January 26th, 2020:

Woodstock, Ontario Book 4 in Colour Photos – My Top 13 Picks

Woodstock, Ontario Book 4

Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
33 Light Street – c. 1869 – Queen Anne – two story with attic, red brick, slate roof with fish scale slate on towers, gable roof, styled stone lintel, keystone and drip course above windows and doorways, corbel cornice encircle the house at the eaves, dormer casement window in gable has pediment lintel, paired windows in square tower and wall dormer, square tower has steep hip roof, circular tower has cone roof, double door topped with segmental transom
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
39 Light Street – c. 1861 – symmetrical two story, red brick, trunked hip roof, dormer with verge board and paired brackets, corbel bricking on chimneys, central window has stone lintel and basket weave bricks in semi-circle above window, soldier styled drip course, central door has ellipse shaped transom, paired Doric columns support open porch
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
77 Light Street – 1878 – Italianate – two story, white brick, trunked hip roof, decorative cornice with dentils, paired brackets, cut stone lentils on windows, shutters, closed front porch has semi-circular heading, door has tear-drop windows, open balcony. James Hay established the Hay and Company in 1893, which specialized in plywood and veneer materials, later known as Weldwood. Active in Municipal affairs, he was Deputy Reeve and later Mayor 1893-1894. One of the early founders and directors of the Woodstock Board of Trade in 1877, he also built Woodstock’s first waterworks to eliminate typhoid and provide fire protection. He was the first citizen in Woodstock to install telephones in his home and business in 1879.
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
81 Light Street – c. 1849 – Gothic – symmetrical 1½ story, white stucco, gable roof, paired wall door and central gable have ribbon verge board, single brackets; one-over-one Gothic, flat and semi-circular windows, shutters; central paired front door, collared tapered Doric columns support pediment decorated open verandah
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
93 Light Street – c. 1849 – Modern Tudor architectural style – two-story, rug brick, trunked roof, shed dormer, off-centered door
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
107 Light Street – c. 1882 – Italianate – two story, red brick, trunked hip roof, single brackets, two-story bay window, off-centered double doors, collared square posts support open verandah and open balcony
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
157 Light Street – built in 1875 – Queen Anne style with varied roof line, decorated verge board on gables, dormers and tower; second-floor balcony
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
165 Light Street – c. 1874 – Italianate – symmetrical two story, white brick, hip roof, paired brackets equally distributed, side lights and transom flank centered door
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
246 Light Street – c. 1877 – Italianate – two story, buff brick with red brick decorated quoins and string course, hip roof with single and paired brackets and dentils, segmental arch windows with decorated shutters, two-story bay window, porch with turned posts supports balcony, door has ellipse shape transom
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
247 Light Street – c. 1884 – Second Empire, two story, red brick (painted), decorated painted wood shingles on Mansard roof, brick string course and recessed bricking beneath 1st story bay window, double front door with transom is protected by new porch, cut field stone foundation
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
288 Light Street – c. 1861 – Edwardian – two story with attic, red brick, hip roof with gable roof over second story bay window and front extension, painted red wood shingles in gable end with Palladian windows, delicate dentils at roof and porch cornice, two large rectangular windows are topped with beautiful semi-circular stained glass windows, all windows have stone sills and keystone arched brick to match semi-circular windows, tapered Doric pillars support open porch with a small balcony which has turned posts with turned balusters, cut stone foundation
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
81 Perry Street – c. 1875 – designated – Italianate, builder was William Thompson – two story, yellow brick, quoins, trunked hip roof, flat roof closed porch, with decorative paired bracket with semi-circular one-over-one windows, cement platform porch with aluminum railing
Architectural Photos, Woodstock, Ontario
606 Peel Street – c. 1875 – symmetrical one-story Regency cottage with finished attic, red brick now painted, trunked hip roof, front hip dormer, continuance of roof forms roof of verandah