Here’s a recent addition to the IM collection, this photo postcard of the Ford City, City Hall.
Situated on the corner of Riverside and Drouillard, in a space last occupied by the parking lot to Our Lady of the Rosary.
Over the peak of the roof, you can see the two massive domes on the towers at Our Lady of The Rosary to the east.
A nice detail shot of the front door – note the “FORD CITY” over the front door.
A close up of the horse and buggy to the rear parked along Drouillard Rd.
Here’s the same view today.
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Great picture Andrew! Do you have any information on who designed this building, when it was erected and when (and why) it was demolished?
JBM - sadly I don't. I'll have to see what I can dig up. I have nothing in any of my files about it at all.
Was this the same structure that was later the "Ford Hospital"? I recall that about late 1951 we used to visit my brother-in-law (a Ford employee) who was a patient there with a serious fatal illness. Perhaps it was a chronic hospital for Ford employees.
Looks like a nice building to be torn down. Kind of reminds me of the town hall building that was moved from Riverside Drive to Devonshire Road.
Ken, I believe the former hospital that you are referring to was further east on Riverside Dr, closer to Strabane. The actual structure still exists, but it is now home to apartments. I don't know the address off hand.
great post Andrew
Rob S and Ken, that was Riverview hospital where my Grandfather lived. It is right beside the power station. It used to go almost to Riverside dr but they demo'ed the front portion of the hospital leaving the rear intact.
I had thought that the hospital used to be a high school or something before it became the hospital but I could be wrong.
Dave, I had heard that it was originally a high school as well.....but i could be wrong too lol
They just don't make parking lots like they used to.
Thanks for the post Andrew!
The old hosptial was originally a school. The back half still stands, the front part demolished in the early 1990's or so...
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Windsor,+Essex+County,+Ontario,+Canada&ll=42.326172,-82.998506&spn=0,0.003484&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=42.326172,-82.998506&panoid=rmeE4d0e9Eamz1yTe03Mag&cbp=12,184.85,,0,-6.85
I don't know what happened to Riverview hospital after 1995 but that was the year the patients were all moved over to the Prince Road site of Windsor Regional Hospital. The old I.O.D.E. They moved into Malden Park built on the back of the hospital property. And according to some old plans that were being shown about the hospital at the time, it was, indeed, a school before it became a hospital. Sorry, I don't remember the name of it as a school.