Grey Highlands Public Library Catalogue

Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

House of refuge : Grey County's Home For "Poor, Old and Friendless Folk" / Chronicled by Frederick Gee 1904-1907, Collected by John Butler ; foreword by Robert Iantorno.

Contributor(s): Owen Sound, ON : Ginger Press, c2021Description: xii, 216 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • txt
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781897502815 (pbk)
Related works:
  • Gee, Frederick. UNAUTHORIZED
Subject(s): Summary: Built in 1904, just south of Markdale where Grey Gables is now located, the House of Refuge provided a residence for “the poor and destitute.” John Butler has collected resident Frederick Gee’s newspaper accounts of his life there from 1904 to 1907, providing an insider’s look at the comings and goings, staff and conditions in what was quite a modern building of its time. - publisher website
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Built in 1904, just south of Markdale where Grey Gables is now located, the House of Refuge provided a residence for “the poor and destitute.” John Butler has collected resident Frederick Gee’s newspaper accounts of his life there from 1904 to 1907, providing an insider’s look at the comings and goings, staff and conditions in what was quite a modern building of its time. - publisher website

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.
© 2009, Saugeen Library Consortium. All rights reserved.
The support of the Government of Ontario, through the Ministry of Tourism and Culture, is acknowledged.