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~7- ""13." = The Erland Lee Homestead [‘HE ERLANI) LEE HOMESTEAD Originally a letter was received from Went- worth County Womsqu.tnstrzutes requesting UlRFqumled Women‘s Institutes of Ontario to milk into the possibility of assuming OWnerg ship or (preserving the Homestead. . Unve'ling and dedication of an Historical Plaqué-tali £11531 Ellllslnd' Inge Homestead, Ridge Road. Smmfiw by the Archaeologicaland-I Historic Site’stfiogtrd of 0““,th took placeno’n‘ . October I. l967a..-. . .. ml. [y "1969 FWIO _ a charitab' “reject from the enuc. ed qfié3fiight to beâ€" -on [or this single drtment of National Rev- ”t iThe interior of the Erland Lee Homesleud showin ' r ‘ > g lhe famous walnm table on which lh f ‘ ‘ of lhe Woman'r Inslitule was written. a ”5' Constitution HISTORIC BACKGROUND OF THE ER- LAND LEE PROPERTY This property is known as Edgemont, crown grant 1801 to John and Mary Lee on their marriage. The first dwelling was a ‘log cabin built by John Lee for his bride. The young cou- ple surrounded it with cuttings of Sweet Mary, Myrtle, Yellow Roses and a Show Ball Bush. The cabin has long since vanished but the plants are still flourishing. A frame house was later built and in time the back part of it was removed by Abram,.son of John, and in the 18603 the present house was planned. It was built in front of the older part. The wood was virgin pine cut on the property and a fourteen- yearâ€"old boy spent the whole summer hand cutting all the ornamentation on the outside of the house. . All the hardware is original and the Old tron latches and hinges are still there in the older part of the house. Much of the furniture has been handed down through the genera- tions. Of interest is the walnut dining table WhiCh Janet Chisholm brought with her when She came as a bride of Erland Lee. The table Was her grandfather's and on it she and Erland Worked on and wrote the Constitution of the first Women‘s Institute in the World It istintporlant to Women’s Institutes that thisfhou'se’. be preserved for its historical value but more important that eventually it might be used as a centre for Women‘s Institute activie ties.