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Ravenscourt

1 Feb 202219 Apr 2022

By Bruce Bowden Ravenscourt is an interesting and large house with modest-sized rooms, original stencilled hall panelling, two rooms with decorative plaster ceilings, and a lovely wrap-around porch. It is…

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Glossary of Terms

1 Jan 20227 Jun 2022

Bargeboard - decorated board on a gable edge or eaves line. Bracket - angular support at eaves, doorways, and sills. Buttress - mass of masonry or brickwork adding stability to…

Rose Cottage Restoration

1 Dec 20216 Jun 2022

By Bruce Bowden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6dExaaN-os A small frame white-stucco’d cottage with eyebrow windows built at the back entrance to the Penryn King Estate for Mary Rose who immigrated from Ireland to…

Port Hope Centre Pier Industrial Buildings, c. 1910

8 Nov 202123 May 2022

Erected c. 1910 by the Port Hope Sanitary Manufacturing Company, extended c. 1930. Acquired in 1932 by Eldorado Gold Mines (Cameco after 1988). “The Central Pier and Buildings 41 and…

Bill & Marnie Introduce the 2021 Port Hope House Tour

8 Oct 202130 Sep 2022

The Port Hope House Tour Co-Chairs help you navigate this event during Covid, as the program switches to a virtual format. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie5ehs54Ago

The Gillett Paterson Block, 1845

7 Oct 202123 May 2022

Hiram Gillett built this three-storey block on land purchased from Robert N. Waddell in 1844. In 1876, Gillett sold the block to Stanley Paterson, Secretary and Treasurer for the Midland…

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Port Hope Historic Barn Quilt Trail

4 Jun 202114 Aug 2022

About the Trail Each barn has its own identity. The unique history, ongoing story and continuing cultural contribution is beautifully narrated by hand painted board tiles with traditional quilt borders.…

Walton Street Reconstruction

1 Jun 20218 Nov 2022

By Bruce Bowden The Walton Street Reconstruction Working Group met several times in May, and a letter was sent to the Municipality. The Working Group believes that the Walton Street…

The Penryn King Estate

31 May 202130 May 2022

ACO Port Hope has been advocating for the protection of the heritage properties of Penryn since the Mason Homes’ development plans for the nearby area were first made public in…

An Eight-sided House for Health & Happiness: The Octagon In Context

1 Dec 202027 Mar 2022

Originally published in ACO Matters December 2020 By Jackie Tinson Fowler was a theology student in Amherst, N.Y. until phrenology caught his attention. He gave up a career in the church…

Port Hope’s Opera House – Sold

30 Nov 20208 Nov 2022

By Bruce Bowden The Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO) mandate is to encourage the conservation and reuse of structures, districts and landscapes of architectural, historic and cultural significance. In that…

Penryn Park: Even More Significant than We Realized

1 Sep 20207 Apr 2022

ACO Matters September 2020 By Susan Layard We have known for quite some time that there are three buildings at Penryn Park that have been designated for their heritage importance.…

RBC Donates Opera House To ACO Port Hope

30 Oct 20198 Nov 2022

RBC Helps Promote Heritage Conservation through Donation to Architectural Conservancy of Ontario (ACO). Inaugural performance at the St. Lawrence Music Hall, later to be known as the Opera House, at…

A Bit Of Queen’s History In Port Hope

24 Jul 201911 Jul 2023

By Lynn BrownOriginally published in the QUEEN’S ALUMNI REVIEW • SPRING 2004. Posted with permission from the author. After my May 1969 graduation as a civil engineer, my wife Lois…

Historic Port Hope Hospital: Conservation Review Board Recommends Designation

19 Mar 201930 May 2022

On Wednesday, March 13th, the Conservation Review Board submitted its final report for Council consideration concerning the heritage designation of 65 Ward Street – recommending designation. ‘It is good news,’…

Battle To Save Historic Port Hope Hospital Going Strong

19 Mar 201930 May 2022

Since posting a petition nine months ago and asking for your support, there have been several developments regarding the designation of the historic Port Hope Hospital at 65 Ward St.…

Building A Healthier Option For The Historic Port Hope Hospital Together

19 Mar 201930 May 2022

By Bruce Bowden The protection of a community’s heritage is complex. Our heritage is a non-renewable resource and it is a basis for our understanding of our history and culture…

Royal Canadian Legion Sends Letter of Support for Historic Port Hope Hospital

29 Aug 201830 May 2022

By Bruce Bowden If you drive by the site on Ward or Hope street today, the historic hospital is practically invisible, hidden by fencing and overgrown shrubbery. It does indeed…