347 Queen Street East
Description
- Creator
- Muriel Kew, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of 347 Queen Street East in St. Marys, Ontario.
Reasons for Proposed Designation:
This two-storey house is one of the oldest and most unusual of St. Marys' stone buildings.
The land on which it was constructed was sold by James Ingersoll on September 1, 1854 to one Elizabeth James for 13 10s.; she in turn, sold it to Joseph Brown on July 1, 1861 for $500. Presumably the house was built for her during this period.
The 1861 census lists Elizabeth James (age 75; born in England) and her husband William, a cooper, (age 77; born in England), and (probably) a son Isaac, age 31.
According to local tradition, the stone mason responsible for the house was Henry Andrews who emigrated to Canada from Torquay, Devon in 1855. He settled first in London and then in June 1857 brought his family to St. Marys. He assisted at the building of the stone abutments of the London railway viaduct.
The local limestone is of rubble construction. The eaves dramatically hang over the upstairs windows. The front door is deeply recessed and contains three sidelights and transom. A set of antique eaves' returns is still in place.
A persistent oral tradition holds that the house was at one time a hotel. A long closed-up door opening to the right of the easterly window on the main floor may indeed have provided access to a store or a bar room of a hotel. Certainly its location close to the eastern edge of town would support this notion.
Like a few other buildings from the earliest period of construction in St. Marys, this dwelling is tight to the street. We can find it in J.L. Wilson's panoramic view of St. Marys taken in the winter of 1863. Further details of its architectural importance are provided in Larry Pfaff's Historic St. Marys (1995).
(Schedule A, By-Law 39, 1997) - Notes
- Condition: Excellent.
- Dimensions
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Width: 22.7 cm
Height: 16.9 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 21.2cm
Image Height: 15.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 0688ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.260413086453 Longitude: -81.1341673135757
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- Donor
- Museum Board
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- "347 Queen Street East." St. Marys Museum, 0688ph.
- 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:
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P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
