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Holland Manor

February 19, 2007
On Assumption Street and Lincoln, you’ll stumble across one of Windsor’s more architecturally interesting Apartment Buildings. The Holland Manor is an impressive Tudor Revival Apartment Building, with three separate entrances built in 1925. The stone architectural trim on the building is unique to the city. Like most apartment buildings in the Core area, the Holland Manor has seen…
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Old Gas Station

February 16, 2007
This old station on Tecumseh Rd. W. has long been on my list to swing by and shoot. I need your help now, what company did this style belong to? There is another one Tecumseh around Parent maybe? It’s painted green and is now a car dealership. I like the round shape…
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Old C.A.A.

February 15, 2007
I noticed the other day that the death fences had sprung up around the old C.A.A. building on Ouellette Ave @ Gilles. It was in the basement of this building that I was taught to drive a car by the man who ironically is now my city councilor. The building sports the…
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Stott House

February 14, 2007
At Riverside Drive East and Thompson in Old Riverside, is this great old house built in 1930. It was built by Detroiter Ernest Stott, son of David Stott. A few years back a giant garage was built by the current owners, a local Auto Parts Mogul. The garage was surprisingly architecturally sympathetic. From the river, the house overlooks Belle Isle. David Stott of Detroit, made his fortune with…
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C. Adam Apartments

February 12, 2007
Located at 561 Louis, just north of Wyandotte St., you’ll find the C. Adam Apartments. Through the 1920’s a huge building boom erupted, and these great old apartment buildings sprung up all over Windsor. The C Adam is no exception. A rarity in this day and age…
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444 Park Street West

February 9, 2007
One of the more unique Apartment Buildings found in the City of Windsor. This mid 1920’s era building is built in the Spanish Mission Style, with the trademark curved gables and red tile roof. In fact if it wasn’t for the roof, you could almost argue that they…
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Colonel Bishop

February 6, 2007
Off to Lasalle today Windsor’s western suburb, where the decision had recently been made to demolished the former Colonel Bishop School. The former school today serves as a community center, and the land will become a park, once the school is demolished. An article…
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Watkins House

February 5, 2007
A devistating fire last week , claimed one of Windsor’s important early Black Heritage sites. The vacant Willam Watkins house dating to the 1860’s – 1870’s, on Peter Street, was destroyed in a blaze on February 1st. Willam Watkins was the son of…