page_title: Tara Hall
section_title: Tara Hall in the Nineteenth Century
hierarchical_section_title: Tara Hall / Tara Hall in the Nineteenth Century
caption_attribution_description: English: Tara Hall, Wellington, Canada photographed circa 1870.
context_page_description: Tara Hall is a Georgian manor house in the village of Wellington, in Prince Edward County in Ontario, Canada. It was built by merchant and postmaster Archibald McFaul between 1837 and November,1839. McFaul named the house "Tara Hall" after the ancient Irish legend of Tara's Banquet Hall at the Hill of Tara The Hall is a well-preserved example of Regency-era Georgian architecture in the United Empire Loyalist style. unique to the region. It is listed on the register of historic buildings of Prince Edward County and is protected under the Ontario Heritage Act of the Province of Ontario and has been described as “an outstanding achievement in its day”
context_section_description: As the most prominent building in Wellington, Tara Hall was famous for lavish parties which could last for several days 
  In 1844, Tara Hall was sold by McFaul to the Catholic Church for £1,000.   The church used it as a Catholic boarding school for the next twelve years  when the church failed to pay the mortgage and McFaul foreclosed and reoccupied the residence in 1856.  McFaul lived at Tara Hall until his death in January 1864.
  In the late nineteenth century, Tara Hall hosted Masonic functions including the historic commemoration of the cornerstone of the new Wellington Lodge in 1889.
caption: Tara Hall circa 1870
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