177 Church Street South
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- The Tracy House was built in 1854, by early settler and land owner George Tracy. Robert Barbour was the builder responsible for the design of the house. The house soon became known as the “Castle in the Bush”. Tracy and his wife Elizabeth and five children, lived in the home for four years before George and Elizabeth moved to the United States, where his son George Jr. was living at the time.
The McDougall family were the second family to live in the home in 1858. Joseph McDougall owned an iron foundry and hardware store on Queen Street and was the first to arrive. His father Daniel McDougall was a successful businessman, and the owner of a local grist mill, as well as working as a justice of the peace. The family named the house “Cloudesdel Hall”.
The McDougalls lived on the property for several years before it was sold to John Weir in 1878. The Weirs were the family responsible for naming the surrounding land “Cadzow Park”. In the 1920s the Town of St. Marys purchased the property when it was transferred by John G. Lind. Many tenants lived in the house for several decades, and the building has housed the St. Marys Museum since 1959.
The Tracy home is situated on a hill overlooking the surrounding townscape, giving the property an exquisite view. Similar style houses have been built elsewhere in Perth County, but this home is an earlier example of the style. The house was built entirely of locally quarried limestone, and features grand pillars at the front entrance as well as some ginger breading details. This house is a historically designated structure.
Hard copies of this image can be accessed at the St. Marys Museum & Archives.
- Notes
- Condition: Good - Some damage along edges of photograph.
- Date of Original
- 1973
- Dimensions
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Width: 24.7 cm
Height: 19.7 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 24.7cm
Image Height: 19.7cm
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- George Tracy, Elizabeth Tracy, Robert Barbour, Joseph McDougall, Daniel McDougall, John McArthur Weir, John G. Lind
- Local identifier
- LACAC08
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum Photo Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304
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- Donor
- Stratford-Perth Archives
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Holder
- Photograph courtesy of the Stratford-Perth Archives.
- Recommended Citation
- "177 Church Street South", St. Marys Museum (Photograph Courtesy of Stratford-Perth Archives), LACAC08.
- Location of Original
- R. Lorne Eedy Archives
- Terms of Use
- Reproduction of digital objects is restricted to fair use for personal research or study; 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
