13 April 2008...8:37 pm
“Belvedere”, the Morton-Jones House
built ca.1850
now “Belvedere Apartments“,
10 Belvedere Place, Brockville
This beautiful house was built for George Morton about 1850 on a seven-acre property at the corner of the King’s Highway #2 and Oxford Ave.
George Morton (1821-1892), a Montrealer by birth, came to Brockville in 1840, and became head of the firm of Morton, McKee & Co., general merchants. His partner was Andrew McKee. He and his wife had 8 children at the time. He left Brockville to pursue his business interests in the village of Morton (mills and cheese), and in Kingston (brewing).
His Brockville house, shown here, was purchased by engineer/architect, Chilion Jones and his wife, Eliza [Hervey] Jones in 1872. It remained in the Jones family until about 1913. The house still stands near the north-west corner of King St. E. and Belvedere Place.
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2 Comments
14 April 2008 at 5:37 am
Unrelated to Belvedere! … any idea what the original use of the large building at the SE corner of Perth and Brock Streets was? It seems to have an arched roof. Maybe a curling arena?
14 April 2008 at 4:52 pm
Hugh:
That was the location [109 Perth St.] of “McLaren’s Lumber Yard” and afterwards the “Brockville Lumber Co.”
Doug Grant
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