Living room at "Ercildoune" (Sparks House)
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of the interior of the Sparks' home - called "Ercildoune" after the town in Scotland where Dr. Thomas Sparks was born.
Ercildoune was originally built as a wedding gift to George Carter's daughter Charlotte when she married Henry Lincoln Rice in 1880. The home is built in the Second Empire style, a very rare style of home in St. Marys or any other small town. The Sparks' family lived in this home from about 1905 into the 1950s. - Notes
- Condition: Photo is in excellent condition.
- Dimensions
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Width: 25.4 cm
Height: 20.2 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 24.3cm
Image Height: 18.4cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 0332ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.258532020692 Longitude: -81.1380377411842
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- Donor
- Miss Sparks
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Living room at Ercildoune." St. Marys Museum, 0332ph.
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal study or research; 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
