Gummerson House - 151 Church St.
- CA BWGPL DC-PH3214
- Stuk
- 1968
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
"The Gummerson House".
Built about 1880.
Please contact the library (905-775-3328) if you have any more information on this photo.
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Gummerson House - 151 Church St.
Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
"The Gummerson House".
Built about 1880.
Please contact the library (905-775-3328) if you have any more information on this photo.
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Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
This home is located on the corner of Church and Queen St. It is an early Gothic style house with gingerbreading on the eves. It was made of a rare pink brick, possibly created in Newmarket.
The house was built in 1850 by Mark Scanlon, a lawyer, and one of the original town fathers. He was born on the farm of his father, Mark, on the north half of lot 16, on the ninth concession, West Gwillimbury. He graduated with a B.A from Victoria College, Cobourg, which is now affiliated with Toronto University.
He is the father of Mr. A.E. Scanlon, who was also a lawyer in Bradford.
Professor Day also lived here as did the Misses Lane. It is now the home of Robert Evans, a lawyer.
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Part of Dorothy Cilipka fonds
Description : See "Davis Stoddart / Frank Ritchie farm house" for more information on the home.
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Part of Local History Collection
The residence of Mr. Geo. Stoddart. See Related Description links for the house's construction in newspaper snippets.
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R. Gummerson home with school in the background.
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Bill Woods' home. The Woods brothers built these post war houses about 1946.
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Davis Stoddart / Frank Ritchie farm house
Part of Local History Collection
"Farm home owned by Frank and Mima Ritchie. This picture was taken during the 1930's by their son-in-law, Reginald Coker. The farm was owned by the Ritchie family and was worked and operated as a dairy farm first by father Frank Ritchie, and then by his son Milton Ritchie. The farm consisited of 188 acres of land and during the Ritchie era was worked mainly with horses. In 1954, the farm was sold by Milton Ritchie to Elmer Stong. The house was built by Davis Stoddart in 1879. Off the main hall there was an oak circular staircase with an oak banister, which was fun to slide down on in the morning for us kids. There were approximately twenty-five rooms in the home with twelve foot ceilings. It was heated with wood and at time coal, but needless to say, in the real winter of yester year, one always wore sweaters indoors. Window shutters kept it cool in the hot summer months. Inside plumbing was not part of the home during the Ritchie era. The floors of the home were maple. The parlour hosted many events from Saturday night dances to weddings, wakes and funerals. Located off the main upstairs hall, stained glass double doors opened to a balcony overlooking the flower gardens adorning the front exposure. Many garden parties were held in the gardens during June, July and August. Sadly, the buildings fell into disarray after Mr. Stong sold the farmland to developers in 1971. The dairy barn built by Frank Ritchie in 1918 burned in the early 1980's and the house was allowed to deteriorate until it became only the shadow of what it had once been, which is now portrayed in some paintings. Mercifully, it was finally put to rest a few short years ago and another chapter of Bradford West Gwillimbury history became a distant memory." Written by their grandson, Alan Ritchie.
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The Armstrong/Metcalfe home was located on the 6th line. It was reported to be the earliest brick house in West Gwillimbury. The centre gable was a later addition. The features include a basement kitchen, front Venetian windows and a nine-panel front door with original hardware. Because of the inability to access the house and property there is unfortunately no architectural records of this house. Demolished for subdivision
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Eliza, Matilda & Samuel Adair in their Farmhouse
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Eliza Switzer (nee Anderson) with her daughter Matilda and Matilda's husband Samuel Adair in the farm kitchen.
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Cecil Adair (brother of Wesley) and his wife Peggy with infant daughter Laura on the Adair Farm on Con. 8 in 1921.