Spruce Villa Hotel Aerial View, c.1955
Description
- Creator
- H. Oakman, Photographer
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Negatives
- Postcards
- Description
- Black and white negative of a postcard showing an aerial view of the Spruce Villa Hotel. Highway 2/Dundas runs along in front of the hotel.
- Notes
- This farmhouse was originally constructed in 1872 at 734 Dundas Street West. It was owned by a farmer called William Clendenan (1826-1906). Around 1918, this property was purchased by Mrs. W.H. Weddell and she turned the house into one of the first bread and breakfasts in Whitby. She renamed the house Spruce Villa because of the line of spruce trees along the property.
In 1924 a small addition was put onto the house. Then in 1927 the brickwork of the house was painted. In 1943, Dr. Florence Purdy took over the hotel. In 1948 a new building was built to entirely surround the farmhouse. The farmhouse remained within the structure. The property was sold to Martin Chizen in 1953.
Spruce Villa continued operation as a hotel until the 1970s. It was demolished June 1, 2000. - Inscriptions
- Printed at bottom of postcard: 'Spruce Villa Hotel, Hwy. #2, Whitby, Ont.'
- Date of Original
- c.1955
- Dimensions
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Width: 13 cm
Height: 10 cm
- Subject(s)
- Corporate Name(s)
- Spruce Villa Hotel
- Local identifier
- 22-000-045
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Photographs Collection
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8773803558316 Longitude: -78.9544671469879
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- Donor
- Brian Winter
- Copyright Statement
- This item is protected by the Canadian Copyright Act and is intended for one-time use only. Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). It is your responsibility for obtaining these permissions.
- Recommended Citation
- Spruce Villa Hotel Aerial View, c.1955, H. Oakman, Whitby Archives, 22-000-045.
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
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