WILLOUGHBY MANOR

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Historical Notes

JAMES CUMMINGS, BORN IN 1789, WAS THE SON OF THOMAS CUMMINGS, THE FIRST SETTLER IN CHIPPAWA. A SUCCESSFUL MERCHANT, HE FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF 1812 AND BECAME ACTIVE IN POLITICS, SERVING AS REEVE, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATURE. HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE INCORPORATORS OF THE ERIE AND ONTARIO RAILROAD IN 1835.

Architectural Notes

THE FACADE OF THIS IMPRESSIVE HOUSE IS DOMINATED BY A TWO-STOREY CLASSICAL STYLE PORTICO WHICH FEATURES FLUTED COLUMNS WITH IONIC CAPITALS, ENTABLATURES AT BOTH LEVELS AND A BARREL ROOF WITH A CLOSED SEMICIRCULAR PEDIMENT. INSIDE, THE ORIGINAL CURVED STAIRCASE REMAINS ALTHOUGH A BALLROOM ONCE LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR HAS BEEN LOST.