Annandale House, Tillsonburg
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- The House was built between 1881-1882, for E.D. Tillson who is known as the father of Tillsonburg. It has been designated a national historic site. It is one of the best surviving illustrations in Canada of the Aesthetic Movement promoted by Oscar Wilde. The house itself is an example of the pattern book design, which had a major impact on domestic architecture in Canada. Oscar Wilde popularized the Aesthetic Movement that encouraged bringing "art" into the middle class home. It was declared a historic site on September 22, 1997.
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- PC 84
- Collection
- Oxford County Archives Postcard Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.13339 Longitude: -80.83301 -
Annandale House:
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 42.8624001642176 Longitude: -80.7216531600189
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Annandale House, Tillsonburg, Ontario. Oxford County Archives. [COA PC84]
- Reproduction Notes
- Please contact the Oxford County Archives for a higher resolution copy.
- Contact
- Oxford County ArchivesEmail:archives@oxfordcounty.ca
Agency street/mail address:82 Light St. Bo 1614
Woodstock, ON N4S 6H1
