ancestral roofs

John Demille House (c.1816) Demorestville I have been thinking about undertaking a bit of research on historic fireplace styles. An af...

It is a curious trait of humans to want to name and classify things. I am assuming it's peculiar to us only, although raptors and ca...

Barnum House, Grafton, around which ACO was born  The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario is a force for good. If you are visiting this...

 I had the nicest thing happen to me recently, culminating in the trip to Cobourg which I continue to recall with such fondness this we...

As I have doubtless said too many times already, I am enjoying some winter downtime with my favourite books about the history of architect...

plywood replacing Murney house's 12x8 sash  "You must see 106 Bagot Street", Katherine urged (via her book lying beside ...

same stop sign, same power lines This is a 1960 photo of Dromore in Cobourg. It's from the amazing collection of 230 images of the...