136 Water Street South
Description
- Creator
- Muriel Kew, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Type
- Photographs
- Description
- Photo of 136 Water Street South, a limestone cottage found in St. Marys.
Reasons for Designation:
This limestone cottage was built in the 1860s, almost certainly by James Whitson as his own residence. Whitson, a stone-cutter and mason, later owned a large limemaking business with James Sclater in the North Ward. He was also prominent in municipal politics in the 1870s and 1880s.
This cottage with its prominent quoins, pedimental lintels, neat rubble coursing in its side walls, and pointed windows in its gables bears all the marks of special attention which a mason would lavish on his own house. Originally, Whitson, like other stone masons, owned lots adjoining his house, from which he quarried stone and, in the winter months, finished it for building purposes. In the early days of this house, the "Downtowners" were still hoping that Water Street would win out as the main street; the first town hall (later the "Lock-up School") was located just north of James Whitson's cottage.
This house, one of St. Marys' early stone dwellings, stands as a reminder of one of our first industries; as a building it is a model of elegant simplicity. - Notes
- Condition: Very good.
- Dimensions
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Width: 17.8 cm
Height: 12.6 cm
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 17cm
Image Height: 11.8cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 0703ph
- Collection
- St. Marys Museum photo collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.255758172838 Longitude: -81.1436650156975
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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
- "136 Water Street South." St. Marys Museum, 0703ph.
- 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:
Agency street/mail address:177 Church Street South,
P.O. Box 998,
St. Marys, Ontario.
N4X 1B6
