Oakhurst- William Cyrus Inglehart's Barn
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- W. C. Inglehart is standing behind the cows. Note the milk maids, farm hands and family members.
"Oakhurst" was built by William Cyrus Inglehart in the late 1800’s. William Cyrus and his wife Eleanor (McLaren) can be seen sitting on the porch in this photograph.
Their son, Herbert also farmed and raised his family here.
In the Historical Atlas of Halton County, 1877, William Cyrus was at Con. (NDS) 2 Lot 33, Morrey’s Buisness Directory – Halton, Waterloo and Wellington, (Ingersoll: Union Publishing Co., 1896) page 178 Inglehart, W.C., Palermo, Trafalgar Township Freeholder- Con. (NDS) 2 lot 31, Morrey’s Business Directory – Halton, Waterloo, Wellington Counties, (Ingersoll; Union Publishing Co., 1899), pa.
William also owned Lot 32 and part of Lot 33, a total of about 136 ½ acres.
The house address is 1470 Bronte Road. It is still standing in 2014, on the southwest corner of the intersection of Upper Middle Road and Bronte Road. There are several photographs of the house from various sides in this collection including one in colour, taken in about 2010. - Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- William Cyrus Inglehart (1823 – 1917). Oldest son of John Peter Inglehart and Elizabeth (Betsy) Fisher. Married Mary Bray in 1849, later married Eleanor McLaren. Eleanor McLaren, (1839-1912), daughter of John McLaren and Nancy Cleaver. Second wife of William Cyrus Inglehart It is said that she designed “Oakhurst” and insisted on plenty of closets because she was tired of living in a log cabin with none.
- Local identifier
- TTOIIMA0014
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.48341 Longitude: -79.71632
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- Recommended Citation
- Oakhurst- William Cyrus Inglehart's Bar
- Contact
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Trafalgar Township Historical Society Sponsor: Jeff Knoll, Local & Regional Councillor for Oakville Ward 5 – Town of Oakville/Regional Municipality of Halton
