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Heritage home soon to be a B&B, part 2

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just looking forward to sharing our dream with other people," Some work does need to be completed before the doors are opened, and the Campbells hope to have two rooms available by the fall. They plan to continue with the renovations over the winter and they would like to have four rooms operational by the spring. The bed and breakfast .will be named the 'Montrose Inn', in honour of the estate's original owners, who christened it 'Montrose,' and ito maintain to historical significance in the area. The home -*- which was once used as a set for the popular Canadian TV series, Road to Avonlea -- was built in 1915, It was commissioned by former Belleville mayor and businessman RJ, Graham, and built by Toronto architect Eustace Bird for the hefty final cefst of $50,000. While the Campbells aren't saying what they paid for the estate, the price was probably significantly higher than the original dollar value. The home, which was built in the antebellum style of the early 1900's, was modeled after the governor's mansion in Atlanta, Georgia. An odd feature of the home, however, is that while imposing from the front, the structure is only one room deep. Some of the finer features include imported Italian marble r'ioors an'd f i r e p l a c e t r i m , as v e i l as quarter-sawn oak floor ·= and original. bai.hr >»iii fixtures rmporr-d from I ^8|oi p

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