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In the case of this particular house- which I should start by saying- it's a very unique example and a very rare example of a post-war of 1812 Neoclassic revival style house- often confused by many people as being Georgian but a little later than the traditional Georgian style house- still in the Georgian era in the sense that it was built during the reign of King George (The King of England at that time). But a building that is very representative of the styles that were brought to Old-Ontario or Upper Canada as it was known, at that time by many of the United Empire Loyalists (Americans who were loyal to the British cause in the American Revolution from 1776-1783) and had been stripped of their personal belongings and homes in the United States (there were 13 colonies) and came to Canada as refugees and brought with them the ideas and ideals that they had for lifestyle previously in the 13 colonies. So after the American Revolution and up into the period before 1812 when these people were still alive, they were transplanting their concept of a home on the Upper Canadian landscape and of course, were located here, along the St. Lawrence/Great Lakes basin which would have been the major inland artery (transportation network into Upper Canada). Remember at that time, supplies would have been cut off. Anything coming from the U.S. probably was very restricted, certainly during the war and after. So most material cultures, which included foodstuff, until people got beyond the stage of subsistence and started to eke out an existence on the landscape, would have had to come from Europe and primarily the British Aisles to the Gulf of the St. Lawrence (Montreal) and then would have been shipped down here to the Head-of-the-lake, and then from here to the Niagara River and to the upper lakes to points west and hence also anything that would've come back along the same route from the west included natural resources like: lumber or furs or ginseng or many of the other things that there was a principle market for in Europe.