From the Border Cities Star – May 28, 1927:
- Walkerville ratepayers will vote Monday on a bylaw providing for the expenditure of $10,000 to construct the memorial shown in the sketch in honor of the late Hiram Walker, founder and benefactor of the municipality. The memorial, if approved, will be located at the north side of Willistead, the beautiful mansion erected by E. Chandler Walker, a son of the founder, and later donated to the town as a municipal building.
When the vote went down, only 391 citizens voted, and the proposal was defeated at the ballot box, 246 against to 145 in favour.
Now this memorial exists as part of unbuilt Windsor…
Have a great weekend everyone! See you back here Monday.
It would probably end up like other memorials…neglected and falling apart.
Hiram Walker died in 1899. It only took 27 years to come up with this proposal?
Probably for the best that this wasn’t built. The image has it DIRECTLY in front of the Library at Willistead Manor – the finest piece of architecture Windsor has to offer. It would be a shame to have this structure blocking the Manor House .. though a nice idea, perhaps it would’ve been better suited elsewhere.