136 Water St. S., 1980s

Description

Médias

Image

Type d'élément

Photographs

Description

This limestone Ontario cottage was built in the mid to late 1860s. It is believed to have been built as a residence by James Whitson. Whitson was a stonecutter and mason who would later own a lime making business. He was also active in municipal politics from the 1870s to 1880s. The house features large stone quoins and lintels and stone rubble coursing on its side walls. Gothic inspired arched windows sit in the roof gables. This house is one of the earliest stone residences in St. Marys; it is an example of fine masonry work. Whitson quarried stone on the lots adjacent to this property. This is a designated heritage property.

In the winter and early spring of 1982-1983, Randall Speller, a colleague of Larry Pfaff from the Art Gallery of Ontario, took a series of black and white photographs of houses of architectural significance in St. Marys. Larry Pfaff and several local friends who shared this interest in architecture took some additional photographs in a subsequent summer. This photograph is one of this series.

Notes

Condition: Excellent - Image is clear. No signs of damage to the negative.

Dimensions

Largeur: 3.6 cm
Hauteur: 2.3 cm

Dimensions d'image

Largeur d'image: 3.6cm
Hauteur d'image: 2.3cm

Sujet(s)

Architecture
Dwellings
Historical Houses

Nom(s) personnel

Whitson, James.

Identifiant local

LP136WaterS_a

Collection

St. Marys Museum Photo Collection

Langage de l'élément

English

Couverture géographique

136 Water Street South, St. Marys, ON:
St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.255757246808 Longitude: -81.1435998568916

Donneur

Larry Pfaff - on behalf of LACAC.

Déclaration de droit d'auteur

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Citation recommandée

"136 Water St. S., 1980s", St. Marys Museum, LP136WaterS_a.

Emplacement d'original

R. Lorne Eedy Archives

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