Restoration Archives - Architectural Conservancy of Ontario – Port Hope

The Little Station: Restoration Update 2023

25 Nov 202329 May 2024

By Phil Goldsmith The Little Station on Lent’s Lane is a small railway building owned by the ACO. This small building we believe was a “whistle” stop on the Port…

ACO Port Hope Grant 2023: The Walton Hotel Brick Restoration

21 Nov 202329 May 2024

Exciting restoration work is going on behind the plastic hoarding at the building formerly known as the Walton Hotel, at Walton and John Streets. After a hiatus of several years,…

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The Marion W. Garland Award

1 Mar 202326 Feb 2024

2023 Roger Bernard: For the restoration of the windows in Dreamer’s Cafe. Lyndsey Sneddon & Steven Rennie: For restoration of their heritage home on Bloomsgrove Ave. 2022 Dianne & Frank…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…