St. Marys District Museum

Description

Médias

Image

Type d'élément

Photographs

Description

Photo of the St. Marys and District Museum (now referred to as the St. Marys Museum) at 177 Church Street South in St. Marys.

The community museum for the Town of St. Marys is located in a lovely old home sitting on a hilltop in a park at 177 Church Street South. It was constructed from locally quarried limestone in 1854. When George Tracy, an early settler to St. Marys, built it for his family, it was by far the largest home in the small village of log shanties. Almost immediately, it was nicknamed the Castle in the Bush. It has been the location of the St. Marys Museum since 1959.

Visitors interested in 19th-century construction are welcome to visit at any time throughout the year. They will see exhibits and materials on local history and can also explore the interior of the house itself. Although it has not been restored to any fixed historic period, it contains a great number of original features from 1854: pine flooring, four fireplaces, plaster crown moldings, high ceilings and strange sets of small rooms off larger chambers.

Notes

Condition: Very good.

Date de l'original

1980s

Dimensions

Largeur: 25.3 cm
Hauteur: 20.3 cm

Dimensions d'image

Largeur d'image: 24.5cm
Hauteur d'image: 19.3cm

Sujet(s)

Buildings
Galleries & museums
Dwellings

Identifiant local

1878ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection

Langage de l'élément

English

Couverture géographique

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2549064589871 Longitude: -81.1408004164696

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Citation recommandée

"St. Marys Museum." St. Marys Museum, 1878ph.

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