The Livingstone Collection
The Livingstone Collection of photographs contains 148 views
The Livingstone Collection of photographs contains 148 views, principally of Barrie buildings, businesses, and streets dating from about 1875-1900. Named for the person who donated it to the Simcoe County Archives, the Livingstone Collection photographs were taken by John Stephens.
The collection is arranged loosely by subject. Please select a subject in the list to the right to begin exploring the collection.
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John Stephens, Photographer
John Stephens was a noted photographer who began work in 1861 as a photographic artist, a daguerreotypist, and an ambrotypist in Brantford, Ontario, where he worked until 1865. He worked in Bradford, Ontario from 1866 to 1868. In 1872, Stephens, then 35 years old, opened a studio in Barrie, Ontario. Stephens retired in July of 1891. His son-in-law J. Frank Jackson took over his studio. After a hiatus of five years, Stephens returned to the photography business, buying the studio and negatives of Barraud and King located in the Bothwell Block of Dunlop Street in Barrie, where he operated until 1897.
Livingstone Collection
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- Livingstone Collection – Churches and Cemeteries
- Livingstone Collection – General and Street Views
- Livingstone Collection – Public Buildings
- Livingstone Collection – Houses
- Livingstone Collection – Miscellaneous Identified
- Livingstone Collection – Dunlop and Elizabeth Streets
- Livingstone Collection – Collier Street and Schools
- Livingstone Collection – Business and Industry
- Livingstone Collection – Unidentified
Churches and Cemeteries
Trinity Episcopal Church, built opposite the Court House on Poyntz Street in 1835
Church yard of The First Anglican Church in Barrie, ca. 1876 (image 1).
Church yard of The First Anglican Church in Barrie, ca. 1876 (image 2)
Church yard of The First Anglican Church in Barrie, ca. 1876 (image 3).
Man near the cemetery markers of Ann and Mary Goldwell (?) of George and Hannah Goldwell …
Church yard of The First Anglican Church in Barrie, ca. 1876 (image 4)
Headstone of Annie M James in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, Barrie, after 1876.
Headstone of Maria Charles in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, Barrie, after 1876.
Headstone of Matilda Jevons in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, Barrie, after 1876.
Headstone of Sarah Henry in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, ca. 1876.
Headstone of William Wilson in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, ca. 1876.
Headstones in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, ca. 1876.
The first St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Barrie, ca. 1890.
Interior of an unidentified church.
Interior of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Barrie, ca. 1890.
Primitive Methodist Church on the northeast corner of Toronto Street and Elizabeth Street (now Dunlop Street), Barrie.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church at the intersection of Worsley and Owen Streets. The church was built in 1863 to accommodate a burgeoning congregation.
St. Joseph’s Convent, Barrie. Built in 1885, it later became St. Joseph’s High School.
On the east side of Mulcaster between Codrington and McDonald, the church was built in 1872 to designs by Shearman G. Bird and at a cost of $16,000.
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Barrie. The church was demolished in 1972. A new church was built at the corner of Dundonald and Theresa.
Trinity Anglican Church and school after the Fire of 1876. Fire damage is visible in the foreground. The church was built in 1864.
Unidentified church.
General and Street Views
The Barrie station was built in 1865, 12 years after the Ontario, Simcoe and Huron Railway reached Allandale. It was demolished in 1963. Boat builder J. Carley’s boathouses can be seen just above the steamer.
West side of Bayfield St. looking north from Five Points.
View of the Barrie waterfront from the west end of Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1875. The steamer Lady of the Lakes is visible at the docks.
View of the Barrie waterfront from the west end of Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1875. The steamer Lady of the Lakes is visible at the docks.
Looking north from Dunlop St. north up Clapperton St. after the Barrie Flood of 1890.
Clapperton Street after the Barrie Flood of 1890 looking north from south of Collier Street.
General view of Barrie looking south-west from the top of the Fire Hall tower, ca. 1875. The steamer Lady of the Lakes is visible at the docks.
View of Barrie looking northwest, ca. 1883.
General view of Barrie looking south-west from the top of the Fire Hall, ca. 1875. Built in 1861, she was originally named Emily May.
General view of Barrie looking south-west, probably from St Josephs Convent, ca. 1900.
View of Kempenfelt Bay shoreline looking northeast toward Barrie.
Mulcaster Street looking north from the Barrie Market Square, likely from on top of the Market Building.
View of the Barrie skyline and north shore of Kempenfelt Bay as seen from the Allandale shoreline.
Townhouses on the north side of Collier Street east of Owen Street.
Lithograph of the Barrie shoreline.
View of Barrie looking north from the foot of Toronto Street, ca 1890.
View of Mulcaster Street above Market Square, ca. 1875.
View of the Barrie shoreline from the railway tracks west of the Grand Trunk Station, ca. 1875.
The Barrie shoreline from just west of the Grand Trunk Station, ca. 1875.
View of the Barrie waterfront looking northeast, ca. 1875.
Public Buildings
Allandale Railway Station, ca. 1875-1880.
Ardagh Home for Indigent Women on Dunlop Street Built in memory of Rev. S. B.
Barrie Fire Hall between 1874-1895.
Barrie Grand Trunk Railway station with the steamer Lady of the Lakes docked ca. 1875.
Barrie Post Office on Gore property, south of Dunlop Street.
Gaol Hill, Barrie. The Barrie Gaol is in the background on the hill.
General View of the Barrie shoreline, looking northeast.
Market Building Barrie, ca. 1875.
Market Building Barrie, post 1877.
Headstone of Sarah Henry in the church yard of The First Anglican Church, ca. 1876.
Original Simcoe County Court House, ca. 1868.
Second Simcoe County Registry Office, ca. 1874.
The Simcoe County Court House at Barrie after renovations in 1877.
Houses
South veranda of Ardraven, Barrie home of Judge James R Gowan.
Ardraven, Barrie home of Judge R Gowan.
Donald Campbell’s house on the northeast corner of Wellington St. and Maple St.
Lount’s Castle on Valley Drive, Barrie.
Possibly Moberly House on Blake Street, Barrie.
Possibly the Sewrey House at the corner of Bayfield Street and Ross Street, Barrie.
Residence of Reeve R. E. Fletcher, Barrie. R. E. Fletcher was Warden of Simcoe County in 1894.
Detail of the residence of Reeve R. E. Fletcher showing some of his family members.
Rose Cottage, 31 Davidson Drive, Barrie.
Rose Cottage, 31 Davidson Drive, Barrie.
Sometime between 1849-1856, Frederic Gore, headmaster, had this Grammar School boarding house built on the north side of Blake just east of his house on Rodney St.
Spotton or Checkley House on the south side of Blake St. at Rodney St.
Springbank, home of James Burton on Baldwin Lane, Allandale.
The Burton House on the east side of Toronto St. below Ross St., Barrie, ca. 1885.
Unidentified house. Notice the people on the roof.
Unidentified house.
Unidentified house
Unidentified house.
Unidentified house.
Unidentified house.
Unidentified house.
Unidentified house.
Miscellaneous Identified
35th Regiment Simcoe Foresters drilling at Queens Park, Barrie, ca. 1880.
35th Regiment Simcoe Foresters drilling at Queens Park, Barrie, ca. 1880.
35th Regiment Simcoe Foresters drilling at Queens Park, Barrie, ca. 1880.
Barrie Temperance Band at the Station Gore, ca. 1878
Brantford Market Square and Town Hall, looking north.
The Kirby House hotel on the east side of Brantford’s Market Square.
Northwest side of Brantford’s Market Square.
Southeast side of Brantford’s Market Square. The Grand River and the Lubric Oil Works are visible on the right.
Southwest side of Brantford’s Market Square, showing Grand River and the Lubric Oil Works.
Man rowing a boat, probably at the entrance to Lover’s Creek near Minet’s Point, ca. 1890.
Dunlop and Elizabeth Streets
Dunlop and Clapperton Streets, Barrie, after the fire on June 17, 1875.
Dunlop Street, Barrie, looking east from the Five Points sometime before 1875.
North side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, looking east from Owen Street, ca 1875.
Dunlop Street, Barrie, looking east from Owen Street, ca. 1890.
Dunlop Street, Barrie, looking east from Owen Street. This was likely taken from the top of the Barrie railway station.
North side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, at Owen Street, ca 1875. The Station Gore is visible in the foreground.
North side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, at Owen Street, ca 1875. The Station Gore is visible in the foreground.
North side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, showing the Queen’s Hotel, ca. 1890.
North side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, showing the Queen’s Hotel, ca. 1890.
North side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, looking west from near Mulcaster, ca 1875.
View of the south side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, from the Station Gore to Mulcaster St. The Northern Gazette was established by Mann
The damage from a fire on June 17, 1875, as seen from Owen Street.
Washout on Dunlop Street at the Five Points, Barrie. The camera is pointed west down Dunlop Street.
North side of Dunlop Street looking east from Owen Street, ca. 1883.
North side of Dunlop Street seen from Clapperton Street as rebuilt after the fire of 1875. Somerset House was built to replace the Bank Hotel.
South side of Dunlop St., Barrie, between Owen and Mulcaster.
Elizabeth Street (now Dunlop Street West), Barrie, looking west from the Five Points. Summersett’s Hotel was built ca. 1841.
South side of Dunlop Street, Barrie, from Owen Street to Clapperton Street.
The Mansion House, later the American Hotel, at Market Square on Collier Street, Barrie, ca.
Collier Street and Schools
Barrie Central School on the north side of Collier Street seen from Owen Street after 1882.
Central School, Barrie, at the corner of Collier and Owen Streets.
Collier Street as seen from the Fire Hall tower, before 1877.
Collier Street at Market Square, post-1877.
Collier Street looking east from the site of the present City Hall. Taken from the Fire Hall tower, ca. 1875.
Collier Street, ca. 1880. In the foreground are the backyards of Dunlop and Collier Streets.
Collier Street showing Trinity Anglican Church and Central School.
Collier Street, Barrie, looking west in front of the Market building on what might be market day.
Collier Street, Barrie,looking east from about Mulcaster Street, ca. 1875.
The West Ward School, Barrie, ca. 1890s.
Business and Industry
Barrie Examiner newspaper office on the south side of Dunlop Street.
Barrie Gazette newspaper and printing office, on Dunlop Street. near the Station Gore, Sept 1890.
CA Perkins was a large retail grocery store in the McCarthy Building that employed three clerks. The shop also rendered leaf lard, the highest grade of pork lard.
South side of Dunlop Street at Mulcaster Street.
Frederick Marr Leather, Boot, and Shoe store and factory produced leather findings and tools, especially boot and shoe uppers and harness leather.
Ice harvesting on Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1890.
Ice harvesting on Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1890.
Ice harvesting on Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1890. The Barrie shoreline can be seen in the background.
Ice harvesting on Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1890.
Mansion House, corner of Collier St. and Market Square, pre-1877.
Otton Brothers Furniture and Appliances Store.
Ice harvesting on Kempenfelt Bay, ca. 1890.
Part of the Glebe Block on the south side of Dunlop St after 1875.
M. H. Spencer’s Toronto Tea Store on the southwest corner of Elizabeth Street (Now Dunlop Street West) and John Street (now Maple Street).
Edwards and Laird, Books, Stationery, Wallpaper and H. Bennett, tailor, on the southwest corner of Dunlop Street at Five Points before the 1878 installation of gas streetlights.
Unidentified general store.
Unidentified general store.
Unidentified mill.
Unidentified mill buildings.
West End T Store on the northwest corner of Elizabeth Street (now Dunlop Street West) and Mary Street.
Wilkinson Steam Grist Mill and residence at the bottom of Maple Street (formerly John Street) ca. 1876.
Unidentified
Portrait of an unidentified young woman.
Unidentified alley-way with decorated archway
Unidentified country road, probably taken about 1875.
Unidentified farm, possibly south of Craighurst on Highway 93, ca. 1890.
Unidentified alley-way with decorated archway
Unidentified country road, probably taken about 1875.
Unidentified house with railway tracks in foreground.
Unidentified painting of a log house on a lake.
Unidentified railway yards.
Unidentified scene of two men and a woman in front of a tent.
Sources
- Murdoch, S. (1981). Nineteenth century photographers in Simcoe County. East Georgian Bay Historical Journal, 1, 170-189.
- Phillips, G. C. (1990). The Ontario photographers list (1851-1900). Sarnia, Ont.: Iron Gate Publishing Company.
- Photos: 981-35 Fred Grant Collection, Simcoe County Archives