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UER Forum > Archived Canada: Ontario > BB & CMH Present: Silver Maple by Henry Hopkins (Viewed 365 times) BeerBunny  Location: Your basement, Ontario Gender: Female I think it looks safe  |  BB & CMH Present: Silver Maple by Henry Hopkins < on 2/4/2011 8:42 PM >   Another Lovely home that Craven and I visited one Sunny, snowy day... No wonder I was drawn to it - the original builder was a Veterinarian! Enjoy and if you have more historical data, I'd love to hear about it! The property was first owned by Mr. Henry Hopkins, a veterinary surgeon who came from Scotland in 1862. He called the property "Silver Maple", and built the first (smaller) section of the house in 1866, a very charming little 1 1/2 story house of board-and-batten construction. An old hitching-post still standing at the front suggests that he used this house for part of his practice. The second and larger part, constructed of vertical boards, was added in 1880 (as evidenced by the date, August 4, 1880, found written under the floor boards!!!). The house was then owned by Mr. J. E. Brass, until today where it is now a Historical House on the famed Pickering Airport property. More on Henry: Henry was born in Stirlingshire, Scotland on July 9, 1839. Henry died Nov. 12, 1909. He was 70 years old which is fantastic for those times. He is buried in the Green River Baptist Church Cemetery which was originally formed in the late 1830's by Hopkins's neighbors. The Church was later moved and renovated, only to be closed in 1979 for the Airport grounds. Henry's beloved wife Mary Ann Madill (Hopkins) was born in 1843 (no month day avail) sadly died March 27, 1878 - She was only 35 years old. From research it looks like they had a son Arthur who died at 14 years old. Also buried with mom and dad. Address: Private Type: House with Extension and work shed (added later) Status: Heritage house (approved 2008) Recommendation: Definitely see it if you are in the area! Security Measures: security patrol, uphill walk in the winter... Historical dates: 1866 Equipment: Gloves, camera, mask, long pants Hazards: Exposed Insulation, debris on main floor Accessibility: Easy Features: Beautiful stone fireplace, hardwood floor (with dates carved in!), interesting paint and a ban full of vintage Sunshine girls. 1. Addition in 1880 2. Original Photo from 1866 3. Toilet with wood seat - classy! 4. Front today (err...recently...) 5. Inside the addition - workshop area) 6. Looked like an outhouse, but when opened it lead down to a door that lead into the original part of the house. 7. Searching for the spatula! 8. Breezeway 9. China Cabinet with China! 10. Family room with fireplace 11. Master Bedroom with his and her closets! This was a smart man! 12. Stairs with no railing. 13. Creepy painting in 2nd bedroom 14. 3rd bedroom had a LOCK on the outside...no one inside I'm typing this with my middle fingers. I love the smell of mold in the fall. RiddimRyder  Gender: Male Hot Skull  |  |  Re: BB & CMH Present: Silver Maple by Henry Hopkins <Reply # 1 on 2/4/2011 11:58 PM >   Too bad it's so dark in there cuz it looks like a decent find. In the future may I suggest you try to limit the number of beers before urbexing as it seems you got a wicked lean going on in a lot of these shots! ®ÏÐÐÏM ®¥Ð£®™ http://www.flickr....hotos/riddimryder/ CravenMorehead  Location: Markham Gender: Male I bent my wookie  |  Re: BB & CMH Present: Silver Maple by Henry Hopkins <Reply # 2 on 2/5/2011 2:32 PM >   This was a great find! The house was so well boarded up, it was extremely dark on the main level.....but we still managed to enjoy exploring all of it. Some really great items (the china was really cool to find) inside and some really interesting decorating ideas.....The blue wall with hand prints along the bottom was particularly disturbing. Photo #14....very creepy....chain lock on the outside, obviously to keep someone in.... kudos again to my UE partner BeerBunny! great post, love the history of the house! PhotoSeeker  Location: Sudbury Gender: Male MikeOnline  |  |  Re: BB & CMH Present: Silver Maple by Henry Hopkins <Reply # 3 on 2/5/2011 4:00 PM >   Nice finds! It's interesting sometimes the creepier things you find when exploring houses. The chain outside the door reminds me of a place I found last year complete with what appeared to be a child cage in the living room (no, not playpen... cage), and a surprisingly heavily bolted bedroom door that belonged to two girls. 'tis a fun hobby, this. 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