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FirstService Brands operates six franchise networks which provide services to primarily residential customers, with a total of 1935 franchises . The six networks are Paul Davis Restoration, CertaPro Painters, California Closets, Pillar to Post Home Inspectors, Floor Coverings International, First Onsite and College Pro Painters. [10]
Barnum House was the first house museum to open in Ontario, restored and operated by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario in 1940. It is currently owned and operated by the Ontario Heritage Trust. Barnum House was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1959. [2] [3]
A group of dedicated citizens banded together and created the Society for the Restoration of Victoria Hall in order to save the historic building. [2] Lenah Field Fisher was one of the people responsible for the restoration of the building; she donated her estate and money to the cause and the foyer is named in memory of her. [3]
The Bell Homestead National Historic Site, located in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, also known by the name of its principal structure, Melville House, was the first North American home of Professor Alexander Melville Bell and his family, including his last surviving son, scientist Alexander Graham Bell.
The School of Restoration Arts is dedicated to the teaching of all arts and skills related to restoration of built heritage, and uses historic buildings in need of restoration as the teaching venues. Willowbank will be the first 'workshop' of the building-cum-schools and will serve as the School's headquarters after restoration is complete.
A noted early Ontario home, representative of the design and construction techniques from the period; portions date to the 1780s when Loyalist Peter Ferguson settled on the site, but the main structure was built in 1805 as a manse for Reverend John Bethune, the first Presbyterian minister in Upper Canada and was later the residence of explorer ...
Enermodal provided LEED services for larger-scale green buildings in Canada, including the Toronto Region Conservation Authority's Restoration Services Centre (first Platinum certification in Ontario), Fifth Town Cheese (first Platinum industrial certification), Currie Barracks (first Canadian Stage 2 LEED-ND certification), and the RBC Centre ...
Horaceville is a historic site located on the Ottawa River in eastern Ontario, Canada. The site remained the property of the heirs of Hamnett Kirkes Pinhey until the 1970s, when the property was sold to the township. Today, The 88-acre (360,000 m 2) heritage site is owned and operated by the City of Ottawa and Pinhey's home serves as a museum ...