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 was recently invited to peer inside an Uptown Saint John home and decided to say thanks with some research for the family. In doing so, I stumbled upon these 1890 newspaper excerpts from our beloved Provincial Archives of New Brunswick (I put text in bold) and now I am obsessed with Robert Dwyer: “Robert…
I have been mentally noting sunrooms in Saint John for sometime. Not sure why but they deeply appeal to me. A friend just sent me this pic of an art nouveau sunroom in Frankfurt and it lit a fire under me – I need to start documenting our sunrooms! See inspiration in Frankfurt below. It…
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…
I have identified dozens of buildings constructed by the Fenton Land and Building Company. Not all of the buildings still exist and I do not yet have a comprehensive list. I see some homes, like the one below on Demonts St. where the columns, scale, roofline, and windows just scream Fenton but I have not…
We proudly own a home built by the Fenton Land and Building Company in 1910. I read this great blog on the Lost Valley site and learned a lot about the Fenton Land and Building Company, its aesthetic, and commitment to what was a modern style of home at the turn of the twentieth century. …
Today’s blog is about something different than houses – King’s Square. Some of the beautiful things in Saint John are the lovely squares that dot the city. I go to the farmer’s market at Queen Square on Sundays for eggs and cheese and other local goods, and I live near Victoria Square in the old…