111 Widder St. E., 1980s

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This is one of the oldest homes in St. Marys. It is a pre-1850s limestone house. The south portion of the house was likely built by James Allan circa 1848/49 who lived on the property with his family. Allan would later add an addition to the house in 1856. In 1869, Duncan Sinclair purchased the house for his family and by 1882 Dr. John Sinclair took the house over from his father. Dr. Sinclair practiced medicine in St. Marys for a quarter of a century. The house had many owners in subsequent years including bakery owner John Bartlett, druggist Lawrence Graham Nairn, Moses and Janet Sinclair, and Donald and Marion Savage.

The house has symmetrical windows placed one either side of the door accented with flat arch headers. The current entrance of the home was rebuilt but it contains similar features to the original entrance including an ornate wooden door surround and a recessed door with a transom window. Another addition was added to the house in the 1940s.

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 - 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)

Architecture
Dwellings
Historical Houses

Personal Name(s)

Allan, James ; Sinclair, John ; Sinclair, Duncan ; Bartlett, John ; Sinclair, Janet ; Sinclair, Moses ; Nairn, Lawrence ; Savage, Donald ; Savage, Marion.

Local identifier

LP111WidderE_a

Collection

St. Marys Museum Photo Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

111 Widder Street East, St. Marys, ON:
St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.262674050498 Longitude: -81.1435944924736

Donor

Larry Pfaff - on behalf of LACAC.

Copyright Statement

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Recommended Citation

"111 Widder St. E., 1980s", St. Marys Museum, LP111WidderE_a.

Location of Original

R. Lorne Eedy Archives

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