‘The Fuller/Grant Family’, by artist David Trimble, is available to view at 20 Sullivan Drive at the The Garden of the Gulf Museum & Artifactory, courtesy of the Three Rivers Art Trail!
Thomas Vincent Grant (1876 – 1966) set up his medical practice in Cardigan, before moving to Vernon River and finally Montague. The family house, on Fraser St., served as their residence and medical office for 50 years. Thomas served as a coroner for Kings County, he was elected as a member of both the PEI Legislative Assembly and Federal House of Commons, and was appointed to the Senate of Canada
Thomas Fuller (1823 – 1898) trained as an architect in Bath, England. He completed a wide range of impressive projects in England Antigua & the Antilles Islands, before immigrating to Canada. Once in Canada, Thomas designed several buildings and churches before he was commissioned to design the Parliament House in Ottawa. Thomas remained as Canada’s Chief Dominion Architect from 1881 to 1897.