The Elephant House

][5] The sculpture was created in 1999[6] by Matt Donovan as part of his student thesis project at Ontario College of Art and Design.

[7] It has a fiberglass and chicken wire body, coated with spray foam over a plywood skeleton.

[8] In 2006, the sculpture and house along with all the other weird homes in the neighborhood were featured in an exhibition titled Neighborhood of One at the Harbourfront Centre, curated by Duncan Farnan who enjoys the city's homeowners who place odd, kitschy things in their yards.

"[5] Homeowner Lawson reported in 2006 that about 20 cars a day stopped to look at the sculpture and people approached his front door "more frequently than I want.

He also compared the viewing of the piece as feeling like "you've entered a scene from a quirky teen romance indie movie.