Original upload date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 01:00:00 GMT
Archive date: Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:34:05 GMT
The Regency style dwelling was built around 1855 and purchased in 1872 by Henry R. Wales (1822-1905), a blacksmith who began making wagons and carriages, and founded Phoenix Carriage Works. His busine
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ss was located where St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church now stands.
Henry Wales was very involved in the community. He was a school trustee, a magistrate for the Mowat and Whitney governments and active in the Liberal Party. He and his wife Elizabeth had six children and the house, known as Maple Villa, remained in the Wales family for more than 70 years. An early bake oven and smokehouse still remain at the rear of the building.
