Community… Period Costume Display: A Friends of the PHPL Event 22 Sep 202422 Sep 2024 Saturday October 19th & Sunday October 20th, during library hours View items on loan from Lang & Pickering Pioneer Villages, re-enactment and theatrical productions, private collections of families of prominent…
Community… Historic Walking Tours 2024: Schedule & Tickets 18 Aug 202430 Sep 2024 Help us celebrate our 60th anniversary on four guided and curated walks through some of the loveliest neighbourhoods of Port Hope. Select Saturdays • 11 am - 12:30 pm $20…
ACO Matters… The File Factory: A Unique Heritage Industrial Site in Port Hope 2 Jun 202422 Sep 2024 Compiled by Susan Layard. An Encumbered Past; a Dramatic Future(An adaptation of Bruce Bowden’s deputation on behalf of ACO Port Hope to the March 19th, 2024 Special Meeting of Council).…
History… ACO Port Hope 60th Anniversary 1964-2024 13 Mar 202424 Apr 2024 The ACO Port Hope Branch was founded in 1964. This is the third branch of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, which was formed in 1933. The Founding Board Members of…
Community… Rebellion Box Presentation: A Friends of the PHPL Event 12 Mar 20242 May 2024 Date: Saturday, March 16 1:00pm to 2:00pmLocation: The Port Hope Public Library, Mary J. Benson BranchSpeaker: Darryl & Christine Withrow Come learn about Rebellion boxes in this special PHPL Friends of the Library…
Community… ACO Cobourg Branch Coach Tour 2024: Belleville & Deseronto 1 Mar 202422 Mar 2024 Our Coach Tour on Wednesday, April 24 is filling up fast. Don’t be disappointed, reserve your seat today! The Details RSVP: Email Denise at johnson.4d@gmail.com If you book and then…
Events… A Fall Event at Barnum House 22 Sep 20231 Nov 2023 “It’s 1874 and you’re invited to sup with Colonel Barnum while he reminisces about his life in the Grafton community and the history of the house.” ACO Cobourg/East Northumberland is…
Community… Join Us for 2 Talks about The River & The File Factory 17 Sep 20231 Nov 2023 Port Hope Friends of the Library, in partnership with the Capitol Theatre and the ACO Port Hope Branch Education Committee present a special afternoon of heritage discussion on Sunday, October…
Community… Photo Gallery: 2023 ACO Port Hope Bus Tour to Clarington 1 May 202311 Jul 2023 Thank you to all who joined us, please enjoy these photos.
Community… The 2023 ACO Port Hope Bus Tour to Clarington 23 Nov 202211 Apr 2023 April 26th, 2023 The bus tour is shaping up very well. At present it is full up, but almost invariably a few seats become available just before Travel date as…
Advocacy… Interview: The Chair of the ACO Port Hope on The Daily Wrap 19 Nov 202211 Jul 2023 On November 16, 2022, the Chair of the ACO Port Hope Branch, Ian Mackay was interviewed by the Northumberland 89.7 FM radio show, the Daily Wrap. Ian discussed how ACO’s efforts have contributed…
Advocacy… Bringing Architecture & Nature Together 8 Nov 202211 Jul 2023 “Port Hope is a remarkably picturesque community located along the shores of Lake Ontario.” This statement provides the introduction to Port Hope’s Facebook page. Characterized by a natural landscape of…
Advocacy… 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…
Advocacy… 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…
Advocacy… 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…
History… The Little Station 23 May 202123 May 2022 The Port Hope Branch owns The Little Station, one of the first railway stations in the Municipality of Port Hope, and leases and operates the Union Cemetery Chapel and Caretaker’s…
Advocacy… 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…
Advocacy… 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…