Brandon, Manitoba — Canada’s Prairie Region (North America)

Daly House

122 18th Street

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2022

1. Daly House Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Brandon's first mayor, Thomas Mayne Daly, hired local architect firm McCoskie & Co. to design this house for him in 1882 during Brandon's first decade of settlement. Daly was also appointed as Canada's first Juvenile Court Judge in 1909. This building features Georgian architectural characteristics such as a steeply-pitched roof, hipped dormers, and molding details on the dormers and under the eaves. The Italianate features voussoirs and sills, a bay window, a decorative brick belt and brick corbelling. The building also housed “The Maples” orphanage and is now home to the Daly House Museum which opened in 1978.

Erected by Brandon Municipal Heritage Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Charity & Public Work • Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1882.

Location. 49° 50.872′ N, 99° 57.736′ W. Marker is in Brandon, Manitoba. Marker is on 18th Street (Provincial Highway 10) just south of Rosser Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Marker is mounted at eye-level

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on the northeast corner of the subject building, facing 18th Street (east). Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 122 18th Street, Brandon MB R7A 5A5, Canada. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 13 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Thomas Mayne Daly (a few steps from this marker); Brandon College (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Prairie College (approx. 0.3 kilometers away); Coronation Park (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Sir Clifford Sifton (approx. one kilometer away); Central Fire Station #1 (approx. 1.1 kilometers away); Kemnay Pioneer Memorial (approx. 12.2 kilometers away).

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1. Daly House Museum.

When Daly and his family moved to Roseland, BC in 1896, the house was sold to Daly's law partner George Robson Coldwell. The Coldwell family lived in the house for approximately 32 years. In 1930 the Children's Aid Society purchased the building and used it to house The Maples, a children's shelter that ran out of the building until 1971. After five years of vacancy, the non-profit organization Brandon Museum Inc. took over the building. Much of the original architecture is intact, including hardwood floors, brick fireplace and an oak staircase.

(Submitted on August 26, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Daly House Museum.

Built
Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2022

2. Daly House Marker
(marker is mounted near right [north] edge of front veranda)
in 1882, the Daly House is a small Victorian Mansion nestled in the heart of Brandon. Originally the home of two of Brandon’s prominent families – the Dalys and the Coldwells – it is now the only pre-1900 structure remaining on 18th Street, a municipal heritage site, and a fine example of Italianate architecture.

(Submitted on August 26, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Daly House (<i>southeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2022

3. Daly House (southeast elevation)

Daly House (<i>north elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2022

4. Daly House (north elevation)

Daly House (<i>northeast elevation</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Cosmos Mariner, June 18, 2022

5. Daly House (northeast elevation)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 26, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 26, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 54 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 26, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.