The Houses of Refuge Act of 1890 was Ontario’s first step in dealing with the destitute. Many ...

In 1923, the town of Cornwall was one square mile with a population of 11,000. The eastern border of ...

Later photos show the landscape changing and trees have been planted. ...

This colourized portrait of the hospital gives a glimpse of the very rural surrounding this first wing of the ...

The hospital faced south enjoying long sunny afternoons. Notice the curtains added to the balcony ...

This Patriotic Card featuring the flag and maple leaf is a good example of a photo from an earlier card ...

Latticework and railings have been added under the porch at the right ...

Solariums or sunrooms were considered an important advantage for those regaining their health. ...

In this photo, an addition has been added along Marlborough Street. Cornwall residents ...

The turret and three gables of the original building are visible, but a plainer more ...

A white sign on the corner has the stylized maple leaf symbol of Canada’s Centennial, this ...

Hotel Dieu Hospital. This photo postcard was taken ca 1907. The “new” St. Paul’s Home for ...

In 1822 Ivy Hall (on the right) was built as the home of John Sandfield Macdonald, Ontario’s ...

A close-up photograph of Ivy Hall with Juliette balconies outside each second-floor window. Comparing ...

There are barns at the back and a back verandah. There appears to be a fence as well. Postmarked on ...

The Hotel Dieu, like the Cornwall General Hospital, included porches so that patients could ...

In the days before divided postcards, the photo was considered “the message.” Later a ...

Two wings have been added to the original block. The Cornwall Canal created an interesting ...

Today the original Hotel Dieu edifice is known as St. Joseph’s Villa, a facility for long-term and complex ...

The addition, with the cross on the roof, is a Chapel. ....

On September 14, 1955, the new Hotel Dieu Hospital opened its doors on McConnell Avenue in ....

The Sanitorium east of Cornwall on Hwy 2 was built when tuberculosis raged throughout the country. ....

As part of their treatment patients were given complete bed rest. As they recuperated patients were ....