249 Widder Street East
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This home was built ca. 1870 for Grand Trunk Railway inspector Thomas Fogg. The house is believed to have been originally built with a type of soft yellow brick, later painted red; the house is currently painted white. The house is a frame construction, with a layer of veneer brick. The building gives an example of the Georgian Revival architectural style of the late 19th century. The decorative pediments over the upper windows are manufactured tin-work, designed so they can easily be removed and placed back on the house. The front door is walnut, and is believed to have been constructed in a carpentry shop in Sarnia, Ontario. The house also features a transom window over the door along with sidelight windows. A lantern sits above the front door, mounted in elegant brackets.
Other notable owners of the house include William Moscrip, who owned the house from 1889 to 1900. James Maxwell lived in the home with his family from 1950 until 1963. It was the Maxwells who first painted the house white. Almost all of the exterior features of this house remain to this day.
Hard copies of this image can be accessed at the St. Marys Museum & Archives.
- Notes
- Condition: Excellent - Image is very clear. Slight wear along photo edges.
- Date of Original
- 1973
- Dimensions
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Width: 24.7 cm
Height: 19.7 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 24.7cm
Image Height: 19.7cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Thomas Fogg, William Moscrip, James Maxwell
- Local identifier
- LACAC68
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum Photo Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304
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- Donor
- Stratford-Perth Archives
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder
- Photograph courtesy of the Stratford-Perth Archives.
- Recommended Citation
- "249 Widder Street East", St. Marys Museum (Photograph Courtesy of Stratford-Perth Archives), LACAC68.
- Location of Original
- R. Lorne Eedy Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; any other use must be done with permission of copyright holder.
- Reproduction Notes
- This image is a watermarked low resolution reproduction. High resolution images are available at the St. Marys Museum for a fee.
- Contact
- St. Marys MuseumEmail:museum@town.stmarys.on.ca
Website:
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P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
