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Whitehern
Photo by contributor Wayne Adam - Posted June, 2009
Photo from Google Street View ©2011 Google - Posted March, 2011
Photo Source - Wikimedia Commons
Plaque Location
The City of Hamilton
On the southwest corner of
Macnab Street South and Jackson Street West
1 block south of Main Street West
Coordinates: N 43 15.298 W 79 52.337 |
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Plaque Text
Set in a rare walled garden and enriched by its interior decoration, Whitehern is a remarkably intact example of mid-19th century residential architecture. The lingering influence of the Palladian style combined with Neoclassical motifs is seen most clearly in the symmetrical facade with its central frontispiece capped by a pediment, and in the sturdy yet graceful entrance porch supported by Ionic columns. Constructed about 1850, this house built of locally quarried stone reflected the affluence and status of the new business and professional elites emerging in pre-Confederation Canada.
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Whitehern
Related Ontario plaque
Thomas Baker McQuesten, 1882-1948
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