{"id":339,"date":"2011-03-31T18:49:19","date_gmt":"2011-03-31T18:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/?page_id=339"},"modified":"2024-07-07T12:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-07T16:38:40","slug":"the-manse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lucymaudmontgomery.ca\/?page_id=339","title":{"rendered":"The Manse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tours – The Manse<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Restoring Canada’s rich literary heritage…<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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The history of the Manse dates to 1886. The building became an Ontario Historic Site in 1965 and a National Historic Site in 1997. \u00a0In 1974, white stucco was applied to the exterior limestone bricks. \u00a0In 2001, Uxbridge Township and L.M.M.S.O. removed the stucco, returning the exterior to the original brick.<\/p>\n

Today, the physical integrity of the Manse is strong, much as it was during her stay from 1911 to 1926.<\/p>\n

Home and garden, dear to L. M. Montgomery, were her environment, crucial to her literary imagination. \u00a0This is where she stood. \u00a0This is what she saw.<\/p>\n

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The historical plaque erected on the front lawn of the Manse property reads as follows: \u00a0“[Ontario Coat of Arms] \u00a0LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY. \u00a0In this house\u00a0author of “Anne of Green Gables” lived for fifteen years, and here wrote eleven of her twenty-two novels, including “Anne of the Island” (1915) and\u00a0“Anne’s House of Dreams” (1916). \u00a0Born in 1874 at Clifton, Prince Edward Island, she was educated at Charlottetown and Halifax. \u00a0From 1898 to 1911, she\u00a0lived at Cavendish, P.E.I., and there began her career as a novelist. \u00a0In 1911 she married the Rev. Ewan Macdonald, a Presbyterian minister, and came\u00a0with\u00a0him\u00a0to Leaskdale. \u00a0They moved in 1926 to Norval, and nine years later to Toronto, where she died in 1942. \u00a0Mrs. Macdonald was awarded the O.B.E. by King George V in\u00a01935. Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario.”<\/p>\n

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L. M. Montgomery dreamed of writing a book that would live. \u00a0The globally acclaimed author’s books\u00a0do<\/span> live. \u00a0Dreams do come true. \u00a0The author’s story will be told.<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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And, looking to the future… Work has begun…<\/strong><\/p>\n

We’re cleaning up the Leaskdale Manse
\nwe’re sweeping floors,
\ndusting furniture and
\nstraightening everything out.
\nWe’re mending bedticks,
\nsewing on buttons and patching clothes.
\nWe’re prying secrets out of walls,
\ngathering dreams from gardens and
\npulling tales out of floorboards.
\nWe’re bringing the Manse back to life.
\nCome see how we’ve restored
\nLucy Maud Montgomery’s home.
\nCome uncover stories of a gifted story-teller
\nher dreams, her angst, her sensitivity.
\nSaved within these walls.
\nWaiting to be discovered.
\nWanting to be told. *<\/p>\n

* Adapted from Rainbow Valley by L. M. Montgomery.<\/em><\/p>\n

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