Powers house, Smiths Falls, 1989

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

A 1988 pamphlet located in the Local History collection of the Smiths Falls Public Library was accompanied by a binder containing a photo essay taken on June 15, 1989 by Gary Thubron. (The binder has since been disassembled for preservation purposes). This catalogue record is the digital version of the 1989 photo and corresponding text in the 1988 pamphlet.

Strolling in Smiths Falls: Images of Yesterday, a 1988 walking tour pamphlet, described building 12 as "The Powers House (c.1840), 81 Brockville St., built by Captain Beckwith for James Simpson, was constructed by the board-on-board method and had four fireplaces."

Notes

See the Pages box at top of this page and click the downward pointing select arrow to access the text in the 1988 pamphlet about this building.

To see the complete pamphlet, please see the Smiths Falls Digital Archive link at the right of this catalogue record.

Date Of Event

1989

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