Charles Coxwell Small

Charles Coxwell Small (b 1801) was a wealthy farmer and public official in Upper Canada.

This property included a 1 acre (0.40 hectares) parcel between Front and King, and Ontario and what is now Berkeley, but was then known as Parliament Street, on the original townsite of York, Upper Canada (later Toronto), with a large house, called Berkeley House.

[1][2][note 1] Charles Coxwell Small added to the house, transforming it into what Beaches Living called a "mansion".

He also inherited a 472 acres (191 hectares) parcel bounded by what is now Queen, Coxwell, Danforth, and Kingston Road, then outside of the city limits.

[1] Small dammed the creek on his rural property, to harness the waterpower for a sawmill.

Small's Pond was named after Charles Coxwell Small.
This painting of Berkeley House is based on a drawing Small's wife made in 1831.