On Building Stone

Above: Sandyford Place, Hamilton, 1856-64. Photo from here.

For anyone interested in building materials, be sure to check out these articles by Gerard V. Middleton on the types of stones used in Hamilton. Middleton, a retired professor of geology, explains the different qualities of various specimens of stones and how they were used in local buildings.  A good read even if you are not familiar with the architecture of Hamilton.

Find the first part of the article here and the second part here.
Or visit http://raisethehammer.org/!

Gothic Summit Update

Due to some scheduling conflicts, the Gothic Summit will not be held this year. It will be held in the spring of 2012. Details to follow.

Thanks for your patience!

Suffering for our art

Just a quick update: we just crawled out from under a church in Woodstock.

Back on the blog

As I hinted the other day, we are back on the blog after a number of building visits.  Last week, we took a trip to help to round out Candace's collection of photos of buildings by Henry Langley, which took us to Brantford, Hamilton and St Catharine's with several other stops along the way.  8 churches (and even 2 houses for me!) in a day!  All of the buildings on our trip were Gothic Revival in style. Here are a couple of photos from some of our stops.

Above: St John's Anglican, Port Dalhousie by Gundry and Langley

Above: Rock Castle, Hamilton of 1848

Above: Nave pier and ceiling of William Thomas's 1840s portion of Christ Church, Hamilton

On the road again

Well after a busy couple of months we are back with our cameras exploring Southwestern Ontario. More posts to follow, but for now here is a little appetizer from Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton.