Village Squire, 1976-05, Page 17•Techniques are visible in the house. The
exterior walls are composed of slop bricks,
, that wete formed from the clay found in the
yard. The downstairs' interior walls consist of
studs, cross -members and brick fill, while the
upstairs; walls, the walls under the staircase
and the archway in the dining room are
covered with split' board lath,
In •the basement, the floor is made of
bricks, and a haired •window at the foot of the
staircase shows where a'jail cell was located.
Constant Van Egmond acted as the
Magistrate before the establishment of the
Huron County Jail in Goderich. Therefore, he
cletauned prisoners in his basement cell.
The downstairs of the house is composed of
a spacious central hall, a huge kitchen and a
large parlour, a bedroom, a dining room and a
slip room off the dining room This slip room
originally served as a children's bedroom and
could be closed off from the dining room with
four folding doors Three more bedrooms are
located'upstairs Almost every room contains
• a brick fireplace, some of which still function.
The one in the kitchen is larger than the
others becauSe.it was used for cooking as well
:as for heating
, The restoration of each room included the
analysis of wallpaper and paint chips to
determine the original colour, the vintage and
the method of apptication. Although a LIP
grant anttan OFY grant supplied some labour
'and • financial aid, most of the work
,accomplished thus far has been done by
volunteers. Last summer the downstairs'
bedroom was completed and furnished with a
rope bed, a cherry dresser and washstand, a
cradle, a rocker and a rag rug made in a Van
Egmond woollen mill. These articles were
either loaned or donated to the foundation.
The vintage architecture of the house
makes it a showpiece, but the Foundation
members believe Colonel Anthony Van
Egmond merits more than that They want his
•memorial to`be a vital, active cog in the social
.fife of the area Therefore, they plan
•exhibitions, classes and social events.
The parlour will be available for public
meetings, and the paintings of local artists
will adorn the walls The foundation also
hopes to obtain travelling -antique shows from
some major museums. Rather than merely
look at gntiques, however, the visitors to the
house will be able to participate in pioneer
• skills
In tlik basement, pottery and ceramic
'classes will he conducted, and if a proper kiln
can he obtained, lessons in china painting will
be offered In the upstairs' bedrooms, several
;arts and crafts will be taught including
'quilting, crocheting, rug hooking and tatting.
Wool spinning and carding will be instructed
•on a walking spinning wheel.
. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, pioneer cooking
and preserving wilt be sampled. For the
recipes, crab apples will be picked from the
'trees in the back yard; mint will be grown in
the herb garden beside the house, and honey
will be taken from the bee hive at the hack of
the property. Properly extracting the hones
from the hive is another proposed lesson
Before the clases can begin and the
'foundation's ultimate goal can he reached,
'though, a great deal of work must be done.
The program committee; chaired by Dorothy
•Williams, plans numerous fund-raising and
'public relation events for the coming year
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