Address:
308 William Street - Rose Cottage
Summary:
The land on which the cottage was built passed between many hands before settling with Isaac Clark, who built the house and lived in it until his death in 1862.
Property Details:
The land on which Rose Cottage stands passed back and forth in its early years between many owners. It was bought from William Chisholm in 1839 by William Dalmadge Junior, son of a local tavern keeper, living then in Port Dalhousie. Isaac Clark built the home on the land and on his death in 1862 it passed to his brother Joseph Clark. In 1899 the cottage and land passed to Arthur Clark, a farmer in Trafalgar Township who rented it out until it sold in 1905 to Hugh Strathnairn Hamilton Rose for $1700.
Mary Jane Baker McQuesten rented the Rose Cottage in 1907. She and her husband, Isaac Baldwin McQuesten lived in the Whitehern estate in Hamilton. Isaac died in 1888, leaving Mary as the single mother of six children between the ages of 2 and 14 and in severe debt. Mary was very active in various women's organizations, including as president of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and the Women's Home Missionary Society. She was also instrumental in the founding of a chapter of the YWCA in Hamilton in 1889. The Hamilton Club was damaged in a tornado in 1906 and the club approached Mary Jane about renting the Whitehern estate while repairs were completed to the Hamilton Club. Mary Jane accepted the offer due to her financial condition and rented the Rose Cottage in 1907. [sources: Museum Hamilton and Whitehern Museum Archives].
The building is characteristic of a typical Regency style Ontario cottage and has stamped metal ceilings.
Mary Jane Baker McQuesten rented the Rose Cottage in 1907. She and her husband, Isaac Baldwin McQuesten lived in the Whitehern estate in Hamilton. Isaac died in 1888, leaving Mary as the single mother of six children between the ages of 2 and 14 and in severe debt. Mary was very active in various women's organizations, including as president of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society and the Women's Home Missionary Society. She was also instrumental in the founding of a chapter of the YWCA in Hamilton in 1889. The Hamilton Club was damaged in a tornado in 1906 and the club approached Mary Jane about renting the Whitehern estate while repairs were completed to the Hamilton Club. Mary Jane accepted the offer due to her financial condition and rented the Rose Cottage in 1907. [sources: Museum Hamilton and Whitehern Museum Archives].
The building is characteristic of a typical Regency style Ontario cottage and has stamped metal ceilings.
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William Street #308
William Street #308
