Ingersoll Home: 105 - 107 Queen Street West
Description
- Creator
- Muriel Kew, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of 105-107 Queen Street West, St. Marys. This is the former Ingersoll home with the back part of the home erected in 1843 and the front portion erected in 1914.
Reasons for Designation:
The original (rear) part of this house was built in 1843 for Thomas Ingersoll with limestone quarried from the riverbed. As such it is the oldest house in St. Marys. Thomas Ingersoll, the first permanent resident of the St. Marys area, and his brother, James, were responsible for the founding of Little Falls in 1841 when they came to the site to establish a sawmill and a gristmill.
The front part of this structure, added in 1910, is one of the last examples of stone construction in St. Marys. This house was also the resident of Miss Lillian Ingersoll, grand-daughter of Thomas, and public school teacher to a generation of St. Marys' residents.
Because of its historical associations, this structure should be designated as a living testimony to the founding days of our town.
(Schedule A, By-Law #29 of 1987) - Notes
- Condition: Excellent.
- Dimensions
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Width: 24.7 cm
Height: 17 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 23.5cm
Image Height: 15.5cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 0689ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.2595360443314 Longitude: -81.1459690332413
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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
- "Ingersoll Home: 105 - 107 Queen Street West." St. Marys Museum, 0689ph.
- 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
