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County's Cramahe Tawnship. _ is either side of an impressive and India after 1931 and on style Ontario Cottage, popular Besides this triad of well- ' Colborne, its main centre and BM upper-Palladian gable window. his return married Marion from 1720 to 1840 in Upper bred homes, other notables home to 1mm people, was AEI hit it The handsome winter closet (Scougale) Robson in 1937.. Canada. It sits beside the in Colborne are Search House once called Keeler's Creek r:] as 5 . was added in later years. Its Thornton died in 1945 in the Thornton House at 7 King (c.1830) of ltalinate Victorian after its founder, Joseph immediate neighbour to the house, but Robson lived in St. West and was part of design, bought by John Abbott Keeler who owned it was a boarding house for left was a hardware store it until 1950 at which point the original holdings of the Bennett Marks in 1866. Seaton a dry goods store in the vil- many years before her par- owned by the Keeler family. her daughter became the Steele family. Known as had been Master ofArms in lage in 1819. It was renamed ems bought it in the 1960s. In 1927, the Scougale family owner, living there until 1959. the Cumming Residence, it the War of 1812-14. And then Colhorne in 1829. However, where many interior and their descendants, of Gemmell argued that because was named after Cuthbert there's the old St. Andrew's Of particular interest are details have been altered, the whom we will hear more, ran the Scougale family owned it Cumming, a retired Hudson's Presbyterian Church, built three gems in the village built ornate woodwork in the parlor the Scougale Brothers Ladies' for over a hundred years, they Bay trader, and his wife lane in 1830 on land donated by, on land given by the Crown as remains. Clothing Store in the same I should rightly lay claim to the who lived there in 1845. Barry who else but Joseph Abbot early as 1809. Featuredhere Tony, who is an abstrac~ location. distinction. F. King wrote of Cumming's Keeler. Also prominent is are the Keeler, Thornton and tionist painter with a highly The original house, which Pride of ownership shows journal of "his concerns for the Colborne United Church Cumming Houses - all stately successful career, received is possibly different from the as lirina Marten showed me the fur trade, the vanishing which had originally been a in their own right but also the Order of Canada in 1995. current one, was owned by the original back-to-back iire- buffalo and the resulting Wesleyan Methodist Church connected in ways you would Jane, a renowned author, was John and Mary Steele in 1831 places formed by an eight-foot famine to the natives." An and first built in 1823 before expect in small-town Ontario. awarded the Officer ofthe on land granted IJEL John square chimney. The larger early 1892 photo, compliments the more recent one in 1862. We begin naturally with the Order of Canada in 2005 and Ogden by 1809;10l1n,8teele recess' was for cooking'ende Ir, oithe Cramahe Township The ever-present town square munder's home at 9 Church was a finalist for the Giller emigrated from Shetland in still retains a 'priest's ho’le' Public Library, shows a winter was set out as early as 1815 . St, East, built about 1820 Prize in 2001 for her book, The 1820 to Colborne via Montreal beside it and several other closet over the front door and renamed Victoria Square after land that was purchased Stone Carvers, She was also a where he became a merchant hiding places reminiscent of and a simple railing around in 1071. in 1812. Keeler House is contender for Sanctuary Line partner with founder loseph Elizabethan England when the perimeter. Pictured in Take a pre-Christmas drive " _ Neo-Classical in design and in 2010 and has been a juror Keeler. practicing Catholics could be the photo are a number of to Colborne and see these fine became a National Historic for the prestigious Canadian RB. Thornton was the imprisoned or executed. The Cumming family members, edifices. (With appreciation Site in 1959. Currently owned literary award. Presbyterian minister in the, original pine surround and including Circuit Judge lay from the homeowners, the by Jane and Tony Urquhart, You can't miss Thornton village from 1908 to 1913 and accompanying wainscoting Ketchum and his wife, A later Cramahe Township Public Keeler House is an exact twin House at 3 King St. West when so the house is named after are intact. The centre ball 1921 photo features a raised Library Archives and the to Barnum House in Grafton, you enter Colborne either him, but the current owners' plan with the original back verandah walkway across the Colborne and the Heritage also a National Historic Site by Highway 401 or County files indicate that the Scougale staircase, now enclosed, front and west side with a Cramahe Committee), ‘ and likely built by the same Road 2. Its design is unique in family had a bigger claim to leads to the second floor with set of steps to the back lawn Charles Beale is afarmer_ architect. Joseph Keeler died keeping with the American- the name than the Thorotons. unusually high ceilings. In and an imposing picket fence educator, historian, freelance here in 1839 at age 77 years. influenced Federal and Adams In 2007, Gordon Thornton 2012 the owners co-operated with entry pillars. Shutters are writer and author ofManly Jane Urquhart mentioned in styles while being restrained Gemmell researched the land with the Heritage Cramahe shown in both photos. E. MacDonald - Interpreter of _ conversation that the interior in the United Empire Loyalist registry office in Cobourg Committee to produce a full Cumming House was show- Ola! Ontario. (uuvuxcharler ,_\ of Keeler House changed a (UEL] tradition. The stark and found that the owner in report and had it designated in cased in Century Horne Renew beater-t1 and on twitter at , (Ctii' great deal, in part because white clapboard home sports a 1858 was a James Scougale. the Cramahe Cultural Heritage magazine in November 1987 OntaritrCarusck) CCL)