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#1 The Tollkeeper's Cottage as it was when re-discovered, incorporated into a neighbourhood home. This is the original Tollkeeper's Window. (May 1996) |
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#2 The Cottage is carefully severed from the later structure and removed. (July 1996) |
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#3 The Tollkeeper's Cottage being transported along Davenport Road to its temporary resting place. (July 1996) |
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#4 The Cottage rested in the Toronto Transit Commission Wychwood yard until a new home was found and funds raised to start the restoration. (May 2001) |
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#5 The many layers of roofing and siding are removed to lighten the load on the ancient structure before the cottage can be moved again. (May 2001) |
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#6 A vestige of the original 1835 clapboard siding is discovered and used as a precise pattern for the replacement boards. |
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#7 A parade, starting on Christie St., accompanies the cottage to its new home. (July 2002) |
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#8 A closer look at some of the parade participants. (July 2002) |
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#9 The Tollkeeper's cottage is placed on its prepared foundation in the park at Bathurst and Davenport, near where it was first built. (Jul/Aug 2002) |
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#10 Volunteers place new wooden rabbetted sills under the cottage to replace the rotten original sills. (Oct. 2002) |
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#11 The new sills are in place and the vertical plank construction clearly revealed. The area where a post-war picture window had been cut in has been restored. (Oct. 2002) |
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#12 Replacement boards are clearly labeled"Restored 2002" with brass tags to distinguish them from the originals for future studies. (Nov. 2002) |
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#13 Volunteers starting to apply the replacement clapboard with handmade nails. (Nov. 2002) |
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#14 Volunteers installing the new clapboard. The original front doorway has been found and a new door frame installed. (Nov. 2002) |
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#15 Stones salvaged from a house of the same vintage have been donated by the Town of Caledon for the new foundation. (May 2003) |
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#16 The stone foundation wall is made with mortar made the same way as in the 1830's. (June 2003) |
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#17 The location of the original stone hearth is discovered as the old floor boards are removed. (Jan/Feb. 2003) |
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#18 The original floorboards are numbered, cleaned and saved. (June 2003) |
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#19 Replacement floor joists are in place. (June 2003) |
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#20 The restorers find a hand hewn beam hidden in a wall, apparently taken from an even earlier structure. Note the hand split lathing. (July 2003) |
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#21 One of the original doors is cleaned to reveal it had been previously installed. Curiously, it matches a door in Fort York. (June 2003) |
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#22 Volunteers Dave Hanna & Roberta O'Brien hand finish the cedar shakes with draw knives. (Aug. 2003) |
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#23 The cedar roof is going on and the chimney has been rebuilt using hand made bricks. (Aug. 2003) |
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#24 The cottage with its new roof, new siding and its original door and window openings restored. (Aug. 2003) |
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#26 The new skylight and roof on the classroom addition were completed in time for Winter 2005-6. (April 2006) |
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#27 Jane Beecroft and Larry Priestman admire the compact and efficient hot water boiler. The cottage and classroom are heated by water pipes embedded in the concrete slab foundation. (April 2006) |
