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Fulford Place: A tribute to ambition

This magnificent 20,000-square-foot mansion was built in 1899-1901 for self-made millionaire and Senator George Taylor Fulford I (1852-1905) and his family. The house was designed by noted American architect Albert W. Fuller, with landscaping design by the prestigious Olmsted Brothers firm.

Fulford Place and its collection were donated to the Ontario Heritage Trust by the Fulford family in 1991. Many items from the family’s collection are exhibited in the house just as they were over 100 years ago. The Ontario Heritage Trust’s extensive restoration of Fulford Place brings to life the glamorous lifestyle of the early 20th century’s new aristocracy: the business tycoon.

Check out below the recently installed new interpretive panels at Fulford Place!

These five panels depict important elements of the history of Fulford Place: the family, the house, their business, the gardens and their boat. Together, they allow visitors to take a step into the past and gain insight into the Fulford family and how they lived.

Fulford Place mural full web
Interpretive panels at Fulford Place

Photo gallery

  • 1 Fulford Place Interpretive Panel The Family web
    The Fulford family tree
  • George Fulford I web
    George Taylor Fulford I (born August 8, 1852; died October 15, 1905)
  • Mary Fulford web
    Mary Wilder Fulford (born August 22, 1856; died June 24, 1946)
  • Dorothy Fulford web
    Dorothy Fulford (born May 29, 1881; died October 5, 1949)
  • Martha Fulford web
    Martha Fulford (born June 19, 1883; died January 7, 1910)
  • George Fulford II web
    George Taylor Fulford II (born May 6, 1902; died December 15, 1987)
  • 2 Fulford Place Interpretive Panel Pink Pills web
    George Fulford’s Pink Pills for Pale People
  • Pink Pills international Advertising 1 web
    Street scene believed to be Shanghai, China, c. 1908
  • Pink Pills Advertising 6 web
    Pink Pills advertisements, c. 1900-10
  • Pink Pills Advertising 4 web
    Pink Pills advertisements, c. 1900-10
  • Pink Pills Advertising 3 web
    Pink Pills advertisements, c. 1900-10
  • Pink Pills Advertising 2 web
    Pink Pills advertisements, c. 1900-10
  • 3 Fulford Place Interpretive Panel The Gardens web
    The Fulford Place gardens
  • The Garden Italianate and English gardens web
    View of the Italianate gardens with the rose gardens in the background, 1931
  • Rock Garden web
    Rock garden leading down to the boat house and the St. Lawrence River, 1931
  • 4 Fulford Place Interpretive Panel The House web
    The Fulford Place mansion
  • The House Construction web
    Construction of Fulford Place, 1899
  • The House Drawing Room web
    View of the Drawing Room, 1901
  • The House Inglenook web
    View of the sitting room, or Inglenook, 1901
  • The House Library web
    View of the Library, 1901
  • The House Smoking Room web
    View of the Smoking Room, 1901
  • 5 Fulford Place Interpretive Panel The Magedoma web
    The Fulford family yacht
  • Magedona Yacht and Boathouse web
    Magedoma with view of boathouse, c. 1910
  • Magedoma Prince of Wales web
    The then-Prince of Wales, British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and Mrs. Baldwin on the Magedoma in 1927 during the royal visit in honour of the Diamond Jubilee of Confederation.
  • Magedoma Matties Weddin Laurier and King web
    Martha Fulford’s wedding to Charles McLean aboard the Magedoma in 1908.

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