Bradley House (Bonavista)
Bradley House (Bonavista)![[Bradley House: Image]](034.jpg)
Jabez Saint constructed what is now known as the Bradley House in 1871. He was left the property by his father who had acquired it from John H. Warren. To build his house Saint removed and, it is said, re-used lumber from an older house that stood on the site. He may well have had the house built by, or have been assisted in the building by, his in-laws, the Strathies. When Saint, indebted to Baine, Johnston and Co., went bankrupt in 1879 the company seized his property but allowed him to continue to occupy the house. Similarly, on the bankruptcy of Baine, Johnston in 1878 and the acquisition of the property by John Roper, Saint was allowed to remain until his death at a nominal rent. On Saint's death in 1903 the Ropers took possession of the property and through them it passed to their son-in-law Senator Cordon Bradley who played a prominent part in the confederation battle. It was Senator Bradley who made the most notable addition to the house in the form of a quasi-Gothic library with an open timberwork ceiling.