{"id":619,"date":"2024-01-20T15:30:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-20T20:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/?p=619"},"modified":"2024-01-17T11:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T16:59:04","slug":"niagaras-chautauqua-a-spoke-and-wheel-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/niagaras-chautauqua-a-spoke-and-wheel-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Niagara&#8217;s Chautauqua: A Spoke-and-Wheel History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Note: This article on Niagara-on-the-Lake&#8217;s Chautauqua Neighbourhood is written by contributing writer, Shawna Butts, Assistant Curator at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Museum.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"820\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?resize=751%2C820&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Map of the Canadian Chautauqua\" class=\"wp-image-621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?w=2346&amp;ssl=1 2346w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?resize=768%2C838&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?resize=1408%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1408w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?resize=1877%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1877w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?w=1502&amp;ssl=1 1502w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/9895454_0022-scaled-e1704392109379.jpg?w=2253&amp;ssl=1 2253w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In Niagara-on-the-Lake, there is a unique neighbourhood where the streets are laid out in a spoke and wheel pattern. This neighbourhood is fondly known as Chautauqua or \u201cSHAW-<br>tauqua\u201d for the numerous Shaw Festival staff members who have resided there over the years.<br>So, how did this neighbourhood in town come to be and what the heck is Chautauqua?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Crookston to Chautauqua<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This area in town was first known as Crookston after the estate that James Crooks built on this<br>property in the late 18th century. Unfortunately, on May 27, 1813, Crookston was the site of the<br>initial bombardment for the American invasion of Niagara during the War of 1812. Crooks\u2019<br>estate was so destroyed that he kept the property but resettled in the Hamilton area. For those<br>Hamiltonians and outdoor explorers like me, Crooks\u2019 Hollow bears his name!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The property remained in the family until it was sold to the town&#8217;s Postmaster, Robert Warren,<br>in 1886. Robert dreamed of creating a summer camp in Niagara-on-the-Lake that was modelled<br>after the Chautauqua Institution\u2019s annual summer camps in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Canadian Chautauqua and the Niagara Assembly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now for those who don\u2019t know what the Chautauqua Institution is, it is not like the camps kids<br>are sent to or like the Kellerman Mountain resort from the movie Dirty Dancing where you<br>would have the time of your life. (If you ask me, NOTL\u2019s Chautauqua Assembly needed a little<br>Patrick Swayze to liven it up!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead, it was an annual summer retreat and education program that was developed to train<br>Methodist Sunday school teachers and church workers. This style of learning became so<br>popular that the institution expanded to incorporate subjects beyond religion.<br>The institute even created a remote learning course so that the working class could obtain post-<br>secondary education. The success of this course is what led to Chautauqua\u2019s popularity. As its<br>members and graduates spread the Chautauqua idea, many towns established Chautauqua<br>Assemblies. And Niagara-on-the-Lake was about to get its very own!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Warren purchased the Crookston property so that it could become the site of the<br>Canadian Chautauqua. Several interested parties were interested in his plans, so they formed<br>the Niagara Assembly to oversee the development and management of the Canadian<br>Chautauqua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An Ambitious Plan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Their plans were overly ambitious. The Niagara Assembly constructed two hotels, the Hotel<br>Chautauqua and the Lakeview Boarding House, a wharf, and a generating plant. They also had<br>about 500 lots that they planned to lease for 99-year terms so that people could build cottages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several of these cottages still exist today and are just as quaint as the <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/vacation\/house-niagara-on-the-lake-dreamweaver-cottage-is-dog-friendly-steps-from-lake-ontario-427055.html\">Dreamweaver<br>Cottage<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/vacation\/house-niagara-on-the-lake-five-point-cottage-now-dog-friendly-427056.html\">Five Point Cottage<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/vacation\/house-niagara-on-the-lake-blue-pearl-your-tranquil-oasis-427045.html\">Blue Pearl<\/a>, all located in Chautauqua, which can be rented from Niagara<br>Holiday Rentals during your stay in town. (I swear that I willingly wrote this and was not<br>coerced in any way to plug their properties lol!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the most unique features of the creation of the Canadian Chautauqua that still exists<br>today is how they laid out the grounds. They did it based on a radial plane, with the streets<br>spreading from a central point. In the centre, they constructed their amphitheatre, which is<br>where a lot of the lectures and divine services took place. The amphitheatre had a seating<br>capacity of about 4,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees to the Canadian Chautauqua didn\u2019t just spend time learning all day long. Activities<br>like lawn bowling and tennis, baseball, and golf were all made available to those wanting to<br>have a little fun in the sun. Resident, John Readhead, also opened the Chautauqua Boat and<br>Bath Houses so that people could go boating or fishing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Change in Direction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Now I wish I could tell you that the Niagara Assembly\u2019s venture was a success, but it was a<br>costly and elaborate undertaking that failed. The first season opened in 1888 and by 1894 the<br>Niagara Assembly went bankrupt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were a lot of forces working against them. A mortgage oversite, overassessment of their<br>property taxes, and lack of interest in leasing lots led to their dissolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new group, made up of several former members of the Niagara Assembly\u2019s board of Directors<br>purchased the property and ran the hotel and resort until 1909 when the hotel was destroyed<br>by a fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"423\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chautauqua-Hotel.png?resize=751%2C423&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Chautauqua Hotel, later known as the Hotel Strathcona\" class=\"wp-image-623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chautauqua-Hotel.png?w=1640&amp;ssl=1 1640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chautauqua-Hotel.png?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/niagaraholidayrentals.com\/itineraries\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Chautauqua-Hotel.png?resize=1536%2C865&amp;ssl=1 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chautauqua Today<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While the Niagara Assembly\u2019s Canadian Chautauqua has now been closed for some 130 years,<br>their summer resort has left behind a lasting legacy as a uniquely designed urban<br>neighbourhood. While the Niagara Assembly hoped that a summer resort would become a<br>popular summer cottage community, it did so decades after their ownership, and later the area<br>transformed into a unique and lively residential community known as \u201cChautauqua\u201d.  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