cawthra

MISSISSAUGA , ONTARIO

...A BRIEF HISTORY : THE ESTATE WAS BUILT IN 1926 FOR GRACE CAWTHRA-ELLIOT AND HER HUSBAND CORONEL HARRY CAWTHRA- ELLIOT...THE CAWTHRAS , ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL AND WEALTHIEST FAMILIES IN NINETEENTH CENTURY YORK ( PRESENT DAY TORONTO )...IT IS LOCATED ON A PORTION OF THE ORIGINAL 200 ACRE CROWN GRANT OFFERED TO JOSEPH CAWTHRA IN 1808, GRACES GREAT-GRANDFATHER...SHE SOUGHT TO DESIGN AND BUILD A TRADITIONAL GEORGIAN STYLE HOME AND GARDEN THAT WOULD REFLECT HER FAMILY'S EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ORIGINS OF YORKSHIRE , ENGLAND...GRACE LIVED AT THE ESTATE UNTILL HER DEATH IN 1974 AT AGE 96 IN THE HOME...MANY OF THE ORIGINAL OUTDOOR FEATURES ARE NOW GONE , INCLUDING THE GARDENS AS THE SURROUNDING TREES CONTINUE TO RECLAIM THE LAND.....

....THE HOME IS MAINTAINED BY THE CITY OF MISSISSAUGA....

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...WE JOINED UP WITH A FEW OF THE MEMBERS OF "P.I.S.T " - PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION SOCIETY OF TORONTO , FOR THIS INVESTIGATION...

...THESE ARE SOME OF THE PHOTOS AND VIDEO TAKEN ON FEBRUARY 14 , 2009...AN INTERESTING BUILDING WITH ITS INTERIOR DESIGN...MANY ROOMS WITH MULTIPLE DOORS LEADING TO ALL DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE HOME...THERE WAS NOTHING UNUSUAL FOUND IN ANY OF THE PHOTOS , VIDEO OR AUDIO THAT NIGHT.....