The Hermitage (Hamilton, Ontario)

The Hermitage and Gatehouse Museum
Ruins of The Hermitage in October 2020
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Established1830
LocationAncaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Typehistoric house museum

The Hermitage was a large residence situated in Ancaster, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, which now exists as ruins and is part of The Hermitage and Gatehouse Museum maintained by the Hamilton Conservation Authority. The location is a popular destination for hikers and people interested in the paranormal.

History

The Hermitage was originally built in 1830 by the Reverend George Sheed. The property is about two miles west of Ancaster, in the Dundas Valley.

Otto Ives (1801–1835)[1][2] was the third land owner. He was an English officer who had fought in the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire. He met Magdalene Diamanti, a daughter of the Governor of an Aegean island. They married in Corfu in 1824, and had arrived in Ancaster by 1833. They brought her sister or niece with them to act as a companion for Mrs Ives. It was here that Otto Ives purchased the Hermitage from the heirs of George Sheed. Ives had hired a coachman by the name of William Black. Although it is said that Black was also a tutor in the English language, evidence exists that this post was filled by Mary Rosebeury (later Mrs Peter Filman of Hamilton).

The ladies of the household spoke only Greek, and it is said that Black fell in love with the sister or niece. Black asked Otto Ives for his niece's hand in marriage, but Ives was very upset by the thought, and rejected the proposal. The next morning, Ives and his wife were due to go out for the day, but the coachman was not at the front door with the carriage as planned. Ives went out to the barn to see why the coachman had not appeared, and discovered Black's body hanging from the rafters in the barn near the first Hermitage.

Although this story has become legend in Ancaster, and although Otto Ives owned the Hermitage in the 1830s, there is little other information from the time to substantiate the legend of the coachman and the niece's love affair. There is also a note appended to deeds of sale, mentioning that a family friend had hanged himself from a tree in the bush, because of love for the niece.

In 1853, the Hermitage was purchased by George Gordon Browne Leith (1812–1887) and his wife Eleanor Ferrier (1814–1900). Over the next several years, a large stone house, attendant outbuildings, a farmhouse, barns, and entrance lodge were constructed.

After Mrs Leith's death, the property was purchased by her youngest daughter, Eleanor Alma Dick Lauder (1854–1942). She lived here until the house was destroyed by fire in 1934, and afterwards, in a small house constructed inside the ruins.

Museum

The Hermitage Gatehouse Museum in July 2024.

Today the property is part of the Hermitage and Gatehouse Museum, maintained by the Hamilton Conservation Authority, and affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, Canadian Heritage Information Network, and Virtual Museum of Canada.

References

  1. ^ Otto Ives died at the age of 34 in 1835, according to official parish records written by Rev. John Miller: "July 4th, 1835. Buried at Ancaster Churchyard this day, Otto Ives, aged 34 years, by me, John Miller"
  2. ^ http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/jmiller.htm - Otto Ives (1801–1835), Ancaster Parish Records 1830–1838, Ontario Historical Society, Papers and Records Volume 5, Published in Toronto in 1904 (http://www.hwcn.org)

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External Links/Media

The Ancaster Hermitage: Historical Fiction Novel and Screenplay by Canadian author Betty Greiser

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