In 1913, George Montgomery Vance, a lawyer practising in Shelburne, was appointed to the High Court as judge of Simcoe County. McCarthy held the rank of lieutenant-colonel of the 35th regiment, as a surgeon, and was president of the Barrie Golf Club in 1900 - a prominent citizen from a prominent family. He came to Barrie to practise in 1869, living and working on Collier Street. Although McCarthy went back to England for his early education, he returned to Canada and attended the Barrie Grammar School before heading to the University of Toronto and graduating from the Toronto School of Medicine in 1865. McCarthy came to Canada from Ireland with his father, Dalton McCarthy, in 1847.
McCarthy was the next to live in the grand home located at 116 Collier St. It was most definitely a spectacularly elegant home.ĭr. It’s assumed they were the initials of Cross and his wife. In the glass panels of the front door were the letters ‘WHC’ on one side, and ‘IJC’ on the other. Inside, the many mahogany fireplaces were enhanced with Italian marble and china tiles, and even more marble could be found throughout the home in the form of niches, baths and wash basins. Built in 1886, the house was striking from the outside with its long, stained-glass windows, exterior wall decorations and unique terracotta roof ornaments. The Sinclair brothers from Port Hope took over management of the tannery in 1883.īarrie architect Thomas Kennedy designed Cross’s stunning, three-story Victorian mansion. Cross had purchased Graham’s tannery in 1881 at a public auction, making it successful and establishing a leather store, W.H. The piece of property to the east of the church at the corner Collier and Poyntz streets, was first owned by John Somerset in 1842.
Collier Street church is still there, the little stone cottage is still there, but the building obscured by the tree in the foreground of the photo - that house is gone. This little section of Poyntz Street between Collier and Worsley streets still has some similarities even 80 years after Nora Marshall photographed this scene.
#Dunlop golf equipment archive#
This ongoing series from Barrie Historical Archive curator Deb Exel shows old photos from the collection and one from the present day, as well as the story behind them.
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