124 Salina St. N., 1980s

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

This photo provides a view of the house at 124 Salina St. N. as it looked in the early to mid-1980s. This house was built c. 1886/87 for John O'Brien, a coal and implement dealer. According to the museum's assessment records, O'Brien appears to have lived in the home for some time with his two elder sisters Elizabeth and Mary, both listed as spinsters in the census, before his marriage to Ann Leary. In later years the family kept several farm animals on the property including horses and hogs.

This house is an example of a frame structure commonly built in the late 19th century. A verandah runs the length of the front of the house with a cornice under the roofline. Greco-Roman style pillars support the roof of the verandah. Note the return eaves on the roof gables and the lunette window above the verandah. Many of the original features of this house have been preserved; however, the exterior was painted a darker colour (seen here) and the sunroom at the back of the house was converted to an additional porch.

In the winter and early spring of 1982-1983, Randall Speller, a colleague of Larry Pfaff from the Art Gallery of Ontario, took a series of black and white photographs of houses of architectural significance in St. Marys. Larry Pfaff and several local friends who shared this interest in architecture took some additional photographs in a subsequent summer. This photograph is one of this series.

Notes

Condition: Excellent - Image is clear. No signs of damage to the negative.

Dimensions

Width: 3.6 cm
Height: 2.3 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 3.6cm
Image Height: 2.3cm

Subject(s)

Architecture
Dwellings
Historical Houses

Personal Name(s)

O'Brien, John ; O'Brien, Mary ; O'Brien, Elizabeth ; Leveson, Mary.

Local identifier

LP124SalinaN_a

Collection

St. Marys Museum Photo Collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

124 Salina Street North, St. Marys, ON:
St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.2619161899785 Longitude: -81.1513889918709

Donor

Larry Pfaff - on behalf of LACAC.

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Recommended Citation

"124 Salina St. N., 1980s", St. Marys Museum, LP124SalinaN_a.

Location of Original

R. Lorne Eedy Archives

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