Ontario County House of Refuge
Description
- Creator
- Unknown
- Media Type
- Image
- Item Types
- Photographs
- Negatives
- Postcards
- Description
- Black and white negative of a photographic postcard showing the Ontario County House of Refuge. Two men are visible sitting on the steps of the building.
- Notes
- The Ontario County House of Refuge was built between 1901-1903. It was located on the west side of High Street opposite John Street. It served as a house of refuge from 1903-1951 when it was replaced by Fairview Lodge. The building was used as apartments from 1951 until a fire in 1972. In the late 1970s it was renovated and converted into luxury apartments. The building is located at 300 High Street.
- Inscriptions
- Printed at top: 'The Ontario County House of Refuge, Whitby, Ont.'
- Date of Original
- 1906
- Dimensions
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Width: 6 cm
Height: 6 cm
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 07-004-003
- Collection
- Whitby Online Historic Images Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.8810674711599 Longitude: -78.9506721496582
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- Copyright Statement
- Public domain: Copyright has expired according to Canadian copyright law. No restrictions on use.
- Recommended Citation
- Whitby Archives
- Reproduction Notes
- Scanned from copy negative.
- Contact
- Whitby Public LibraryEmail:archives@whitbylibrary.ca
Website:
Agency street/mail address:405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario L1N 6A1
For inquires about any newspaper content please contact askreference@whitbylibrary.ca
