McQuesten House / Whitehern

McQuesten House / Whitehern is a National Historic Site of Canada in Hamilton, Ontario.

Ontario · 41 Jackson Street West, Hamilton, Ontario · location approximate

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WHITEHERN Set in a rare walled garden and enriched by its interior decoration, Whitehern is a remarkably intact example of mid-19th century residential architecture. The lingering influence of the Palladian Style combined with Neoclassical motifs is seen most clearly in the symmetrical facade with its central frontispiece capped by a pediment, and in the sturdy yet graceful entrance porch supported by Ionic columns. Constructed about 1850, this house built of locally quarried stone reflected the affluence and status of new business and professional elites emerging in pre- Confederation Canada.

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Entourée d'un exceptionnel jardin muré, Whitehern offre un exemple remarquablement intact d'habitation du milieu du XIXe siècle. L'empreinte du style palladien, auquel s'allient des motifs néo-classiques, est particulièrement manifeste dans la façade symétrique, dont le frontispice central est couronné d'un fronton, et dans le porche à la fois solide et élégant qui s'appuie sur des colonnes ioniques. Construite vers 1850, cette maison de pierre locale, avec son riche décor intérieur, témoigne de lopulence et du statut des élites commerçante et professionnelle qui se formaient au Canada peu avant la Confédération.

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