George Wright was born in 1849 in Wright's Cove on the Dartmouthside ofBedford Basin. Wright became a millionaire as a housing developer and by publishing a worldwide trading directory and gazette called Wright's World Business Directory. Wright…

The South End Tennis Club's land was originally owned by wealthy New York businessman, John S. MacLean.MacLean was the son of a Scottish immigrant preacher, who was the head of the Bank of Nova Scotia from 1874 until his death in 1889. John S.…