https://www.fepl.ca/localhistory/files/original/3a6ee603f8ac0e3ca283de9db8fe8a2c.pdf a486e300eea2d7d8a2f4a37516bb1308 PDF Text Text BRIGA~tlfil!:AL :c;.A.~Cf1.UICt:":)HANK - one of his homes - The house between the ~~ueen 1 s Hotel and EawkinM Garage, Fort Erie, Cnt • • This was a two-storey house. The front. door divided in two, vertically, a style of a certain period.. As I recall there was a hall and there was a front staircase. The room. in the front of the house had a simple mantel piece on the south wall, though this seera.ed to be placed against the wall, and it was plastered where there would ordinarily be the fireplace. The mantelpiece appeared to be made of wood. of this room, but I don 1 t remember what was beyond this. There was a room west I do remember there being what seemed to have been a pantry as I think it had shelves, and there was another stairway leading from this little room. upstairs. Both stairways were on the same side '• " of the house, the !:·forth• - There was not a great sp'ace between as they reached tqe second floor. Upstairs, as I recall, there were two rooms, and as I can remember, the one in the front of the hous~ was the larger. • I think one of them had a clothes closet made of V~boarding, snall width as was sometimes used in kitchens, but I don't think there was a door to the closet. I went through the house sometime betv.~n"'the years 1925- 1 " 1932, but I do not know what year it, though I believe it may have been closer to 1925. Hawkins• Garage was operating at that time and it was, I think, some years before the house was taken do~n. There was a small porch over the front door, and as I recall there were regular turned pillars in a style of that period. (not simple straight pillars) I am sorry that I cannot give more detail but as. it. is now so long ago I cannot remember what. was b-eyond the second room (to the· west of the front room) though I should think there must have been more rooms there. a.~d The front st.aircase faced West the other staircase faced East. One half of the front door was often open and the wallpaper covering the space · where the fireplace would be, was coming away from the wall and the plaster behind it was showing. • I should think this would suggest that the wallpaper was very old. The house looked very old and_as though it had not been lived in for many years • likewise in the little room with the shelves and the second stairway, there was a big strip of wallpaper that had come away from the wall far enough tha. t it curled over and hung down. • •• •• 2 �BRIG-GEN. E.A. CRUICKSHANK • Pace 2 The house was quite close to the sidewalk and one could see the mantel piece through the front windows. General Cruickshank * J.f) ;:(fJ ' it and there may have been a fireplace in the sittine I cannot remember what kind of woodwork there room was in $; The house may have been altered since the time that t.lrt; nouse. typed June 19, 1979 • • • ? ••.• , ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Louis McDermott Collection Subject The topic of the resource Local history, Fort Erie and surrounding area. Description An account of the resource A collection of historical documents, photos, news clippings, letters, and writings, assembled by local historian, Louis McDermott, and donated to the Fort Erie Public Library. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Louis McDermott Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived FEPL-LH -Louis McDermott Language A language of the resource English Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Included in this collection are writings, historical documents, news clippings, images, maps, and more. They were written and compiled by Louis McDermott into a series of binders. The digital collection has been scanned from these physical copies. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Fort Erie Public Library and Louis McDermott Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General-Brigadier E.A. Cruickshank's Home Description An account of the resource Listed here is a document pertinent to one of General E.A. Cruickshank's many homes in Niagara. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Louis McDermott Collection 1900s Ernest Cruikshank Fort Erie Louis Mcdermott Collection property record