Another sent in by David;
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AS ELITE SIGNIFICATION IN LATE 19TH C. HAMILTON
In 1874, the City of Hamilton had leased the Beach strip from the Township of
Saltfleet for ninety-nine years at the unbeatable cost of $1 per year. Lots were quickly
surveyed and sold at auction, a luxury hotel was built, and the elite began to move in.
Among those members of Hamilton's elite who had cottages on Hamilton Beach were
John Gibson, tobacco magnate George Tuckett, Ardiibaid Kerr and lawyer F.E.
Kilvert. In 1883, the Hamilton Spectator ferred to ". . . the gaily painted villa
residences of Hamilton's nobility, with Lake View on the one side and the busy city
nestling in the harbour on the other. . . '"' With the amval of public transportation to
the Beach Strip from the city, the area becarne too crowded, privacy was threatened,
and with the increase in industnalization in the city, the view towards Hamilton was
becoming less and less pleasant. The elite moved north to the Muskokas, a favoured
destination of the Toronto eiite, and an area that had become accessitsfe as a Tesuttuf
the building of a rail line north from Toronto to Gravenhurst.
Whole report;
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ61986.pdf
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE AS ELITE SIGNIFICATION IN LATE 19TH C. HAMILTON
In 1874, the City of Hamilton had leased the Beach strip from the Township of
Saltfleet for ninety-nine years at the unbeatable cost of $1 per year. Lots were quickly
surveyed and sold at auction, a luxury hotel was built, and the elite began to move in.
Among those members of Hamilton's elite who had cottages on Hamilton Beach were
John Gibson, tobacco magnate George Tuckett, Ardiibaid Kerr and lawyer F.E.
Kilvert. In 1883, the Hamilton Spectator ferred to ". . . the gaily painted villa
residences of Hamilton's nobility, with Lake View on the one side and the busy city
nestling in the harbour on the other. . . '"' With the amval of public transportation to
the Beach Strip from the city, the area becarne too crowded, privacy was threatened,
and with the increase in industnalization in the city, the view towards Hamilton was
becoming less and less pleasant. The elite moved north to the Muskokas, a favoured
destination of the Toronto eiite, and an area that had become accessitsfe as a Tesuttuf
the building of a rail line north from Toronto to Gravenhurst.
Whole report;
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp05/NQ61986.pdf