What makes a house into a home? There are nearly as many different answers to that question as there are different kinds of families to ask it. In this episode we look at one historic Collingwood house, and just how very differently (and wonderfully) it has served as a true home for thousands of lives over its long and storied history.

After the story we invite your house stories. We would love to hear the history of the places you call home. And finally we are excited to share our new online collections database. “At the click of a button, residents and researchers from around the world can now access over 500 photographs from three of the Museum’s most requested photograph collections – Historic Residences, Huron Institute Historical Catalogue, and Hurontario Street. For example, if you type “Tornaveen” into the key word search you will come up with a number of photographs depicting the historic home from our story through the ages including this podcast’s cover image.”

Tornaveen in 1898 [Collingwood Museum Collection X971.545.1]

Collingwood Times Newspaper article, Collingwood Library Historical Files, Tornaveen.

Lane-Moore, Laurel. Collingwood Historic Homes and Buildings. Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts. 1989. p. 82-84

https://www.nsa.on.ca/2023/03/08/tornaveen-our-campus-home-history/

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