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Metadata
Accession # |
A2006.67 |
Title |
Research re. Wellington County Solicitor's building in Guelph, Ontario, 2006. |
Date |
2006 |
Description |
Research undertaken by Elysia DeLaurentis re. the history of the Wellington County Solicitor's building at 15 Douglas Street [Lot 17 the Prior's Block], Guelph and the solicitors and tenants who have worked there over the years. Research was done to prepare exhibit panels which were displayed in the building on Saturday 22 April 2006 when it was opened to the public for the Guelph Arts Council's "Doors Open Guelph" event. In December 1862 the County drew up a contract in which County Crown Attorney John Juchereau Kingsmill leased vacant Lot 17, the Prior's Block, (beginning January 1863) on condition that he build a structure to house the offices of the County Solicitors. In 1869 the County purchased the building and took over its maintenance. It remained the County Solicitor's building for over a hundred years, with tenants renting the upstairs offices until the 1970s (at which time the firm began using the entire building). At time of cataloguing the building was used as the offices of Wellington County Child Care Services. Research notes include hand-written and typed notes, copies of County minutes, newspaper articles, copies of photographs, etc. Included are colour photographs taken by DeLaurentis in February 2006, and during Doors Open Guelph that April. Also included are two CDs of images from the WCMA collection, and loaned from Hugh Guthrie and family of Guelph and from the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre. Series 1: Research notes, exhibit panels, Doors Open Guelph information, 2006. file 1: Correspondence, advertising, display panels and bookmark, 2006. Includes publicity and brochures produced for the event by the Guelph Arts Council; a "volunteer" sticker badge; correspondence between DeLaurentis, the Guelph Arts Council, and the County of Welligton; black & white photocopies of the exhibit panel material, a bookmark (250 were given out that day); and timeline of the building's history compiled by DeLaurentis. [This timeline has been updated as of 2019.] file 2: Solicitors, photographs, copies from WCMA collections, 2006. Includes research notes about the solicitors who have worked in the building; copies of relevant notes made by Gordon Couling; photocopies of photographs; copies of tenders and contracts for the digging of its basement and heating, 1892. file 3: County minutes and research notes, 2006. Includes copies of entries in County minutes 1862-1980 and researcher's notations. Series 2: Photographs, 1860-2006. Two CDs of digital images of the solicitors and the Solicitor's building, taken between 1860-2006. Digital images include those from the WCMA's collection, from the Guthrie family, and from the Bruce County Museum & Cultural Centre. [no ph numbers assigned / AV CABINET] Colour prints of the building's interior and exterior taken by Elysia DeLaurentis while undertaking research in February 2006, and at the Doors Open event on 22 April 2006. [ph 20577 - ph 12594] ph 20577: Interior, first floor; Looking towards facade window with Child Care Services logo. Furnishings, lighting and tin ceiling visible, February 2006. ph 20578: Interior, first floor; Looking out central window towards red brick building on other side of Douglas Street, February 2006. ph 20579: Interior, first floor; fireplace in office at rear (office that had vault in it), February 2006. ph 20580: Interior, first floor; fireplace in other office at rear, February 2006. ph 20581: Interior, second floor; staff lounge (beside staircase), overlooking Douglas Street, February 2006. Red brick building on other side of Douglas Street visible through window. ph 20582: Interior, second floor; Jill McGeorge at her desk at rear of building, at top of stairway. Painting by her husband Joel Masewich visible on wall above desk. Jill had begun working at Child Care Services a week before photo taken, February 2006, having transferred from the Wellington County Museum & Archives. ph 20583: Interior, second floor; Jill McGeorge standing by central rear window by her desk, overlooking back parking lot, February 2006. ph 20584: Exterior, Douglas Street; view from the second floor lounge window, looking down over buildings on Douglas Street, February 2006. ph 20585: Interior, first floor; Shannon Coles (University of Guelph history student and volunteer) and Margaret Scott (acting Wellington County Chief Librarian) posed in front of panels created by Elysia DeLaurentis, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. ph 20586: Interior, first floor; from entrance, looking over reception desk toward arched doorways leading to offices, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. [two copies] ph 20587: Interior, first floor; Shannon Coles (volunteer), reading display panels, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. ph 20588: Interior, first floor; visitors at the Solicitor's building, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. ph 20589: Interior, first floor; office at rear, on right, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. [2 copies] ph 20590: Interior, first floor; office at rear on left (with vault), Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. [2 copies] ph 20591: Exterior; detail of window with "County of Wellington Child Care Services" decal and surrounding stone wall. Visitors visible through window. Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. ph 20592: Exterior; Facade with "Doors Open Site" sign out front, Doors Open Gueph, 22 April 2006. ph 20593: Exterior; County Solicitor Hugh Guthrie and County Archives assistant Elysia DeLaurentis, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. (Photo by Ann Guthrie). ph 20594: Exterior; detail of facade with door open giving view to visitors inside, Doors Open Guelph, 22 April 2006. Doors Open sign visible by door. |
Creator \ Maker |
DeLaurentis, Elysia [compiler] |
Creator \ Maker |
DeLaurentis, Elysia [PHOTOGRAPHER] Guthrie, Ann [PHOTOGRAPHER] |
Item Name |
Research Notes |
Person \ Organization |
A. J. Fergusson and Guthrie Blair, Adam Fergusson Coles, Shannon Corporation of the County of Wellington DeLaurentis, Elysia Gamble, John T. A. Guelph Arts Council Guthrie and Guthrie Guthrie and Watt Guthrie, Donald Guthrie, Guthrie and Kerwin Guthrie, Hugh (Mrs.) Hungerford and Gamble Hungerford and Guthrie Hungerford, Gamble and Guthrie Hungerford, Guthrie and Berry Hungerford, R. B. Kerwin, Patrick Kingsmill, John Juchereau McGeorge, Jill Scott, Margaret Wellington County Child Care Services Wellington County Solicitor's Building |
Place |
Douglas Street Guelph |
Subject |
Architecture Biography Government Law Portrait |
Photo, Map # |
ph 20577 ph 20577 - ph 20594 ph 20578 ph 20579 ph 20580 ph 20581 ph 20582 ph 20583 ph 20584 ph 20585 ph 20586 ph 20587 ph 20588 ph 20589 ph 20590 ph 20591 ph 20592 ph 20593 ph 20594 |
Year Range from |
2006 |
Year Range to |
2006 |
Accession # |
A2006.67 |
Containers |
MU 614 AVC13 |