Name/Title
114 Gibson Street, Gibson House and Gibson Street BridgeEntry/Object ID
P2006-01-13-66Description
Gibson House and Gibson Street Bridge postmark Dec 13, 1909 - looking west from Mountain Road.
Robert Lillie Gibson came to Canada from Peterhead. Scotland around 1860. in 1866, his partner, Toronto entrepreneur John Worthington, obtained a contract to build a bridge over Twenty Mile Creek in Jordan for the Great West Railway. As part of the arrangement, Robert was to acquire the right to quarry stone at Grimsby. He purchased 19 acres of land from Richard and Elizabeth Allison on Grimsby Point and three years later bought an adjoining 19-acre parcel from Peter and Mary Nelles. In 1872, he purchased 14 acres from William and Margaret Wilson and the following year paid $84 for 4.9 acres owned by the Township of Grimsby. He met Frances Thompson and immediately fell in love and they were married right away. Robert bought the little white house at 102 Gibson for his bride, while at the same time starting to build the larger house at 114 Gibson Street for her. At that time, Gibson Street was just the millpath leading to Forty Mile Creek with the mills on either side of it. The gothic style house was constructed of beautifully tooled variegated red free stone, with gingerbread trim on the gables and covered verandah.Context
Robert L. Gibson House, 114 Gibson Street, gothic revival, built with stone from his mountain quarry.Collection
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beige Filing Cabinet