St. Marys Museum
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of the St. Marys Museum at 177 Church Street South in St. Marys. The back of the house is seen in this view (as well as the Woodworking Shed - at the left).
An addition has since been added to the back of the house in order to create an archive area.
The community museum for the Town of St. Marys is located in a lovely old home sitting on a hilltop in a park at 177 Church Street South. It was constructed from locally quarried limestone in 1854. When George Tracy, an early settler to St. Marys, built it for his family, it was by far the largest home in the small village of log shanties. Almost immediately, it was nicknamed the Castle in the Bush. It has been the location of the St. Marys Museum since 1959.
Visitors interested in 19th-century construction are welcome to visit at any time throughout the year. They will see exhibits and materials on local history and can also explore the interior of the house itself. Although it has not been restored to any fixed historic period, it contains a great number of original features from 1854: pine flooring, four fireplaces, plaster crown moldings, high ceilings and strange sets of small rooms off larger chambers.
- Notes
- Condition: Very good.
- Date of Original
- 1993
- Date Of Event
- 1993
- Dimensions
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Width: 12.8 cm
Height: 10 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 11.6cm
Image Height: 8.2cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 1959ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2549064589871 Longitude: -81.1408004164696
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- Donor
- Clare French, 1993
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "St. Marys Museum." St. Marys Museum, 1959ph.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
