Thursday Doors | June 15, 2017
This week’s submission to Norm 2.0‘s Thursday Doors.
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favourite door photos from around the world.
“Beverly House Doors” – Royal Ontario Museum
Doors in a museum? Imagine my surprise.
On a visit to the Royal Ontario Museum a few months back, I entered a section of the museum tucked away from most of the traffic and discovered an entire section dedicated to the history of Canada. Why was I not previously aware of this?
Among this collection, I was surprised to see several historic doors on display. This was quite a surprise, that someone cared enough about doors to preserve them.
The above door , circa 1822, belonged to Beverly House, the residence of Sir John Beverley Robinson (1791 -1863), Chief Justice of Upper Canada, was one of the most impressive residences in early Toronto. It was located at the northeast corner of John and Richmond Streets. Robinson, the son of a Loyalist from Virginia, was one of the most powerful men in Ontario in his time. The house was demolished around 1913.
The door was a gift to the museum from the Ursuline Religious of the Chatham Union in Toronto.
Thank goodness someone had the foresight to preserve this door for generations to enjoy.
iPhone 7 back camera @ 4.0mm
1/7 sec; f/1.8; ISO 80
Ed Lehming Photography 
Agreed, am happy someone thought of preserving this beautiful door!
Pretty impressive that the Ursulines thought it worth preserving. Did they own the house/land or were they being heritage-aware, do you know? Or maybe he’d done something to help them and this was their way of honouring his memory?
I’m not certain why they had it. I’d have to check further on that. I’m sure there is an interesting story here.
I didn’t know that either!! What a wonderful find in an unlikely place.
Surprise!
The glass windows on either side and above are just as pretty as the door and frame it so well. Was there a picture of the door in its original house setting? Bet it was magnificent.
No, sadly, just the door and a brief description.
Oh yes, a beautiful specimen.