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  • Garden of Canada page 15
    Garden of Canada page 15
    Imagecomment       Built circa 1850 for Jacob Harmon Fisher, who retired in 1873 to "Shanston Hall", now 490 Elizabeth Street, in the Village of Burlington, leaving the farm to his son George. This house is the present-day 1144 Fisher Avenue. The house was purchased in 1948 / 1949 for $800 and moved …
    Imagecomment     Built circa 1850 for Jacob Harmon Fisher, who retired in 1873 to "Shanston Hall", now 490 Elizabeth Street, in the Village of Burlington, leaving the farm to his son George. …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • Garden of Canada page 26
    Garden of Canada page 26
    Image       Top, the residence of James Harrison on Water Street (now Lakeshore Road), now demolished. This is the first of his houses named "Hazelmere". Thiswas on teh south side of Water Street. He built the second, the present-day 534 Burlington Avenue, in 1910 as part of the residential subdivision Plan 117, …
    Image     Top, the residence of James Harrison on Water Street (now Lakeshore Road), now demolished. This is the first of his houses named "Hazelmere". Thiswas on teh south side of Water …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • "The Maples" Residence of A. W. Peart, 1902
    "The Maples" Residence of A. W. Peart, 1902
    Image       The boy with the bicycle is likely one of Arthur Peart's sons: Thomas, age about 15, or Grant, aged about 14. The house was demolished in the 1990s.
    Image     The boy with the bicycle is likely one of Arthur Peart's sons: Thomas, age about 15, or Grant, aged about 14. The house was demolished in the 1990s.
    Burlington Historical Society
  • Garden of Canada page 48
    Garden of Canada page 48
    Image       Captain Daniel Henderson was in Wellington Square by 1865 and is mentioned in the Halton Atlas of 1877 as owner of one of 3 ships in Burlington: the Mary Jane, a vessel of 22,000 bushels capacity, 345 tons register. The 1881, 1891 and 1901 Censuses list him as a famer. …
    Image     Captain Daniel Henderson was in Wellington Square by 1865 and is mentioned in the Halton Atlas of 1877 as owner of one of 3 ships in Burlington: the Mary Jane, …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • C. G. Davis House,  "Woodland Terrace" at 1134 Plains Road East, west of Maple Avenue
    C. G. Davis House, "Woodland Terrace" at 1134 Plains Road East, west of Maple Avenue
    Image       "Built on the old homestead, which has been in the family for one hundred years" (Craig, 1902, p. 38). "The accompanying cut shows the home of C. G. Davis, built on the old homestead, from the roof of which can be seen three thousand acres of fruit trees" (Craig, 1902, …
    Image     "Built on the old homestead, which has been in the family for one hundred years" (Craig, 1902, p. 38). "The accompanying cut shows the home of C. G. Davis, built …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • W. T. Glover's Basket Works, Freeman, 1902
    W. T. Glover's Basket Works, Freeman, 1902
    Image       Founded in 1893 as the Burlington Box, Barrel and Basket Works by W. T. Glover, a successful fruit grower, to manufacture containers for national and international shipment of fruit grown in the Burlington area. Renamed the W. T. Glover Manufacturing Co. Ltd. in 1908. A photograph of the illustration in …
    Image     Founded in 1893 as the Burlington Box, Barrel and Basket Works by W. T. Glover, a successful fruit grower, to manufacture containers for national and international shipment of fruit grown …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • Dr Richardson's, later Dr Wilbur Weaver's house, 430 Brant Street, 1902
    Dr Richardson's, later Dr Wilbur Weaver's house, 430 Brant Street, 1902
    Image       The property was located at the south-west corner of Brant and Ontario Streets. Dr Wilbur Weaver retired from practising medical at age 91 in 1981. The City bought and demolished the house to leave "a clear view of the town hall from the north".
    Image     The property was located at the south-west corner of Brant and Ontario Streets. Dr Wilbur Weaver retired from practising medical at age 91 in 1981. The City bought and demolished …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • Garden of Canada page 59
    Garden of Canada page 59
    Image       Top left, Post Office and store of G. H. Sinclair, southeast corner of Plains Road and LaSalle Park Road, Aldershot, demolished Top right, "Grey Stone Villa", residence of David Sinclair, 2305 Brant Street North. The property was renamed Beaufort Farm after it was sold to William Beaufort Somerset in 1924. …
    Image     Top left, Post Office and store of G. H. Sinclair, southeast corner of Plains Road and LaSalle Park Road, Aldershot, demolished Top right, "Grey Stone Villa", residence of David Sinclair, …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • Garden of Canada page 72
    Garden of Canada page 72
    Image       All 4 of these Plains Road, Aldershot, farmhouse residences have been demolished. Please select "Detail" for a detail of the map in the 1903 "Imperial Atlas of Wentworth County": The farm lot of "Chas. Scheer", the farmhouse and 119-acre farm of Joshua N. Filman, and the " O. W. Schojan" …
    Image     All 4 of these Plains Road, Aldershot, farmhouse residences have been demolished. Please select "Detail" for a detail of the map in the 1903 "Imperial Atlas of Wentworth County": The …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • Garden of Canada page 75
    Garden of Canada page 75
    Imagecomment       "Inverness", the residence of Thomas Easterbrook, Aldershot (top). Built for George Chisholm, one of three brothers who emigrated from Inverness-shire in Scotland to Tyron County on the province of New York in 1774. He married Barbara McKenzie. During the Revolutionary War he joined the British Army, and after the war …
    Imagecomment     "Inverness", the residence of Thomas Easterbrook, Aldershot (top). Built for George Chisholm, one of three brothers who emigrated from Inverness-shire in Scotland to Tyron County on the province of New …
    Burlington Historical Society
  • The Henry Williams family in front of their farmhouse, Maple Avenue,  ca 1900
    The Henry Williams family in front of their farmhouse, Maple Avenue, ca 1900
    Image       In 1919 W. H. Williams and Emma sold their farm on Maple Avenue when a son returned wounded from the First Great War, probably unable to work the farm. They bought the house known as "Fillabrook", at 465 Burlington Avenue. Jack N. Williams died in August 1920 (Burlington Gazette). The …
    Image     In 1919 W. H. Williams and Emma sold their farm on Maple Avenue when a son returned wounded from the First Great War, probably unable to work the farm. They …
    Burlington Historical Society
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