The Lee Family lived in the house from 1808 until 1970. Its first historical designation was granted in 1961, by the South Wentworth Women’s Institute. In 1972, the home was opened to the public as a museum, and has since been owned and operated by the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario. In 1995, the museum was designated as a historic home under the Ontario Heritage Act, and in 2003 the museum was granted status as a National Historic Site of Canada.[citation needed]
The museum closed in December 2010, but reopened 21 April 2013.[2]
The museum itself contains three floors of original Victorian furniture and furnishings, with an emphasis on the history of the Lee family, and the events surrounding the 1897 founding of the Women's Institutes. For example, the dining room table on which Janet Lee wrote the first Women’s Institute constitution still stands in its original location. The farmhouse is complemented by an 1873 carriage house, which contains two floors of local history exhibits.
^Botting, Tamara (21 April 2013). "Erland Lee Museum Home reopens". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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Erland Lee Museum
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erland, museum, coordinates, 20667, 72167, 20667, 72167, national, historic, site, canada, located, ridge, niagara, escarpment, stoney, creek, hamilton, ontario, originally, farmhouse, belonging, erland, janet, museum, recognized, birthplace, first, women, ins. Coordinates 43 12 24 N 79 43 18 W 43 20667 N 79 72167 W 43 20667 79 72167 The Erland Lee Museum is a National Historic Site of Canada located on the ridge of the Niagara Escarpment in Stoney Creek Hamilton Ontario Originally a farmhouse belonging to Erland and Janet Lee the museum is recognized as the birthplace of the first Women s Institute an international organization formed in 1897 to promote the education of isolated rural women 1 non primary source needed Erland Lee MuseumEstablished1972LocationRidge Road in Stoney Creek Hamilton Ontario Canada TypeHistoric HomeWebsitewww wbr fwio wbr on wbr ca wbr erlandNational Historic Site of CanadaOfficial nameErland Lee HomeDesignated2002The oldest part of the home a log cabin dates to 1808 An addition was built onto the log cabin in 1873 in the Carpenter Gothic style part of the Gothic Revival Architectural tradition This is best exemplified by the steeply pitched gables gingerbread trim and the board and batten planks 1 non primary source needed The Lee Family lived in the house from 1808 until 1970 Its first historical designation was granted in 1961 by the South Wentworth Women s Institute In 1972 the home was opened to the public as a museum and has since been owned and operated by the Federated Women s Institutes of Ontario In 1995 the museum was designated as a historic home under the Ontario Heritage Act and in 2003 the museum was granted status as a National Historic Site of Canada citation needed The museum closed in December 2010 but reopened 21 April 2013 2 The museum itself contains three floors of original Victorian furniture and furnishings with an emphasis on the history of the Lee family and the events surrounding the 1897 founding of the Women s Institutes For example the dining room table on which Janet Lee wrote the first Women s Institute constitution still stands in its original location The farmhouse is complemented by an 1873 carriage house which contains two floors of local history exhibits Contents 1 Images 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksImages Edit Carriage house Gift shop View over Niagara Escarpment from museum Erland Lee Museum main buildingSee also EditAssociated Country Women of the WorldReferences Edit a b Erland Lee Museum files Botting Tamara 21 April 2013 Erland Lee Museum Home reopens Retrieved 26 June 2019 External links EditErland Lee Museum Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Erland Lee Museum amp oldid 1135099792, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
