photo by Robin McKee
- This brief historical background of Century Manor was written by Pat Saunders
- Century Manor was originally named East House and was the 2nd of three mid-Victorian architectural structures built on the grounds of the Asylum for the Insane in 1884
- Kivas Tully Architect
- Designated under the Ontario Heritage Act by the City of Hamilton, July 1997
- 82 acres of original 500 acres remaining – 59 acres leased by St. Joseph’s Hospital
- 23 acres remaining includes Century Manor, Beckfield Building, Provincial Labs, Power House, Trades Buildings and Ceramic Workshop
- One of the most important properties on the Hamilton Mountain
- Situated on the escarpment – contact Niagara Escarpment Commission
- Owner Provincial Government – contact: Infrastructure Ontario (IO) now within the Ministry of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastructure – formerly Ontario Reality Corporation
- From 1972 – 1992 Century Manor housed the Forensic Programme
- 1992-1995 – Day Hospital for patients living in the community – care transferred to community programmes building closed considered surplus by Administration H.P.H.
- Heritage significance – Century Manor (formerly East House) Hamilton Psychiatric Hospital – MBS Cultural Heritage Inventory: Inventory Form for Buildings and Structures January 2004 Report prepared by Chapple Heritage Services (Nina Chapple)
- Contact Alissa Golden, Planning Dept., City Hall to obtain a copy of that report.
- Report confirms the value of this building also confirmed by Greg Sather, Architect in the 1990’s as part of the designation process
- Copy of a letter from MPP Andrea Horwath, leader of the NDP written to Ministers, Coteau and Duguid chiding the Liberal government for their neglect of the property
- MPP Ted McMeekin did not respond to invitation to attend – reported that Ted apparently not supportive and not helpful in ensuring members of the CMTF and interested buyers Clement Chan, President/Owner of Columbia Intearnational College and Steve Kulakowsky, Urban Core access to Century Manor
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