ancestral roofs

Summerhill...another of the three original buildings of Queen's University, sits grandly on a south-facing hill, with a park in front....

 Coverdale's 1836/40 North Gate, seen from Cedarhedge stairs  I had a most pleasant day in a Kingston landmark with its own fair s...

My old Vancouver home - Cardero Street A shout-out to my old town Vancouver this morning. I've been thinking about that great city s...

Why would bankers, industrialists and university professors of the 1920's and 30's want to emulate the Medieval era in their choic...

One of the challenges of loving old houses, is that they are sometimes not entirely honest with you. They may have had a little touch-up, fi...

George Rousseau's third hotel (1830's)  I quote Lieutenant Francis Hall from his page-turner Travels in Canada and the United St...