Ingersoll House - 105 Queen Street West
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of the Ingersoll house located on Queen Street West right by the Thames River (105-107 Queen Street West). The back part of the home was erected in 1843 and the front portion was erected in 1914.
The house is made from limestone and is one of the oldest homes in town with a beautiful view of the river.
Reasons for Designation:
The original (rear) part of this house was built in 1843 for Thomas Ingersoll with limestone quarried from the riverbed. As such it is the oldest house in St. Marys. Thomas Ingersoll, the first permanent resident of the St. Marys area, and his brother, James, were responsible for the founding of Little Falls in 1841 when they came to the site to establish a sawmill and a gristmill.
The front part of this structure, added in 1910, is one of the last examples of stone construction in St. Marys. This house was also the resident of Miss Lillian Ingersoll, grand-daughter of Thomas, and public school teacher to a generation of St. Marys' residents.
Because of its historical associations, this structure should be designated as a living testimony to the founding days of our town.
(Schedule A, By-Law #29 of 1987) - Notes
- Condition: Very good copy.
- Dimensions
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Width: 12.6 cm
Height: 10 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 11.8cm
Image Height: 7cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 2011ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection.
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2595614377108 Longitude: -81.1459770798683
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- Donor
- LACAC, 1994
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "Ingersoll house." St. Marys Museum, 2011ph.
- 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:
Agency street/mail address:177 Church Street South,
P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
