Windswept Mansion

Perched between Scarborough Beach and Black Point, this 21-room mansion was constructed in 1895 by the Davis family. It included 5 bedrooms, a kitchen with a laundry and pantry, living spaces, and servants’ quarters. Perry Davis, the patriarch of the family, had come into wealth by selling a product known as “Perry Davis’s Vegetable Pain Killer,” a mix of opium and alcohol, which promised a cure for cholera, colic, dysentery, and many other afflictions. This painkiller is believed to be the first nationally advertised remedy for chronic pain.