ELLIOT HOUSE
1852
28 South St. S. Port Robinson
This 2 1/2-storey brick house, early Victorian style, was
built for Robert Elliot, a prosperous merchant who owned a
general store in Port Robinson and who was Reeve of Thorold
Township in 1857. The house features a large veranda with
rare cast iron latticework verandah supports, six fluted
chimneys, three french doors, and bracketed eaves. Inside,
the rooms have 12' high ceilings with ornate plaster
cornices; there are two nine-panelled pocket doors, 15"
baseboards, three fireplaces, and a brick bake oven in the
kitchen.

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