Willistead Manor
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| Established | 1935 |
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| Location | 1899 Niagara Street Windsor, Ontario, Canada N8Y 1K3 |
| Coordinates | 42°19′06″N 83°00′38″W / 42.31823°N 83.01044°W |
| Type | Historic House |
| Website | Willistead Manor |
Willistead Manor is a historic house located in the former town of Walkerville, Ontario, Canada, now part of Windsor. Designed by Albert Kahn for Edward Chandler Walker and built between 1904 and 1906, the manor was ceded to the community in 1921, a few years after Walker's death. Having served as the Walkerville Town Hall, Art Gallery of Windsor and as a public library branch, it is currently used as a banquet hall. The manor is designed in the Tudor Revival style, and the grounds also include a coach house and a gate house of similar design.
Willistead Manor is located at 1899 Niagara Street in the Walkerville district of Windsor, Ontario. The property sits atop a 6.2 hectares (15 acres) plot of parkland and consists of the manor proper, a coach house, and a gate house. The property is surrounded by an iron-and-limestone fence and also features a fountain commissioned to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.[1]
The 36-room manor stands two and a half storeys tall, along an L-shaped plan. It is built in a Tudor Revival style, showing features from both Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture. The façade features a combination of half-timbering, brickwork, and stucco. The gable dormers are steeply pitched, while the vergeboards are hand-carved. The red clay-tile roof is adorned with multiple chimneys, each in a different style, while the walls feature various windows. Similar materials and designs are used for the coach house and the gate house.[1]
The interior of the manor is heavily adorned. Most rooms include marble fireplaces and quarter-cut panelling.[1] The Great Hall, accessed through a large oak door, includes extensive carvings by Joachim Jungwirth. In the south wing are the dining room, drawing room, and conservatory, all of which are also heavily adorned; the dining room also includes a hidden walk-in safe. The manor's north wing, meanwhile, contains the billiard room, morning room, and library.[2]
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