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Leaskdale Manse

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36: 257:, north of St. Paul's Church and south of Leaskdale Creek. It is a two-storey house with a T-shaped layout, typical of middle-class residences of the time. The exterior is yellow brick; it was covered with white stucco in the 1970s, but the stucco was removed in 2001. The roof is cross-gabled, and the manse has a wooden porch decorated with simple gingerbread-style bracketing. The interior layout of the house has been preserved. Few original furnishings survive, as most were sold or donated by Montgomery's children, but the house contains some artifacts and letters from Montgomery's time in the manse. In 2010, the manse received a large donation of antique furniture from 760: 736: 191: 772: 748: 533:
As part of a cost-cutting measure, Parks Canada is reducing storage and agreed to hand over the pieces for free to help furnish the manse. Kathy Wasylenky, president of the Society, said there is about $ 10,000 worth of antique furniture and artifacts and that "many of the items were perfect" for
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series which tells the story of a Presbyterian minister and his children, draws heavily on Montgomery's life in Leaskdale. In her posthumously published journals, Montgomery wrote extensively of the manse and its surroundings. A 2010 restoration project used Montgomery's writings about the house's
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The Township of Uxbridge purchased the manse in 1992. In 2010, the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario undertook a restoration project, and in 2013 they assumed ownership of the property. The manse is now operated as a museum.
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In 1965, the Ontario Historic Sites board commemorated the manse with a plaque. The Leaskdale Manse was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1994 for its significance in Lucy Maud Montgomery's life.
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Montgomery's three children, Chester, Hugh and Stuart, were born in the Leaskdale Manse between 1912 and 1915. Montgomery wrote 11 of the 22 works published in her lifetime in the manse, and
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was constructed in 1886, by carpenter William Gordon and bricklayer Valentine Brooks, to serve as a residence for the pastor of
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Campbell, Don (15 September 2010). "Uxbridge's historic Leaskdale Manse gets thousands in antiques".
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series, and her husband Reverend Ewan Macdonald from 1911 to 1926. Montgomery wrote 11 of the 22
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Buildings and structures on the National Historic Sites of Canada register
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Violet M. Holroyd (30 June 1991). "St. Paul's Presbyterian Church".
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what is needed to maintain the historical integrity of the manse.
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L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys: The Ontario Years, 1911–1942
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The Wheel of Things: A Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery
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44°12′12″N 79°09′37″W / 44.2032°N 79.1604°W / 44.2032; -79.1604 (Leaskdale Manse)
Uxbridge, Ontario
National Historic Site of Canada
Uxbridge, Ontario
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Anne of Green Gables
works
manse
National Historic Site of Canada
historic house museum

manse
St. Paul's Presbyterian Church
Uxbridge
Rainbow Valley
Anne of Green Gables
Norval, Ontario
Halton County
Durham Regional Road 1
Parks Canada


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