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Return to the Era of Grace and Elegance
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Front Parlour
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Carriage House
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Eastlake House was built on Crown land originally deeded to United Empire Loyalist Ebenezer Washburn in 1807.
In 1907 Hubert Bedell and his wife Emma commissioned noted Ontario architect W.J. Newlands to design a spacious Edwardian Foursquare house on the century farmland. Hubert Bedell was born and raised in Prince Edward County and at the turn of the century was a prominent businessman in the thriving cannery industry. He and Emma built Eastlake House from concrete brick made from the sands from the beaches of the Sandbanks, today an Ontario Provincial Park. One can easily visualise a young man walking the shores of Lake Ontario and dreaming of the grand home he would someday build from the very sand between his toes.
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W.J. Newlands
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"The Settler's Dream"
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Original Leaded Glass
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Eastlake House is featured in the book “Settler’s Dream” honouring heritage houses of Prince Edward County and is designated a “Significant Building” by the Loyalist Architectural Society. Eastlake House B&B is rated by Janette Higgins at www.bbontario.com as one the the best places to B&B in Picton and Ontario.
All original fireplaces, oak floors, paneled doors, and leaded glass windows remain intact. The original two storey Carriage House still stands in place unchanged from 1907 and Hubert Beddell’s signature can still be seen inscribed in the concrete floor of the Carriage house.
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