Weather closure
Grey Roots is closed to the public today, Tuesday January 21, due to weather.
Owen Sound City Hall Clock
Recently I was downtown in Owen Sound and looked up at the City Hall clock. It was working again!
J.C. Forster, Architect
J. C. [Julian Charles] Forster (1860-1934) was an architect whose body of work included several projects in Owen Sound, Grey County, and beyond – spanning commercial, institutional, and residential design. Additional information about J. C. Forster’s career is available at: Forster, Julian Charles | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada (External link).
The Archives at Grey Roots holds a Letter Book which includes business correspondence signed by J. C. Forster, and/or on behalf of Forster & Clark, dating from circa 1888 to 1914. The leather and cloth-bound book measures approximately 29 cm H x 24 cm W, and contains an incomplete index at the front, and 711 pages. The flyleaf is inscribed: “J. C. Forster / Architect / Owen Sound 1888”, and bears an ink stamp for “H. D. Arnold, Bookseller, Stationer & Fancy Goods Dealer, Owen Sound.”
An index was created with the goal of helping researchers to access the content of the volume. The index is intended as a research aid and is not comprehensive. This book is available in digital format to reduce unnecessary handling. Sincere thanks to volunteers Marc Beaulieu and Cathy Laird, respectively, to digitize and index the book.
*To find page numbers in the digitized sections of the book, click on the contents icon on the top left of the .pdf once open to view "Table of Contents".
Pictured: 1890s-era letter from Letter book, J.C. Forster, Architect, Owen Sound, 1888-1914 (PF123S11F3I19)
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