Watson House Album
Photos of the house through the years
The Watson House before any additions were built. c. 1880.
Homer and Roxa Watson outside of the Watson House. c.1890.
Homer, Roxa, and presumably Phoebe Watson photographed at the back of the Watson House with two other women, c.1893. Queens University Archives.
The main gallery was added by Homer Watson around 1906.
Roxa Watson (Bechtel), her sisters Emily and Carrie, and Mary Watson on the front steps. The child seated beside Mary is unnamed. 1915.
The Watson House the year Homer Watson passed away. 1936.
The front of the Watson House featuring a hanging sign for “The Watson Art Gallery”. c.1940.
The opening year of the Doon School of Fine Arts. 1948.
The Doon School of Fine Arts, 1954.
The Watson Studio as used by Doon School students, 1954.
A garage addition that was added to the side of the Watson House referred to as “The Annex” It was used as a sundeck and additional studio space students used in bad weather. 1954.
A colour photograph of the Watson House, c.1955. The Annex can be seen to the left of the building.
The coach house, c.1970. Tom and Ruthe Cayley purchased the Watson House and property in 1969 and began running the second iteration of the Doon School of Fine Arts. They kept the cabins built in the 1950s, which can be seen in the background.
Edith Bingeman at the Watson House, 1975. Edith was the aunt of Richard Chapman Watson, Homer Watson’s grand-nephew.
The main gallery in 1980, used as both a living space and museum by the Cayleys.
The Watson House, 1980.
The Watson House, 1997.
The Watson House, 2023.