Side view of Ercildoune

Description

Media Type

Image

Item Type

Photographs

Description

Photo of a group of people sitting outside Ercildoune (home of Dr. Thomas Sparks - 236 Jones Street East, St. Marys).

The group includes:
Mrs. George Grant (she lived at "Bliuk Bonnie" on King Street between the Eedy's and the Maxwell's), Isabel Cameron Sparks (daughter of Dr. Sparks), Dr. A. A. Knox (St. Marys), Barbara Sparks (daughter married John Wallace Baird), Mrs. Fair (visitor from New York - great friend of Dr. Sparks from early school days. Had not seen him for years), Dr. Thomas Sparks, Mrs. Thomas Sparks, Mr. Fred Sharp (neighbour - lived across the road - Jones Street), Jessie Sharp (arms extended), Mrs. Charles Brown (great friend - retired from Chicago. Lived across the road on Jones Street where Tom McIntyre lived).
SITTING ON GROUND: Dr. Fraleigh (great friend), Mary Sparks (youngest daughter), Cameron Kester (son of Mrs. Doolittle. Lived across from Lofft's front door. Later he was the first husband of Mary Sparks), Flo Sparling (neighbour - lived behind Harold Maxwell's where Will Andrews later built his home. Flo married Harry Muehlemau of Ontario Hydro and lived in Toronto).

Ercildoune was originally built as a wedding gift to George Carter's daughter Charlotte when she married Henry Lincoln Rice in 1880. The home is built in the Second Empire style, a very rare style of home in St. Marys or any other small town. The Sparks' family lived in this home from about 1905 into the 1950s.

Notes

Condition: Very good. Slight fold in bottom left corner.

Inscriptions

See the description for the names of the people in the photo, as well as their short descriptions.

Dimensions

Width: 25.3 cm
Height: 20.2 cm

Image Dimensions

Image Width: 24.3cm
Image Height: 14.1cm

Subject(s)

Group portraits
Dwellings
Porches

Local identifier

0338ph

Collection

St. Marys Museum photo collection

Language of Item

English

Geographic Coverage

St. Marys

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.25009 Longitude: -81.13304

Donor

Miss Sparks

Copyright Statement

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Recommended Citation

"Side view of Ercildoune." St. Marys Museum, 0338ph.

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