Today’s photo is dated, May 23, 1929 and the caption on the back reads: “Grace Hospital Windsor”. It was quite the grand mansion at the corner of Crawford and University. The house was donated to the Salvation Army for hospital use.
The old wing of the hospital was damaged in a fire in 1960, and was demolished and replaced with the five story 1960’s wing along Crawford in 1964.
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Now look at the site! It is a dis"grace" that the Liberals allowed this to happen and it is a dis"grace" that our weak MPP's in this area (Pupatello and Duncan) have left this burde on the shoulders of area residents.
I think the area residents should do a class action lawsuit against the Ontario gov't, the Liberal party of Ontario and Lou Vozza for the mess left behind and for the further reduction in property values on neighbouring lands.
There was something sneaky in all of this, especially with the multiple deadlines given. Now what? The place STILL isn't secured even though Dwight Duncan stated it would be within a few weeks. (Do you really trust this pissant any more??).
I have to ask why both the NDP and the PC's haven't asked for the Health Minister's resignation over this fiasco?
House reminds me of the Walker's house on Riverside Dr E which was given to the Children's Aid Society.
Was this a private home before being donated to the Salvation Army? Any idea whose it was, if it was private?
Any idea of the population of Windsor in 1929?
This looks more like a retirement home than a hospital.
Beautiful building and grounds.
It was the former Ellis house and was aquired by the Salvation Army in 1918 I believe.
In 1921 the population was 38,591 in 1931 it was 63,108.
The largest growth period was 1961 to '71 where we gained 100,000. It has now stagnated since 1971 at between 201,000 to 216,000. Which says a lot about how the city itself is NOT doing what it should be doing to attract new business and people. Especially since we have arguably the best weather in Canada.
I truly put the blame for this on city hall over the last 40 years. Their slow, don't rock the boat, behind the times and extreme provincial approach has not bode well for this city. (Take a look at our historical buildings and the neglect of the great history of this region. Absolutely shameful!!).
Perhaps this will change now that most line workers have university degrees instead of making money hand over fist with little education. Well, that and when the old boys club finally falls down perhaps then we will be at the forefront of progress where EVERYONE's ideas can come to fruition.
In the 50s, my grandparents lived at 450 Oak, now part of the parking lot. behind them, on Crawford, was a huge old house, something like this one, which was used by the salvation Army, as a Home for Unwed Mothers. May even have been this one.
wow !! that's all i have to say !!! speechless !!!
Dave, the only reason Windsor grew so much during the '60s is due to the large annexations of nearby municipalities during that time.
Best weather in Canada??? As soon as you're turning off the A/C it's time to fire up the furnace again. There's no happy medium. I've lived in many parts of Canada and Windsor-Essex has the worst climate I've experienced. Maybe some people like steam baths.
Dave, I'll take this over those horrendous winters the rest of Canada gets anytime : )
Rob, I haven't checked but I don't think those municipalities had a total of 100,000 people.
The front door of the Ellis house is in Hotel Dieu in the hallway between the emergency waiting room and the main lobby.