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Union Mission for Men This story was created by Bytown Museum This story contains photos

By Bytown Museum On 03/Dec/2009

What do a men's shelter and ladies' school have in common? In this case, location. The limestone building that today houses the Union Mission for Men was originally built by Wilhem Rahe, a banker, in ...

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Winterholme This story was created by Bytown Museum This story contains photos

By Bytown Museum On 03/Dec/2009

Georges-Edouard Desbarats commissioned this two-and-a-half storey mansion, completed in 1865. The year before, Desbarats had signed on as Queen’s Printer, a post his family had held since 1799. Af...

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Neighbourhood

When development began in earnest in Sandy Hill in the 1860s, the area was a desolate place where for 30 years the trees had been logged to build houses and warm the growing communities ... read more