Architecture – Brockville
Fulford Place
Fulford Place was built between 1899 and 1900 for Senator George T. Fulford by American architect Albert W. Fuller. Fuller has an impressive list of accomplishments – sounds like the subject of a future post. Fulford Place is a 20,000 square feet Edwardian style mansion and is Brockville’s grandest house. In 1987 the house was donated to the Ontario Heritage Foundation.
Fulford made his fortune purchasing the patent for Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People!
The interior is magnificient! The drawing room is in the rococo style while the smoking room is done in a Mooring stye. Much of the art, tapestries, statuary, and ceramics and furnishings collected by the family remain in place.
The grounds were designed by Frederick Olmsted of the Olmsted Landscaping firm who also designed a park you may have heard of Central Park in New York City. Alas due to the decline of the Fulford family fortune in the 60s the 10 acre property was reduced to 3.