by Sarah Simpson - Heritage London Foundation Team Member | Feb 17, 2021 | Blog, Heritage
London has a lot of history to celebrate. Each year during Heritage Week, we at Heritage London Foundation partner with the Architectural Conservancy Ontario (or ACO for short) to honour some fantastic efforts to keep London’s vibrant history alive and thriving. 2021...
by Sarah Simpson - Heritage London Foundation Team Member | Feb 15, 2021 | Blog, Heritage
London’s rich history has some fascinating individuals, including Shadrack “Shack” Martin. Born May 17th, 1833 in Nashville, Tennessee, he immigrated to Canada in 1854 where he stayed, working as a barber in London until the outbreak of the American Civil War. Martin...
by Sarah Simpson - Heritage London Foundation Team Member | Dec 23, 2020 | Blog, Heritage
The Elsie Perrin Williams Estate has been seeing some exciting conservation efforts in recent weeks, most notably, the fixing of the table in our library. According to our conservator, the table had been restored before with giveaways such as dowels put into the base...
by Sarah Simpson - Heritage London Foundation Team Member | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog, Heritage
Heritage London Foundation would like to invite you to explore our two beautiful heritage properties – Elsie Perrin Williams Estate and Grosvenor Lodge. Elsie Perrin Williams Estate An elegant and unique heritage home, Elsie Perrin Williams Estate was built in...
by Sarah Simpson - Heritage London Foundation Team Member | Dec 13, 2020 | Blog, Heritage
The verandah, like many fancies of the British upper echelons, entered through European exploration of India. While European (especially Portuguese) explorers had reached India long before the rise in popularity of verandahs, they became popular in Australia, the...
by Nicole Laidler | Apr 10, 2020 | Heritage
Being at home to stop the spread of COVID-19, there’s no doubt that Easter is going to look different this year. But that doesn’t mean it can’t be fun! Victorians loved to celebrate Easter too, so we decided to take some inspiration from days gone by. Here are three...
