Jennie Butchart’s childhood home was on George Street, between King Street East and Adelaide Street East, in downtown Toronto. She lived there until the death of her mother, Martha Kennedy, in August 1880.
The house Jennie Butchart lived in with her mother, Martha Kennedy, and her two sisters, has since been demolished. But it stood at 56 George Street, on the west side of George Street on site of the present day King George Square Parking. The street numbering system on George Street has changed since Jennie Butchart lived there prior to the death of her mother, Martha Kennedy, in 1880. Today, 56 George Street, if it existed, would be one block to the south, between King Street East and Front Street.
Here is a map showing the location of King George Square Parking, on George Street between King Street East and Adelaide Street East, where Jennie Butchart’s childhood home once stood:
Here is a Google Street View image of the King George Square Parkade, which now stands on the site of Jennie Butchart’s childhood home at 56 George Street in downtown Toronto:
This 1885 photo of Nipissing House, on the north west corner of George Street and King Street East, may show Martha Kennedy’s house at 56 George Street.
Here are some present day buildings which may have been standing around the intersection of George Street and King Street East when Jennie Butchart lived here with her mother, Martha Kennedy, and two sisters prior to Martha Kennedy’s death in 1880.
Here is a Google Street View image of this building:
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