Benares Historic House, 1503 Clarkson Road North, Mississauga Clarkson Heritage Conservation District, Mississauga, ON

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1. Benares Historic House
Museums of Mississauga (c.1857) 1503 Clarkson Road N.
This Georgian Revival-style house was built in 1857, and is one of the few remaining upper-middle class homes from 19th century Clarkson. Constructed by Edgar Neave, who sold the extensive property and unfinished house to Captain James and Elizabeth Harris in 1836. The house was named “Benares” in tribute to the holy Hindu city; both Neave and Harris had served with the British Military in India. Benares suffered a fire in 1855, and only the original summer kitchen at the back of the house survived. The present house was constructed by Robert Leslie, Charles Dingwall and William Heron of Streetsville in 1857. Benares Historic House, the remaining original outbuildings, and most of its contents were donated by the three great-grandchildren of Captain Harris – Geoffrey Harris Sayers, Dora Sayers Caro and Barbara Sayers Larson – to the Ontario Heritage Foundation in 1968. Restored to reflect the First World War era, Benares is owned and operated by the City of Mississauga as an office and museum for the public. From 1924 to 1928, author Mazo de la Roche was a summer neighbour of the Harrises of Benares, living nearby in “Trail Cottage”. It was there that she wrote her award-winning, best-selling novel “Jalna”, the first of 16 novels about the fictional Whiteoaks family. Her books have sold over 10 million copies in more than 100 languages. In 2008 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada honoured Mazo de la Roche by unveiling a plaque at Benares. Some believe that Benares may have been the inspiration for her fictional Jalna.

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Birchwood (show map)

Taken on: February 13, 2023

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Benares Historic House

1503 Clarkson Road North

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Sets appears in: • Clarkson Heritage Conservation District, Mississauga, ON

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