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Title: The Manor House of Lacolle
a description and historical sketch of the Manoir of the Seigniory
of de Beaujeu of Lacolle

Author: W.D. Lighthall

Release Date: January 31, 2005 [EBook #14843]

Language: English

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The
Manor House of Lacolle

A Description and Historical Sketch of
the Manoir of the Seigniory of de Beaujeu
or Lacolle

BY
W.D. LIGHTHALL, K.C.
PRESIDENT
of the Antiquarian and Numismatic Society of Montreal.

PRIVATELY PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR BY
C.A. MARCHAND, Printer.
MONTREAL.

THE MANOR HOUSE OF LACOLLE.

BY W.D. LIGHTHALL, K.C.

The Manor House of the Seigniory of Lacolle or De Beaujeu is situated in
a retired neighborhood, on the New York State border-line about four
miles south-west of Lacolle Village, and one mile north of the village
of Champlain, N.Y. and about forty miles from Montreal. The highway from
Lacolle to Champlain runs through the property. The traveller from the
north finds himself entering well-wooded lands and at length passes the
heavy low stone-walls and large, white gate of the grounds and sees the
home nearby on a slight elevation to the right. A sloping lawn and old
trees extend in front, the gardens are at the north-side, and a hundred
yards further, a wooded park of about a hundred acres. On the-opposite,
or west, side of the road, the tall old elm grove forms part of a
hillside farm. The Manorhouse itself is large, constructed of wood, and
having an extensive stone gabled wing, the whole ornamented with vines.
In front, six tall, slender, fluted pillars with Ionic capitals give
Colonial character to the verandah and meet the roof above the second
story. The massive oak front door is divided into an upper and lower
half, with large brass knocker. The interior is mostly finished in
polished hard woods, with broad fire-places and