322 Emily Street, St Marys, Ontario
The Town of St Marys, Ontario gave notice 7 Mar 2008 that 322 Emily Street will be designated an Ontario Heritage Property unless an objection is made within 30 days.
The house sits on spacious grounds north of the Grand Trunk Trail on the west side of Emily St. with a spectacular view of the Thames River valley. One of the earliest grand houses in St Marys, the Italianate villa was built in 1860 for John Robinson, a civil engineer responsible for the Sarnia Bridge on the Grand Trunk Railway line. Three years later he sold it to Milner Harrison, a St Marys pioneer merchant and early reeve, who lived there until his death in 1887. Harrison's son was David Howard Harrison who practiced medicine in St Marys. David Howard Harrison moved to Manitoba in 1882 and was briefly premier of the province.
The house sits on spacious grounds north of the Grand Trunk Trail on the west side of Emily St. with a spectacular view of the Thames River valley. One of the earliest grand houses in St Marys, the Italianate villa was built in 1860 for John Robinson, a civil engineer responsible for the Sarnia Bridge on the Grand Trunk Railway line. Three years later he sold it to Milner Harrison, a St Marys pioneer merchant and early reeve, who lived there until his death in 1887. Harrison's son was David Howard Harrison who practiced medicine in St Marys. David Howard Harrison moved to Manitoba in 1882 and was briefly premier of the province.
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