Spier & Rohns Office - 1896
December 22, 2014
So yeah, it’s that time of year… we all get busy, and well I totally missed that I forgot to put a post up Friday, until well into Saturday afternoon… so… Sorry about that! Now on to the post that I was going to do on Friday…
The Detroit firm…
St Andrew's Church - Park & Victoria
December 17, 2014
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, was built in 1895 to replace an earlier structure that burned down. It was designed by the architectural firm of Spier & Rohns of Detroit, it is built in the Richardson Romanesque Style. Spier & Rohns designed many churches…
Hertel's Coffee Shop - Highway 98 - Comber
December 8, 2014
Ok, here’s one for the Essex County experts out there… Any guesses about this one? Old Highway 98, was renamed County Rd 46 in 1970. There’s a vacant lot at the north east corner of County Road 46 and Highway 77. It looks like it was once a gas station…
Sandwich Street - Walkerville - c. 1905
December 1, 2014
Image © Bernie Drouillard Collection, digitized by John Stefani
A view of Sandwich Street, in front of the Hiram Walker & Sons Distillery. This view is looking west and in the distance, you can make out the hump of the Peabody Bridge. The overhead wires of the…