113 Queen St. E., 1980s

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This is a photo of 113 Queen Street East in downtown St. Marys, taken in the early 1980s. This building is associated with grocer Fred W. Hutton. Hutton ran a grocery store out of this building. In 1904, Hutton commissioned builders Robert Clyde and Robert Barbour to replace the original one-storey grocery store with this larger building. Hutton operated the store for around 45 years. The lower level was a general store; fine china was sold on the upper level. A clothing store was located in the building at the time this photo was taken.

The building was constructed in the Queen Anne Revival style. Two large display windows are on the lower level with a recessed entrance between them. The upper level has three large windows surrounded by sandstone headers and decorative columns. The building features ornate cornice mouldings painted white in the image. The frieze at the top of the building is decorated in an elegant garland pattern. This building has been historically designated.

In the winter and early spring of 1982-1983, Randall Speller, a colleague of Larry Pfaff from the Art Gallery of Ontario, took a series of black and white photographs of houses and buidlings of architectural significance in St. Marys. Larry Pfaff and several local friends who shared this interest in architecture took some additional photographs in a subsequent summer. This photograph is one of this series.

Notes

Condition: Excellent - Image is very clear. No signs of damage to the negative.

Dimensions

Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 2.5 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 3.5cm
Image Height: 2.5cm

Subject(s)

Architecture
historical buildings
Businesses
Downtown St. Marys

Personal Name(s)

Hutton, Fred W.

Local identifier

LP113QueenE_a

Collection

St. Marys Museum Photo Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304

Donor

Larry Pfaff - on behalf of LACAC.

Copyright Statement

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Recommended Citation

"113 Queen St. E., 1980s", St. Marys Museum, LP113QueenE_a.

Location of Original

R. Lorne Eedy Archives

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