QUINSSESSENTIAL QUEEN ANNE

316 HERKIMER STREET, HAMILTON, ONTARIO

Photos by Tom Vogel. This Queen Anne Victorian sold a few years ago and its no wonder why it flew off the market. Indulge in the photos below to get your FRESH BRICK fix. Breath-taking!

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BURFORD BEAUTY CIRCA 1800s

48 9TH CONCESSION ROAD, BURFORD, ONTARIO   ADVERTISEMENT: CLICK TO LEARN MORE       Fresh Features: Historical Two Storey Triple Brick Landscaped 3 acre lot surrounded 30' x 50' board & batten barn with 25' X 25' run in Gracious, impressive foyer with ornate plaster moldings, hand-painted faux marble walls, signed & dated in the 1850's Pine plank flooring throughout High ceilings, huge kitchen/great room with original old wood cook stove Original staircase Master w/ ensuite, claw tub & walk-in closet Offered at $599,900 VIEW LISTING HERE  ADVERTISEMENT: CLICK TO LEARN MORE

DUNDAS DRIVING PARK

Dundas Driving Park is hands down one of my favourite places around the city. The park, located at the top of Cross Street in the beautiful bedroom community of Dundas, is surrounded by a circular roadway that allows you to literally "drive around" it. I have fond childhood memories of picnics under massive acorn trees and hot summer days splashing around the large wading pool. Today, the park is as vibrant as ever with a revamped wading pool and a brand new splash pad. There are baseball diamonds, playground equipment, picnic tables, a snack hut and dining pavilions with BBQ pits (perfect for large family/community events). And the cherry on top for FRESH BRICK lovers, is the park is bordered by streets stacked with jaw-dropping Victorian and early confederation homes!

HISTORY OF THE DUNDAS DRIVING PARK

The park gates, generously donated to the Town by Col. J. J. Grafton in 1911, are one of the most recognizable landmarks in Dundas.              

As you go through the gates, imagine stepping back to the mid-1860s. There's a harness race in progress on the new dirt oval that roughly outlines the perimeter of the park. This is one of Canada's earliest race courses. Dr. A. H. Walker, along with some friends, purchased this property from his father-in-law, George Rolph, who had owned the property since 1822.

Fast-forwarding through time: in 1886, the Town of Dundas, recognizing the need for a municipal public park, purchased the property for $3,500.00, and on February 7, 1887, By-law No. 388 was established by Town Council setting care and maintenance guidelines for the new park.

The park, however, was neglected for years, until 1905, when a Citizens' Committee was established to oversee the care of the park, and for ten years, they saw some major developments there. Lawn bowling greens were established; a grandstand, bandstand, and a wading pool were installed. In 1909, a log cabin was donated by Col. Grafton to the park for use as a picnic kitchen This cabin had been used by George Rolph, as a Justice of the Peace, to try minor cases (unfortunately, it burned down in 1964). In 1911, the famous park gates were put in place.

By 1915, the park had become "the finest public park of any small town in this fair Domain" thanks to the Committee of "public-spirited citizens" according to W. H. Moss (Dundas Mayor, 1907-08, and Dundas columnist known as the 'Old Boy').


 

FRESH LISTINGS IN DUNDAS ONTARIO

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271 Hatt Street



17 Cayley Street



69 Sydenham Street

56 Albert Street



24 South Street West

223 Governor's Road

1 Springhill

42 Osler Drive



A HAMILTON LANDMARK

History of Dundurn Castle

One of Hamilton's most-recognized landmarks, Dundurn Castle is a National Historic Site that illustrates the life and times of Sir Allan Napier MacNab (1798 - 1862).



c. TeAdoro Photography

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The 18,000-square-foot (1,700 m²) house took three years and $175,000.00 to build, and was completed in 1835. The seventy-two room castle featured the latest conveniences of gas lighting and running water. Designed by a young English Architect, Robert Wetherall, Dundurn was built around the brick shell of Colonel Richard Beasley's colonial home. Designed as a fashionable Regency style villa, Dundurn (Gaelic for "strong fort") was nicknamed "Castle" by the citizens of Hamilton. The Castle, with its gardens, grounds and many unusual outbuildings, was one of the finest estates in the province.

Today, Dundurn Castle has been restored to the year 1855 when MacNab was at the height of his career as a lawyer, landowner, railway magnate and Premier of the United Canadas (1854-56).
It is currently owned by the City of Hamilton, which purchased it in 1900 for $50,000.

The City has spent nearly $3 million renovating the site to make 42 of the original 72 rooms open to the public. Over forty rooms, above and below stairs, have been furnished to compare the life of a prominent Victorian family with that of their servants. Costumed staff guide visitors through the home, illustrating daily life from the 1850s.



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