The following article appeared in the June 5 edition of the Guelph Mercury: The battle over an old farmhouse in the city’s north end became somewhat more official Monday, with the start of a hearing to determine whether a heritage designation for the Wilson farmhouse should be overturned. Mike Lackowicz, a resident who lives across […]
Category: Wilson Farm Park
Guelph farmhouse could become energy-efficiency demo site
The following article appeared in the April 9 edition of the Guelph Mercury: Where many see an old north-end farmhouse falling apart from years of neglect, Ian Findlay sees an opportunity. The Ward 2 councillor has been heavily promoting his proposal to turn the dilapidated Wilson Farmhouse, on Simmonds Drive, into a demonstration centre for energy-efficient products and technologies. The […]
Engineering reports on Wilson Farmhouse
Please see attached structural, mechanical and electrical reports prepared for the City for the Wilson Farmhouse. Ingram House 1 Ingram House 2 Ingram House 3
Demolition by neglect need not be
The following op-ed appeared in the March 21 edition of the Guelph Tribune: Demolition by neglect. It’s a handy way around the constraints placed on heritage properties when the owner can’t get proper permission to tear a structure down. Just let it go to ruin and let it fall down by itself. There was a […]
Wilson Farmhouse: Expression of interest
The following document was originally released in early 2009. Expression of Interest Ingram Farm
Wilson Farmhouse report to Council February 22, 2011
“The Wilson Farmhouse (known previously as the Ingram Farmhouse) and it’s associated land parcel, located at 80 Simmonds Dr. at the south east corner of Wilson Farm Park, was part of lands dedicated to the City in 2005 as a condition of subdivision approval of the Northern Heights Subdivision because of the farmhouse’s cultural heritage value and […]