Elmcroft

Elmcroft is a 19th-century house in Smiths Falls, Ontario, Canada, built in 1895 by the town's mayor, Francis Theodore Frost, who also served as director of the local Frost & Wood foundry, as a Member of Parliament and as a senator.

[2] The house, initially built by W. B. Taylor's construction firm,[3] boasts two halls, a dining room, two staircases, a library and stables.

[5] It used to also have a sweeping circular staircase in the front entrance and a rotunda which led to the ballroom, but these were removed by later renovations.

[6] The Roper family of Alton, Illinois, were similarly noted in the media as guests at Elmcroft for a week in 1889.

[4][6] In 1987, owner Bill Murphy stirred controversy by announcing his plans to build 10 garden homes at the foot of the property.

Elmcroft was featured in the March 1911 edition of The Canadian Horticulturalist , with a photo of its 27’ x 15’ canna beds. [ 9 ]
Panoramic of Elmcroft, taken sometime between 1890 and 1910.