Portrait of Greenwood

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Title
Portrait of Greenwood
Abstract
The Greenwood Center for Living History is the oldest preserved historic house in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region. First built in the early 18th century, between 1732 and 1994 the house was owned by five generations, but only two families: the Sabourin family and the Delesderniers/Shepherd family. In 1820, John Mark Crank Delesderniers purchased it. He intended it to be both a residence for his son, Peter Francis Christian, and a general store and trading post. In the 1840's, it served as the first post office in the area. Some notable family ancestors include R.W. Shepherd, the co-founder of the Ottawa River Navigation Company, Dr. Francis Shepherd, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University for many years, and Percy Nobbs, one of Canada's foremost architects.
Place
Hudson, QC
Publisher
Greenwood Centre for Living History
Date
2009
Language
en
Citation
Grant, Grell V. Portrait of Greenwood. Hudson, QC: Greenwood Centre for Living History, 2009.
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