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Historic houses: Oshawa Historical Society wants $250,000 to restore Guy House, above, as it did Henry House (below) and Robinson House (below right) to make up a historical village in Lakeview Park
Historic houses: Oshawa Historical Society wants $250,000 to restore Guy House, above, as it did Henry House (below) and Robinson House (below right) to make up a historical village in Lakeview Park

Historic houses: Oshawa Historical Society wants $250,000 to restore Guy House, above, as it did Henry House (below) and Robinson House (below right) to make up a historical village in Lakeview Park

Date8/10/1983
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Original Toronto Star caption: Historic houses: Oshawa Historical Society wants $250;000 to restore Guy House; above; as it did Henry House (below) and Robinson House (below right) to make up a historical village in Lakeview Park.
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      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Object NumberTSPA_0107335F
      The high cost of housing: Most sales of homes are made to people who live in the houses that are purchased and not to speculators, says real estate executive Henry Floyd, in letter below.
      The high cost of housing: Most sales of homes are made to people who live in the houses that are purchased and not to speculators, says real estate executive Henry Floyd, in letter below.
      Griffin, Doug
      5/6/1981
      The court houses of a century : a brief historical sketch of the court houses of the London District, the county of Middlesex and county of Elgin
      The court houses of a century : a brief historical sketch of the court houses of the London District, the county of Middlesex and county of Elgin
      Elgin Historical and Scientific Institute
      1901
      Victim of arson: David Falconer, administrator of the North York Historical Board, stands in front of the burned out historic John Duncan House, fenced in to keep out vandals. A four-month battle to save the old wooden house, badly damaged in a June fire
      Victim of arson: David Falconer, administrator of the North York Historical Board, stands in front of the burned out historic John Duncan House, fenced in to keep out vandals. A four-month battle to save the old wooden house, badly damaged in a June fire
      Russell, Jim
      11/10/1987
      In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house
      In the inquest into a March rooming house fir ein which five persons were killed, testimony was heard from (left to right) Philip Roth, president of one of five companies that owned the houses, Joseph Kosoy, who got the rent from them, and Gerry Goldenberg, who did the leasing and never was in either house
      Barkley, Harold
      6/4/1974
      Elimination of the Houses on the Islands would be a tragic and irreversible mistake, say members of the Department of Urban and Regional Planing at the University of Toronto, in a letter below
      Elimination of the Houses on the Islands would be a tragic and irreversible mistake, say members of the Department of Urban and Regional Planing at the University of Toronto, in a letter below
      Spremo, Boris
      4/3/1973
      Below. Sheep graze around and on top of one of the old black houses, the rounded stone and earth primitive dwellings of both early crofters and their (...)
      Below. Sheep graze around and on top of one of the old black houses, the rounded stone and earth primitive dwellings of both early crofters and their (...)
      Bryant, George
      6/16/1977
      Dan Robillard: Black Lake chief wants 20 houses built on his reserve.
      Dan Robillard: Black Lake chief wants 20 houses built on his reserve.
      McConnell, Colin
      12/17/1991
      Charles Goldsmith stands beside one of the rooming houses he has made over, and the Rolls-Royce he can afford to drive because he does the thing that so no one else wants to do
      Charles Goldsmith stands beside one of the rooming houses he has made over, and the Rolls-Royce he can afford to drive because he does the thing that so no one else wants to do
      Griffin, Doug
      7/25/1973
      Whitby Historical Society, Lynde House
      Whitby Historical Society, Lynde House
      Dunlop, Al
      3/9/1983
      Annual meeting of the Ontario Historical Society to be held at the town of Simcoe (in the Court House)
      Annual meeting of the Ontario Historical Society to be held at the town of Simcoe (in the Court House)
      Ontario Historical Society
      1922
      Standing at the entrance to Lakeview Park is the old Henry homestead, a landmark in Oshawa
      Standing at the entrance to Lakeview Park is the old Henry homestead, a landmark in Oshawa
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      6/26/1936
      Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
      Creating with wood: Marvin Christi (above) uses modern chainsaws and old-time hand instruments to prepare the logs with which he builds houses. Each is unique: Orono artist Ron Barber (right) carves a different decoration for each Christie creation, in this case a painstakingly detailed eagle on a crooked beam that will project from the house over the front door.
      Dunlop, Al
      5/31/1983