"Summit House"

Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted June, 2004

Photo by contributor Anonymous - Posted July, 2005

Plaque Location

The County of Lanark
The Town of Perth
On the northwest corner of
Harvey Street and Drummond Street East

Coordinates: N 44 53.949 W 76 14.760

Plaque Text

This house was built in 1823 by James Boulton, one of Perth's first lawyers. Modelled after "The Grange" in Toronto, the house was designed in the Adamesque style, which was popular in Upper Canada during the 1820s, with overtones of the Regency style, which superceded the Adamesque in the following decade. The graceful fanlight over the main entrance and the oval window in the central gable are typical of the earlier style, whereas the tall first-floor windows and the hip roof reflect the influence of the Regency. The use of brick on a large dwelling at so early a date is rare in this province, and the "Summit House" is one of the first examples, constructed of this material, in the Adamesque or Regency style.

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Posted November 14, 2011
Anybody have any evidence of any tunnels on the property? I am making a documentary on Perth = the journey of the Perth Copybook found in the rubble of the Thomas Wright Building in 1995 - that was supposedly in these tunnels along with 24 other hournals in 1948. Anybody with any knowledge - or first hand evidence of such should contact me at csi2000@urbanmarket.com.I would alos like to chat with the person above who tells the story of that manhole cover - there are alternate stories I have heard (deadly methane gas in the tunnels for instance).
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Posted June 25, 2010
In responce to the question of paranormal occurances i do not recall anything the biggest event was the explosion of the well i dropped a ball down the hole in the concrete well cap and the upstairs nabour pored gas down the hole and was dropping lite papertowal down to try and see the ball when in went off it blew the steel lid up 20 feet and moved the concrete pad 3or4 inches it was heard all over town. the man was blinded for weeks because he was looking in the hole to see the ball. the home at the time was owned by a doctor at that time.

Posted March 9, 2010
While living in that home - was there any paranormal occurances? Do you have any idea who owns the home now?

Posted October 21, 2009
glad to find this great home on the net I lived in this house as a child in the late 60s early 70s when the house was set up as 3 suites we lived in the basement unit. I have many fond memorys of that time except cutting that big lawn

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