Railway Hotel - Maynooth Station Ontario

Station Building - Maynooth Station Ontario

Things To Not Do

Gone are the gorgeous double brackets (look for twin pale brick areas at the corners of the house) from this pretty, modest italianate, replaced by 'low maintenance' vinyl fascia, soffits, and moulding. Some things just shouldn't ever be done...

A Very Sad Story

Would you move to Detroit if the city gave you a free house?

The continual shift, change, and decline of the American economy has given rise to urban wastelands of abandoned inner city homes. Virtually every major urban center in the USA has swaths of urban decay as pictured to some degree... Detroit, Cleveland, Baltimore, Boston, Philadelphia, Minneapolis - St. Paul, Chicago, Atlanta... The list goes ever on. Many of the images are utterly heartbreaking, these magnificent homes that have stood tall and proud for well over a hundred years, now left to decay and fall into ruin.

Neo Gothic Farmhouse - Sebastopol Ontario

Watson's Mill - Manotick Ontario

Watson's Mill - Manotick Ontario

Watson's Mill - Manotick Ontario

Watson's Mill - Manotick Ontario

Watson's Mill - Manotick Ontario

Commercial Italianate - Manotick Ontario

Alex Spratt House - Manotick Ontario

A fine example of mid-nineteenth century classical revival (or neo-classical) architecture. The colours are most likely true to the original colours, or colours used in the era of construction. If this house were located south of the border, it would be referred to as Federal style architecture. This is the house that the owners of the later named 'Watson Mill' in Manotick lived in. 

Click this link to see a photo of a magnificent Federal style house in the United States... any similarities?

First meeting house - US Federal vernacular

McCulla House - North Gower Ontario

The Oxford Hotel - Tavistock Ontario

The Oxford Hotel - Tavistock Ontario

The Oxford Hotel - Tavistock Ontario

The Oxford Hotel - Tavistock Ontario

The Oxford Hotel - Tavistock Ontario

The Oxford Hotel - Tavistock Ontario

Impressive red brick Italianate - Tavistock Ontario

Victorian Gothic Rowhouse - Hamilton Ontario

Petite Queen Anne - Hamilton Ontario

Nice house... and nice car!

Magnificent Queen Anne - Hamilton Ontario

Stately Queene Anne - Hamilton Ontario

A magnificent Queen Anne in Hamilton, apart from the architecturally lifeless addition to the left of the bay window, which appears to have grown through the porch roof.
The picture window revealing the modern staircase clashes with the rest of the house. I dread to have a look inside this duplexed regal lady, for what might be found.

Queen Anne - Hamilton Ontario

Romanesque Revival - Hamilton Ontario

Red Brick Queen Anne - Hamilton Ontario

Magnificent Queen Anne - Hamilton Ontario

Red Brick Victorian With All The Trimmings! - Hamilton Ontario

Gone For A Bit

Sorry to all those 'Google Image' searchers who wind up at this site, but I am feeling a bit worn out, and am taking a break for a while.

Simple Ontario Cottage - Galt Ontario

A nice and simple Ontario Cottage, with some elements of the Gothic Revival and Regency styles. The front porch could certainly be improved however.

Magnificent Cottage - Galt Ontario

Now here is where I get a bit confused. This particularly fine example of a State Farm Office in Galt looks remarkably similar to many of the Gothic revival homes I posted just over a week ago. But is it? Or is it a wonderfully understated example of a fine Regency style Ontario cottage? Please help!

Cement Block Victorian - Galt Ontario

Red Brick Victorian - Galt Ontario

Turn of the Century - Galt Ontario

Probably an early 1900's Victorian, perhaps not even 'Victorian' at all by true definition, but I think that would be splitting hairs: A very clean, pretty, and simple house, inspired by the Queen Anne style.

Interesting Duplex - Galt Ontario

A rather uncommon duplex located in Galt. Note the slight differences between the two sides, and the impact they make, especially the painted wooden porch versus the one built of pressure treated lumber.

A Victorian Farmhouse - Galt Ontario

Probably a very early house for this area, I would guess built close to the start of the Victorian Era in the 1850's or 1860's. Simple in style with some Italianate influences, now a threeplex apartment. Many homes in Galt are built from the local stone you see here.

The Last of Three - Galt Ontario

Last of three of these nice houses with interesting roofs. Note the similarity between the first and last, which are true to original form in virtually all details, as opposed to the second which sadly has been butchered along the way.

Interesting hipped roof - Galt Ontario

A view from the corner showing the very interesting roofline. But what happened to the nice windows? Look at the main floor right side, and upper floor left? Did someone 'improve' the living room and upstairs bath? Yack!

Partly Gabled Shallow Pitch Hipped Roof - Galt Ontario

I can't describe this home's interesting roof design much better than that, but essentially it has a shallow pitched roof, with clipped 'part gables' spanning nearly the entire width of the front of the house. The side walls have a hipped roof. Not very common, but there are three on this street.