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.

Gothic Revival Cottage - Galt Ontario

A beautiful gothic revival cottage that seems to be located in Tavistock based on the drainage issues of the front lawn! This example is in the old town of Galt, now part of Cambridge Ontario.

Gothic Revival Cottage - Galt Ontario

Gothic Revival Cottage - Galt Ontario

Gothic Revival Cottage - near Plattsville Ontario

Now this is completely cool! Driving home from Cambridge along Regional 97 I spotted this pretty little Gothic revival cottage. It had started to snow, and I wasn't interested in stopping for a picture, but decided to anyway. Then later doing a bit of research I found a link to The Canada Farmer 1864, page 21 which, if you open, illustrates the same home as you see in the photograph!

Impressive Italianate Vicarage - Galt Ontario

Third of three - Galt Ontario

Second of three - Galt Ontario

Well, if it isn't a late 19th century example of subdivision or 'tract' homes! Absolutely gorgeous examples of gothic revival architecture (steep pitches, gothic vergeboards), but with Romanesque window arches.

Good things come in threes? - Galt Ontario

Simple Victorian Farmhouse - Waterloo Ontario

Bonus weekend post!

It seems a bunch of my photographs have been popping up on Google Images (try neo gothic ontario as a search), so I figured I might better smarten up and make sure I am not leading to many persons astray with respect to information provided in this blog.

In doing so, I found the following website for OntarioArchitecture.com a not for profit website set up by Mowhawk College as a compendium of information for those interested in historical Ontario architecture. Check it out!

Simple Victorian - Kitchener Ontario

Like many of the Victorian era, this house cannot readily be described as conforming to a specific style as elements of both Queen Anne and gothic revival are seen here: A simple and charming small two storey home.

'Gothic Revival' and addition - Kitchener Ontario

On the right is the late 1800's simple gothic revival vernacular, a common Victorian house in the area. On the left is the magnificent and recent gothic revival addition, executed in a manner which is poorly suited to the original home. Sorry, but I have to give this two thumbs down.

A Textbook 'Italianate' - Kitchener Ontario

This house has a few interesting features, including stepped brick corners, as well as a stepped skirting row just under the eaves and skirting board. A really nice example of the style.

Stucco 'Italianate' - Waterloo Ontario

Another nice Italianate, though this time of painted stucco rather than brick. Unfortunately the two storey entrance addition gives the impression that this is a rooming house, as it is not in keeping with the building at all. My solution would be to rip it down and put in a larger footprint one storey entrance sunroom, or build it taller to match the roofline of the main house... oh, and get rid of the awful horizontal siding.

Impressive painted 'Italianate' - Waterloo Ontario

A very impressive Italianate, with classic features of the style: Shallow pitch rooflines, doubled corbels, and the classic low arched rectangular windows typically set in pairs.