Star Inn, Queen Street West

Description

Commentaires (2)

Créateur

Carter & Isaac, Photographer

Médias

Image

Type d'élément

Photographs

Description

By the time this photograph was taken (ca. 1903) the former Star Inn was the private residence of the family of James Moore - members of this family are posing in the picture. The Star Inn had been built in the 1850s in the expectation that the depot for the new Grand Trunk Railway line would be nearby. It was located several miles to the east and the inn did not prosper.

It was sold to James Moore in 1887. He had a farm nearby and his wife, a weaver, used one of the large downstairs rooms of the old inn for her loom. The upstairs bedrooms accommodated their large family of ten children.

The date of the photograph and the arrangement of the people in front of the building strongly suggests that the photographer was W. W. Carter of Carter & Isaac, Outdoor Photographers.

In later years, this house fell on very hard times. Expansion of the Queen Street road allowance meant the end to the gracious veranda and lawn. Derelict, the building was demolished in 2010.

Notes

Condition: Copy is good.

Date de l'original

ca. 1903

Dimensions

Largeur: 12.5 cm
Hauteur: 10 cm

Dimensions d'image

Largeur d'image: 8.8cm
Hauteur d'image: 6.3cm

Sujet(s)

Dwellings
Taverns (Inns)

Identifiant local

1016ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection.

Langage de l'élément

English

Couverture géographique

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2574196173036 Longitude: -81.1622009764099

Déclaration de droit d'auteur

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Citation recommandée

"Former Star Inn, Queen Street East." St. Marys Museum, 1016ph.

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