Windsor

Forster Secondary School

May 12, 2010
Over on Felix Avenue in Windsor’s west side, you’ll find another classic old school building. Today known as J.L. Forster Secondary School. The building was designed by an architect named Andrew Johnston Riddell in 1922. Riddell is a bit of an interesting man… Born and educated in Scotland, he moved to Canada in 1904 settling in Winnipeg. He moved to Windsor in 1918, and died in…
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Windsor

1567 Ouellette - The Ernest Wilby House

May 10, 2010
This big Tudor Revival house on Ouellette Avenue, has seen better days, but was also the home to one of the most important architects of the 20th century. Ernest Wilby was born in England in 1869, moving to Toronto at age 4, and retuning to England for college. He…
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Walkerville Theatre - 1920

May 7, 2010
A neat shot of C. Howard Crane’s Walkerville Theatre, on Wyandotte Street East, between Gladstone & Lincoln. The theatre opened in 1920, and this photo, based on the film noted on the marquee, was also taken in 1920. When built the theatre straddled the town…
Windsor

Gordon McGregor Public School

May 5, 2010
One of the largest public schools in the City can be found on the edge of the ford test track on Alexis Road… The School was expanded after only two years to accommodate the influx of students, to Ford City during the boom years in the mid 1920’s The first part of Gordon McGregor Public School was built in 1924, and designed the year before by the local architectural firm of David…
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