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The Aldred and Watts family
17 September 1924
Glencoe, Ontario, Canada
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Annie Edith Aldred May 1st 1899 - January 17 1996

Miss Annie Edith Aldred was the youngest child of Robert James FREDERICK and Alice Amelia (Weekes) Aldred. She was borne and raised in Glencoe Ontario. Annie completed four years of continuing school (high school), where she went on to attend an art school in New York, USA, where she studied to be an artist.

Annie Aldred also had a vision. Her desire and determination to open a Tea House was not deterred after her first attempts failed. Annie along with older brother, Arnold, started a small Tea Room in the Strathburn area (a small hamlet 5 km south of Glencoe, Ontario on Longwoods Road) in 1935. Due to unanticipated length of hardships caused by the Great Depression, the business did not flourish.

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Annie Aldred
1960
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

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By change, Annie drove past the Little Stone House (34 km to the west of Strathburn) that was still under going changes made by Stan Gamble. Annie, with a sharp eye, envisioned the great potential the property could have as a Tea House. It did not take long for Stan Gamble to foresee the potential of an embryonic business so started the Little Stone House Tea House.

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Steep slope roofline
1935-1955
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum

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Stanley Gamble decided that an addition was needed to the Little Stone House to facilitate the "Tea House". The outer walls of the addition were constructed using cobblestones to adhere to the original design and a sloping roof to counterbalance the present roofline.

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Mosaic floor to entrance of the west addition
1935-1955
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum

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The flooring was laid with flat stone to harmonize with the cobblestones, which now made up one wall (previous outer wall) of the new addition.

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West addition staircase leading from the main building
1935-1955
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum

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The section of the house was named the Moravian Room after the Moravian missionaries and Christian Delaware Indians who built the village of Fairfield, 1792 to 1813, which lay cross Longwoods Road to the east of the Little Stone House.

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West addion fireplace
1935-1955
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

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An addition chimney was constructed to accommodate a fireplace in the Moravian Room.

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West addition south view
1935-1955
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum

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West addition wood box
1935-1955
Bothwell, Ontario, Canada

Credits:
Bothwell-Zone Oil Museum