Advocacy… Opinion: Phillip H. Carter on Bill 23 29 Nov 202229 Nov 2022 By Phillip H. Carter Phillip H. Carter is a Port Hope Architect and winner of the ACO 2020 Eric Arthur Lifetime Achievement Award. Bill 23, passed by the Ford Government,…
Advocacy… ACO Port Hope Responds to Bill 23 23 Nov 20227 Dec 2022 By Bruce Bowden & Susan Layard ACO Port Hope is very concerned that the proposed changes to the Ontario Heritage Act in Bill 23 will adversely affect our Municipality’s ability…
Advocacy… ACO Press Event: The Threat Bill 23 Poses to Ontario’s Heritage 23 Nov 202229 Nov 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=10gcVvVvZFM&t=1s On November 22, ACO held a press event at Queen’s Park in Toronto to publicize the damage that Schedule 6 of Bill 23 will wreak on Ontario Heritage. Speaking…
Advocacy… Interview: The Chair of the ACO Port Hope on The Daily Wrap 19 Nov 20229 Jan 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…
Architecture… The 2022 Municipal Election: Answers from the Mayoral Candidates 25 Sep 202227 Oct 2022 ACO Port Hope asked 7 questions to Port Hope’s 22 Municipal Electoral Candidates.The questions were sent to all candidates and the responses are posted with permission. Below are the answers…
Architecture… The 2022 Municipal Election: Answers from Ward 1 25 Sep 202219 Oct 2022 ACO Port Hope asked 7 questions to Port Hope’s 22 Municipal Electoral Candidates. The questions were sent to all candidates and the responses are posted with permission. Below are the…
Architecture… The 2022 Municipal Election: Answers from Ward 2 25 Sep 202213 Oct 2022 ACO Port Hope asked 7 questions to Port Hope’s 22 Municipal Electoral Candidates. The questions were sent to all candidates and the responses are posted with permission. Below are the…
Architecture… The 2022 Municipal Election: The ACO Asks the candidates 12 Sep 202225 Sep 2022 ACO Port Hope recently sent out the questions below to Port Hope’s 22 Municipal Electoral Candidates. When meeting candidates throughout the campaign or at a public forum, you might want…
Advocacy… 65 Ward Street & Heritage Property 1 Apr 202219 Apr 2022 By Bruce Bowden ACO Port Hope is again dealing with issues surrounding the 65 Ward Street heritage property. This past June, Southbridge submitted planning applications for a high-rise long-term care…
Advocacy… The Port Hope Heritage Listing Project Update 30 Mar 202219 Apr 2022 By Bruce Bowden In April, 2019, Susan Layard, co-chair of the ACO Port Hope Advocacy Committee, was invited to serve on a sub-committee of Heritage Port Hope, created to work…
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 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…
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… 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…
Advocacy… 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…