
of
Wales,
visited
and
helped
dispel
fears
about
HIV/AIDS.
Casey
House's
services
evolved
and
it
became
an
HIV/AIDS
hospital
in
2016.
In
2017,
it
moved
to
the
renovated
and
expanded
William
R.
Johnston
House.
The
new
addition
at
the
rear
was
designed
by
Hariri
Pontarini
Architects
with
ERA
Architects,
greatly
expanding
the
capacity
of
Casey
House.
Designated
under
the
Ontario
Heritage
Act,
2002
HERITAGE
TORONTO
2018
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