Fryfogel's Tavern

This past weekend Fryfogel's Tavern outside Shakespere had a Doors Open event and, after driving by the building for years, I definitely wanted to see what was inside!

The tavern dates back to 1844 and is one of the first European settlements in the Canada Land Company's Huron Tract. The building is being lovingly restored with original details like hand-painted imitation marble walls, nature scenes painted right onto the plaster to look like framed art, and a huge oven in the basement!

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Preston Springs Hotel Demolition

A couple people had sent me articles about the demolition of the Preston Springs Hotel in Cambridge. I drove down to see it and demolition was already well underway.

The story is one that happens often. A real estate developer buys a neglected heritage property, holds onto it for a few years, and then states there’s nothing to be done and tears the building down. In the world of heritage conservation it’s called “demolition by neglect.”