The Historic District

A backhoe helps a lot

Wow that's quite an undertaking! Nice result on the plaster work, look forward to seeing the shelves go up!

Hi everyone.
ID question for you about window hardware, anybody familiar with the function of either of these?
Thanks for the help!

The warm sunshine yesterday had me wandering around the yard again, it hit 12 Celsius here but definitely had me thinking of spring! We have buds on all the fruit trees and the 200 year old chestnut, but still to cold to find any snowdrops.

I think the PO was an older couple living in the entire house on their own if I have my story right. They also used only wood to heat the whole house.. without a scrap of insulation to be found. The town of Hespeler, later joined with Galt and Preston to form Cambridge, was named after Jacob Hespele...

First things first, I've been doing some digging into the history, here's my understanding of how it went. In 1802 the 200 acre farm was granted by the crown to Jacob Sypes, for loyalty to the British crown. Split into 3 parcels, 100 acres were sold in in 1828, 50 given to Jacob's daughter, and 50 t...

Hi everyone, this is my story and the chapter my family has begun in the history of our home. I'll be honest I'm doing this as much for my own enjoyment as your own, but I hope that you will enjoy coming along for the ride. After reading some of the great stories here in the district, I know that we...

Definitely hard to give up living space once its there! Interesting bit of history though with the closed in porch, at least you always have a good story to tell

Wow what a great find! Looks like the only thing missing today are those great windows on the left side.

Either way would be a great choice, love the cast scrollwork! Maybe just a rub down with some linseed oil to bring out the colour and give a matte sheen?