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      Summary This red and yellow brick Ontario Gothic Revival farmhouse is typical in plan and construction of the dwellings constructed during its time. The center plan, story and a half farmhouse is a practical design allowing efficient ventilation and a second story at a reduced tax rate. The design was …

      Photograph mounted on a cardboard frame of Austin and William Lawrence. The exact date this photo was taken is unknown but is likely between 1874-1889.

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      Harley Cemetery is an active cemetery in Brant County (Burford Township), under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Brant. It is located at 125 Harley Rd (Brant Road #202). Range 1-13

      Harley Cemetery is an active cemetery in Brant County (Burford Township), under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Brant. It is located at 125 Harley Rd (Brant Road #202). Range 9-7

      Summary This Italinate style hall was designed by renowned architect John Turner and is believed to have been erected in 1874. It has longed served the needs of the community and was used as a council chamber until 19762. The brick used in construction is thought to have been produced …

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      Harley Cemetery is an active cemetery in Brant County (Burford Township), under the jurisdiction of the Corporation of the County of Brant. It is located at 125 Harley Rd (Brant Road #202). Range 1-5

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      This item was originally donated to the County of Brant Public Library’s wiki website by the community member listed below. Its origins and authenticity are unverified by the County of Brant Public Library.

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      Condition: Fair. Yellowed and worn. Handle carefully.

      Louisa Hay was born on October 7, 1864 at Brooklin and married John Ham Perry on June 28, 1888 as his second wife. She was President of the Alter Guild of All Saints' Anglican Church and was a nurse at the Ontario County House of Refuge from 1903-1918. Mrs. Perry …

      Reverend Dr. Robert Hill Thornton was born in April 1806 at Calder, near Edinburgh, Scotland and attended the University of St. Andrews and the Secessionist Church College in Glasgow, Scotland. In 1833 he received a call to become the first Presbyterian Minister in Whitby Township and established his church at …

      Reverend John S. Clarke was born in Ireland in February 1834, and came to Canada in 1850. He settled in Toronto where he was employed by James Austin, a banker. In 1854 he entered the Methodist ministry and served at London, Barrie, Grimsby, Oshawa and Thorold. From 1874 to 1876 …

      The college was officially opened on September 3, 1874, by Lord Dufferin, Governor-General of Canada. This picture was taken about the time the college was opened. Ontario Ladies' College is now known as Trafalgar Castle School, and is located at 401 Reynolds Street.

      Rev. Dr. John James Hare (1847-1922) was the first principal of the Ontario Ladies' College at Trafalgar Castle from 1874 to 1915. He was married September 28, 1874 to Katherine Isabella McDowell at Barrie, Ontario. Dr. Hare was born in Nepean Township, Canada West, in 1847 and died at Rochester, …

      Trafalgar Castle was built for Nelson Gilbert Reynolds (1814-1881), Sheriff of Ontario County from 1852 to 1881. Trafalgar Castle was designed by Toronto architect, Joseph Sheard and built between 1859 and 1862. The Sheriff lived in Trafalgar Castle from 1862 until 1874 when he sold the building to the Methodist …

      This photograph is from a silk original in the possession of the family of Senator and Mrs. William Kerr who were present when the Earl and Countess of Dufferin visited.

      The Mudge and Yarwood Organ Factory was established in Whitby by Fred Mudge and Robert J. Yarwood in 1873 and moved to Guelph about 1875 or 1876. It was located on the east side of Brock Street, south of Ontario Street. In later years it was the Atlas Woolen Mills …