Celebrating Built Heritage (and other flights of fancy) in Saint John, New Brunswick
I do not know a lot about East Saint John, New Brunswick. A friend shared an 1875 map book with me and looking at this 1875 map of East Saint John peaked my interest. I saw the name Tisdale (also the name of a town in Saskatchewan) and I got curious. I know we have…
I will soon write about landscaping around historical properties, but for right now I want to focus on the beauty of out buildings in Saint John. I think historic homes can get lost when the original outbuildings are not cared for and replaced with modern monstrosities. In Saint John we are blessed to have many…
There were some recent comments in our local Saint Awesome heritage group about the historic use of calling cards. One of the members mentioned we should bring them back. This got me thinking and I realized I know very little about calling cards. I found a very useful blog to help educate me – big…