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Mayor Henry Clay

October 2, 2009
Before today’s post kicks off, there’s a small explanation to spit out… I’m going to apologize in advance for today’s post… It’s a bit longer than usual, but it came out of the other day’s post about the Davis Farm/Moy Hall. It’s related to that post, but in doing some research for this post, I kind of ran into another story that needed to be…
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Moy Hall

September 30, 2009
What once once farm lots 92 & 93 were owned by former Windsor Mayor John Davis. John Davis served five terms as mayor from 1897-1901. In four of the five elections he stood for mayor in (there were one year terms back then…) he was acclaimed. The Davis farm…
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Walkerville Market Demolition

September 9, 2009
Here’s one that I found interesting. From the Border Cities Star, December 31, 1927: Wreckage of Walkerville’s ancient market building is shown above. The old building at the corner of Huron street (Richmond today) and Walker road, was demolished a few weeks ago to provide a site for the town’s new fire hall, which is under construction and will likely be available for…
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Proposed Church Of Christ

August 17, 2009
Some recent comments on an old post from March 2007, reminded me that I had a follow up to that post lurking on my hard drive, waiting for the opportunity to be posted. From the Border Cities Star, May 11, 1929: This is an architect’s sketch of the proposed new Gilles…
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101 Wyandotte Street West

August 10, 2009
One of my favourite downtown buildings has always been the grey streamlined building on the south west corner of Wyandotte and Pelissier. I’ve always wondered however, why there was a fish on the backside of the place… The mystery is solved, with the discovery that the building was built to house Poole’s Quality Fish Market. From the June 27, 1940 issue of the Windsor Daily…
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Mayfair School

August 3, 2009
From The Border Cities Star, October 1, 1927: Here is an architect’s sketch by Cameron & Ralston, of what the new Mayfair school in school section No. 5 will look like when it is completed in a month’s time. Construction of the new school building is now…
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The Merloray Building

July 29, 2009
Another project to add to the Windsor that could have been… Instead it’s just added to the list of Unbuilt Windsor projects. The 18 story Merloray Building, announced February 13, 1929. I suspect the great crash of 1929 helped kill this project… THE…