The Connecticut Historical Society believes that this photograph of the house dates to 1910. Note the extension on the west wing of the house. The CHS owns this photograph because of its interest in the history of the Capewell Horse Nail Company, which was headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut.
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The 1893 Goad Fire Insurance Map depicts the house on Duke Street with several structures behind it.
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The 1867-8 City of Toronto Directory lists a T. Sutherland Stayner as living in the Campbell’s former house. Stayner was one of sixteen children born to Thomas Allen Stayner, the controversial former Postmaster General of Upper and Lower Canada.
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The 24 January 1844 edition of the Toronto Examiner includes an advertisement by the O’Neill Brothers announcing that they manufacture Piano Fortes.
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A 20 July 1814 letter from William Warren Baldwin to Quetton St. George laments the lack of protection given to the Town of York, saying that “there is nothing to prevent [the Americans] from destroying this place.” It appears many ladies of the town were collecting their valuables and leaving, including Maria Willcocks. Baldwin writes that “Miss Willcocks remains for a day or two to put her house in order & pack up such things as Miss Russell may esteem most.” This house is presumably the structure on her Duke Street lot that preceded the Campbell mansion.
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