481 Water St. S., 1980s

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This house was built in the early 1850s by stonemason Alexander McDonald . McDonald 's work can be seen in several buildings and structures in St. Marys including the Junction Station, the London railway viaduct and the Victoria Bridge. McDonald built this house for rental income. It is a stone building with a small covered porch. Large flat stones mark the chimney flues along the sides of the house. The front door is surrounded by a transom window and sidelights to allow more light into the house. An interesting feature of the house is the architrave; note the stones projecting under the roof eaves. An addition was built into the hill at the back of the house in later years.

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 clear. Two miniscule white spots in image, possible damage to negative.

Dimensions

Width: 3.6 cm
Height: 2.3 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 3.6cm
Image Height: 2.3cm

Subject(s)

Architecture
Dwellings
Historical Houses

Personal Name(s)

McDonald, Alexander.

Local identifier

LP481WaterS_a

Collection

St. Marys Museum Photo Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

481 Water Street South, St. Marys, ON:
St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2478198276713 Longitude: -81.1505870113754

Donor

Larry Pfaff - on behalf of LACAC.

Copyright Statement

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Recommended Citation

"481 Water St. S., 1980s", St. Marys Museum, LP481WaterS_a.

Location of Original

R. Lorne Eedy Archives

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