"ROCKWOOD 1842" ~ Kingston
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N 44° 13.033 W 076° 31.421
18T E 378286 N 4897127
This plaque identifies the house, George Browne, the architect of Kingston City Hall, designed for John Solomon Cartwright.
Waymark Code: WMEFFM
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/22/2012
Views: 22
The text on the plaque reads as follows:
Rockwood was built in 1842 as a country villa for John Solomon Cartwright (1804-1845). Designed by George Browne, architect of the Kingston City Hall, in a monumental phase of the Regency style, it is a stone structure covered with stucco but lined to suggest ashlar masonry. Cartwright began to practise law in Kingston in 1830 and in 1831, became president of the Commercial Bank of the Midland District. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada in 1836 and of Canada in 1841. The government acquired this property in 1856 as site for a "Criminal Lunatic Asylum". With another building erected in 1859, it became the nucleus of the present psychiatric hospital.
Address or location of plaque: In front of the house, just off the entrance road to the Providence Continuing Care Centre on King Street West across from Portsmouth Avenue.
Physical location of plaque: City
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": There are no physical remains at the site.
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Structure'
Condition of sign: Very Good
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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