Brier's View

The little blue house on Madison Street that sits next to a future waterfront condominiumn development had been vacant for four years, until John Floyd came into the picture. With broken windows, rotting floors and chipped paint, it certainly didn't look like much. But John saw it as a valuable piece of Port Hope's history and when he pulled out his chequebook to buy the property, he said his number one concern was to save the house. Built in 1853 by a man with name of Mr. Wallace, the little blue house was an addition to his successful shipping business, which was primarily run out of Canada House next door - now Port Hope's longest standing structure built by Elias Smith in 1799.

It was only in 1953 when the five acre property was severed, literally dividing the Canada House from its office (the little blue house), that the building was then turned into a house. After a lot of hard work, and elbow grease, Mr. Floyd managed to restore the building to its former glory. The first private investment in  the harbour area. Floyd Purchased the property in 2002, becoming the first private investor in Port Hope's harbour area. 

In the garage there was a sign for John Floyd, an old election campaign sign from the 1990s when he ran for Port Hope's Reeve...and won. It was then he made no mistake. Brier's View was meant to be.