The 26 February 1835 edition of The Correspondent and Advocate lists the pensions currently being paid out by “Fund K” from 1833. The late Sir William Campbell’s family received £1200 a year.
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In 1994 Harold Kawasoe visited Campbell House Museum and was interviewed. According to Mr Kawasoe, he had “lost everything” and was allowed to live with his wife by Clarence Woods of Hobbs Glass in the third story of the Duke Street house. They lived upstairs for one year, and he was also hired on by Woods. In the interview, Kawasoe claims that the offices on the west side of the building were divided by “coloured invitrolite or glass brick walls.”
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The 16 July 1900 edition of the Globe reports that the Fensom Elevator Works had won a contract to construct the electrical elevators at the first Union Station.
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According to a letter that Campbell House Museum received 14 March 1972, the Duke Street house was for sale in 1881. John Fensom made a low ball offer of $300 for down-payment, which was rejected. A few months later, in 1882, he was offered the property for the same price.
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Fire Insurance Map – City of Toronto Archives (http://www1.toronto.ca/wps/portal/contentonly?vgnextoid=98da757ae6b31410VgnVCM10000071d60f89RCRD&vgnextchannel=9f53226b48c2141
The Great Fire of 1849 destroyed entire city blocks in downtown Toronto, including historically significant sites such as St. James Cathedral and Market Square. According to a damage report that appeared in the 10 April 1849 edition of the British Colonist, the only property on Duke Street to be affected was the Colonel William Allan’s Bank of Upper Canada. All books and papers were saved.
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