Cummer or Fraleigh House

This two storey stone house has been owned by several prominent Waterdown residents, including John Cummer, Oliver Aiken Howland, and Francis Farwell. John Cummer was the owner of a flour mill and an iron foundry during the 1850s. Oliver Aiken Howland was the son of Sir William Pearce Howland, the only American born ‘Father of Confederation’. Oliver was a former mayor of Toronto and proprietor of the Waterdown Flouring Mill in Smokey Hollow, using the house as his summer residence. Francis Farwell was the Administrator of Canada Coach Lines from 1931 to 1961.