A watercolour depicting F.C. Capreol's Commercial Sales Rooms, located on Yonge St., at the northwest corner of Melinda St. The artist based his image on a pen & ink drawing reproduced in Evening Telegram series "Landmarks of Toronto", October 20,…
"Ketchum was born in Spencertown, New York, and came to Upper Canada in 1799 to join his brother Seneca. In 1812 he took over a tannery on the south-west corner of Newgate (Adelaide) and Yonge Streets, prospered in business, and became one of the…