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brief history of our favorite building in town...The house, known as Bombay Peggy's was built in 1900 and was located at the north end of town on the northeast corner of Front & Albert Street. According
to records from the museum archives its first owners were involved in
the mining industry. The house has had a series of owners and was used
as a mining company's headquarters, a family residence, a boarding house,
a brothel, and an art gallery. The name that stuck, "Bombay Peggy's",
was the nick name of Margaret Vera Dorval who owned the building in the
early to mid- 1950s during which time the house was reportedly a brothel
as well as the location of her bootlegging business. When we purchased
the house in 1998 it was sinking into the swamp and rotting from the bottom
up. Its derelict condition, however, could not hide its unique beauty,
nor could it erase the years of local lore that were packed within its
walls. For us it was not only the realization of a dream to have it restored,
but also an honour to be the new custodians of this very special building. Soon after acquiring it we had the house moved to its present location. This was followed by 14 months of construction and restoration work which ended in December, 1999 when we opened our doors to fellow Dawsonites. In the spring of 2000 we held the official opening when Father Tim Coonen, o.m.i. of St. Mary's Catholic Church, came and blessed Bombay Peggy's, often referred to as "the old whorehouse". |
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