Places Introduction Greater Toronto Ontario Toronto Guildwood Village General Information Album Guildwood Park Guildwood Day 1998 Guildwood Day 1999 Guildwood Day 2004 Guildwood Day 2008 The Guild Alive with Culture Our Neighborhood Winter 1999 Comment Book Highland Creek Introduction Churches Colonel Danforth Park Heritage Festival - Parade Old Kingston Road Port Union Introduction Churches Colonel Danforth Park Port Union Commons Rouge Beach Park West Rouge Rouge Valley Introduction Celebration Forest Glen Eagles Vista Woodlands Trail 1980's Photos 1990's Photos West Hill Introduction Churches East Point Park Galloway Road Heron Park Lower Highland Creek Morningside Park Old Kingston Road St. Margaret's |
Cornell House Toronto, Ontario, Canada. August 2002. The Cornell House now houses the Scarborough Historial Museum. CORNELL HOUSEBUILT IN 1858 ON MARKHAM ROAD IN SCARBOROUGH VILLAGE, THIS HOUSE WAS INHABITED FOR OVER 80 YEARS BY DESCENDANTS OF WM. CORNELL WHO CAME FROM RHODE ISLAND IN 1799. INHERITED BY MATILDA CORNELL FROM HER FATHER CHARLES IN 1887, IT REMAINED HER HOME UNTIL 1944. IT WAS THEN ACQUIRED BY WM. LYE WHO OPERATED THE LYE ORGAN AND PIANO WORKS IN AN ADJACENT SHOP UNTIL 1961 WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS EPROPRIATED FOR A NEW RAILWAY BRIDGE. IN 1962 THE SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM THE WEST HILL-HIGHLAND CREEK LIONS CLUB AND TOWNSHIP COUNCIL, MOVED THE HOUSE HERE TO THOMSOM PARK AND FURNISHED IT IN THE STYLE OF A LATE 19TH CENTURY RURAL DWELLING. ERECTED BY THE SCARBOROUGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Other pictures like this one can be found at Scarborough Album. |
