- built in 1850, by Dr. Thomas Clark Macklem, it was his family residence, a home for smugglers, an army barracks during W.W.I., and a tourist camp before it was destroyed by fire on November 16, 1927
A two storey house is located left ; businesses in the house are E G McNally Drugs and Furniture Warerooms ; a man is standing ouside the awning over the drug store wearing short sleeved shirt and dark pants ; railway tracks in foreground ; dirt road is lined by mature trees ; another business partially hidden by trees is located right ; this building was also the site of the original Royal Bank in Chippawa ;
William Allan arrived in Canada from Scotland circa 1790. He lived in this house for some time. It was sold in 1853 and Mr Allan moved to Toronto. He had an illustrious career. He served during the War of 1812 and was present at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In 1821 he became the first President of the Bank of Upper Canada and in 1833 first President of the British American Assurance Company. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1825 and to the Executive Council in 1836. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Welland Canal Company and in 1832 he was one of a group of citizens who planned to create a city at the site of the Falls ;
The headstone notes that William Strachan died suddenly whilst touring Niagara Falls with the Young Australia League, the headstone was erected in his memory by the Boys Club Federation of America ;
The original tombstone of the murdered Donnelly family was put in place in 1889 by William Donnelly, the original tombstone attracted thousands of visitors, many of whom defaced the monument. It was eventually removed in 1964 and replaced with another which did not have the words Murdered but Died ;
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