253 Elgin St. E., 1980s
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- This photo provides a view of the house located at 253 Elgin Street East as it would have appeared in the early 1980s. This grand two-storey yellow brick home is still standing today. The house contains Romanesque-Revival features such as the arched windows and the rounded, ornamental brickwork acting as an archway over the front door. Note the decorative brackets under the roof and the functional shutters that are fitted to the shape of the windows. Orange brick has been used to add decorative detail to the house.
The house was originally owned and built for local merchant Alfred H. Lofft and his wife Kate in 1886. The house is commonly referred to as the “Lofft Home” as it remained in the family until 1977. Several significant changes have been made to the house in the years after it was built including the construction of a large addition at the rear.
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 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: 3.6 cm
Height: 2.3 cm
- Image Dimensions
-
Image Width: 3.6cm
Image Height: 2.3cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Lofft, Alfred H., Lofft, Kate.
- Local identifier
- LP253ElginE_a
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum Photo Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
-
-
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304
-
- Donor
- Larry Pfaff - on behalf of LACAC.
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "253 Elgin St. E., 1980s", St. Marys Museum, LP253ElginE_a.
- 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:
Agency street/mail address:177 Church Street South,
P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
