Charlotte County Museum
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Charlotte County has unique aspects to its history and our Museum offers visitors the opportunity to view glimpses of life from the late 18th century onward.
(Museum)
The museum exhibits reflect the immigration of early settlers - the Loyalists, the Scots, and the Irish and illustrates their ties with the American North East.
The Museum Building
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James Simpson Murchie (1813-1900) constructed the building as his family residence in 1864. He was a prominent lumberman who owned vast timber tracts... He helped to establish local industries and transportation facilities, and was a well-respected public figure.
The house, built in the Second Empire style, has a mansard roof, quoin corners of wood resembling stone, and a porch of the classic Ionic style.
