Women’s Temperance building
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- Women’s Temperance building at 83 Ontario Street and King Street.
It is a two-storey building with an offset entrance. It has a shaped lintel and columns at the front entrance and lintels and concrete sills around the windows. - Notes
- Slide File number: 05.95-E-2
Built in 1852 by J.F. Mittleberger, the St. Catharines branch of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union purchased the house and re-opened it as Alexandra Hall in June 1911. It was intended to provide a safe home and moral atmosphere for single young women and operated as a rooming house for women until 1977.
It was converted into space for local businesses. - Date of Original
- 1977
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.16681 Longitude: -79.24958
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- St. Catharines Public LibraryEmail:info@myscpl.ca
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St. Catharines, ON L2R7K2
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