Victoria College
Description
- Creator
- Ron Thurston, Attributed name
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Drawings
- Description
- Commemorative placemat. this is number 24 in the series.
- Notes
- Picture is entitled "Cobourg- A closer look".This fine example of Greek Revival Architecture opened in 1836 as the Methodist Church's Upper Canada Academy. In 1841, it was incorporated as Victoria College with Rev. Egerton Ryerson as its first president. In 1892 it joined with the University of Toronto and moved to that city. It was a military hospital for awhile, then a mental hospital (Ontario Hospital) till the 1970s. It is now a Retirement Residence. Oversize.
- Date of Original
- c. 1981
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 720-125
- Collection
- Historical Photographs
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.95977 Longitude: -78.16515
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian law. No restrictions on use.
- Contact
- Cobourg Public LibraryEmail:info@cobourg.library.on.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:200 Ontario Street, Cobourg, ON K9A 5P4
