sentences:  Designated by the City of Toronto under the "Ontario Heritage Act" by By-law 115-2003
  
  Situated at 25 Severn Street, it is located in the Rosedale ravine immediately east of the above-ground Ellis portal that brings subway trains into and out of the north end of the Bloor-Yonge subway station.The site and positioning takes advantage of the northern exposure that illuminates the artist's canvas with very even, neutral light.Financed by Lawren Harris, heir to the Massey-Harris farm machinery fortune, and Dr James MacCallum, it was a nonprofit facility (the rents were pegged at a level that would cover only expenses).