Hillcrest as it stands is a house remodeled along purely Georgian lines from a nondescript building of the late seventies 
“Hillcrest,” Port Hope, Ontario 
A REMODELED COLONIAL COUNTRY HOME OVERLOOKING LAKE ONTARIO 
BY J. L. SCHWARTZ 
A N excellent climate and a beautiful and cultivated 
^ country have induced a number of Americans to 
establish country homes inCobourgand Port Hope, Ontario, 
and their vicinity. I his 
part of Canada was set¬ 
tled shortly after the 
Revolutionary War and 
now has the appearance 
of fairly great age. With 
the addition of old manor 
houses and old churches 
one could imagine one¬ 
self in England, as the 
country is rolling and 
well wooded, with many 
elms, and the farmhouses 
usually substantially 
built of brick or stone. 
Not the least attraction 
is Lake Ontario, which 
in its coloring often 
rivals the Mediterranean. 
Overlooking Lake On¬ 
tario there is a high piece 
of land which is practi¬ 
cally a woods of oaks and 
large pines. On the highest point is situated “ Hillcrest,” 
standing about 250 feet above the lake with grounds of 
oaks covering some thirteen acres. The house is very appro¬ 
priately named, as the 
ground it stands upon is 
almost the only level 
land in that vicinity. 
The original house was 
well built about thirty 
years ago, and was L- 
shaped with no particu¬ 
lar architectural features. 
The old walls were re¬ 
tained in the transforma¬ 
tion of the old building 
into a practically new 
house, both inside and 
out, in the Georgian 
style. Lirst a wing was * 
added at the north side, 
to correspond with the 
south wing, and a ve¬ 
randa with Ionic col¬ 
umns was built between 
the two, making the east 
front. Later a north 
The rolling character of the site made the bridge a necessary and picturesque 
feature of the approach 
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