Fulford Place Blue Plaque - Brockville, Ontario
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N 44° 35.845 W 075° 40.255
18T E 446752 N 4938449
This home belonged to G. T. Fulford who made his fortune selling "pink pills for pale people" and was the largest private home in Canada at the time of its construction. There is a blue plaque at the front door, as well as one on the east side door.
Waymark Code: WMB735
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 04/13/2011
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In 1890, G. T. Fulford & Company obtained the rights to produce Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and began marketing it through Dr. Williams Medicine Company. Reverend Enoch Hill of M.E. Church of Grand Junction in Iowa, endorsed the product in many 1900s advertisements, saying that it energized him and cured his chronic headaches. Eventually, the product came to be advertised around the world in 82 countries, including its native Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
In the early 1890s, the publicity for the product was written by John MacKenzie. In 1892, he was made manager of the medicine company, and held that position until his retirement in 1929. When George Taylor Fulford, Sr., the Canadian senator that founded G. T. Fulford & Company, died in 1905 in an automobile accident, George Taylor Fulford II became involved in the family business.
Today, the home of George Taylor Fulford, Sr. in Brockville, Ontario, Fulford Place, is a tourist attraction that showcases the success of patent medicine products. It was acquired by the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1991. In 2001 they formally put a plaque outside his home with a brief biography.
Ontario Heritage Properties Database
Property Name: Fulford Place (museum) MCL-OHF
Street Address: 287 King St E
Municipality: Brockville
County or Regional Municipality: Leeds and Grenville
Construction Date: 1900 (Actual)
Building Type: Residential Building
Protection Designator: National Historic Site
provincially owned heritage property
Blue Plaque managing agency: Ontario Heritage Foundation
Individual Recognized: Residence of George Taylor Fulford
Physical Address:
287 King St E
Brockville, Ontario Canada
K6V 1E1
Web Address: [Web Link]
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