The assembly of Lawrence Park began in 1907 by the Dovercourt Land Building and Saving Company, which acquired the north parcel of the park from John Lawrence, after whom this neighbourhood is named.
The president of the Dovercourt Land Company was Wilfred Servington Dinnick.
It was under Dinnick's direction that Lawrence Park was developed as a suburb for the "well to do".

In the early years Howard and Lorrie Dunington-Grubb, who later founded Sheridan Nurseries, undertook much of the landscape architecture for the boulevards and parks of the suburb.
They also took commissions for garden design from the owners of the new homes.

The first advertisement for Lawrence Park trumpeted it as an ""aristocratic neighbourhood", "four hundred feet above Lake Ontario, and Far from the Lake Winds in Winter".
However, Lawrence Park's development was sporadic.
The building of houses was interrupted by two world wars, a recession and a depression, and the neighbourhood was completed only in the 1950s.
The assembly of Lawrence Park began in 1907 by the Dovercourt Land Building and Saving Company, which acquired the north parcel of the park from John Lawrence, after whom this neighbourhood is named. The president of the Dovercourt Land Company was Wilfred Servington Dinnick. It was under Dinnick's direction that Lawrence Park was developed as a suburb for the "well to do".
In the early years Howard and Lorrie Dunington-Grubb, who later founded Sheridan Nurseries, undertook much of the landscape architecture for the boulevards and parks of the suburb. They also took commissions for garden design from the owners of the new homes.
The first advertisement for Lawrence Park trumpeted it as an ""aristocratic neighbourhood", "four hundred feet above Lake Ontario, and Far from the Lake Winds in Winter". However, Lawrence Park's development was sporadic. The building of houses was interrupted by two world wars, a recession and a depression, and the neighbourhood was completed only in the 1950s.
Lawrence Park, Toronto