History of Elmbank Farms, Palermo
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- View of the farm from Dundas Street.
In 1918, Mr. William Tovell Senior bought the farm from Dr. Anson Buck’s estate. In 1940 the Tovell Brothers business purchased this farm from their father.
The Tovell house was a nine room farm house located on Lot 27, Concession 1, South of Dundas Street.
According to the first history of the farm property, it was purchased by John Lepard in 1807 from the Crown. A year later, in 1808, the property was sold to Dr. Anson Buck, a physician and prominent gentleman in municipal affairs. It was Dr. Anson Buck that built the first and existing home on this property in about 1868.
(The first official finding of assessment was dated in 1868 and is on record in the Oakville Municipal Offices.)
Although Dr. Buck built the house, he did not live here. Since this farm home is situated on the Dundas Highway, it was used in earlier years as a stage coach stop for the military road between Toronto and Hamilton.
In 2005, the land was purchased by a developer and the house was at risk. Thanks to the efforts of the developer and the Oakville Historical Society, the house was disassembled, moved to the Joshua Creek area of Oakville and reassembled where new home owners enjoy it.
- Notes
- For more information, please see the booklet written by Margaret Joubert donated along with these images. Scans of this booklet can be found by entering "Century Old Home" into the search field.
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Tovell
- Local identifier
- TTOIMPT0008
- Collection
- Trafalgar Township Historical Society
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- History of Elmbank Farms, Palermo
- 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
