Thomas Ballantyne, the founder of Black Creek Cheese Factory had this Queen Anne house constructed in 1892. This extra wide bay and gable red brick facade has a delicately embellished entrance porch in the geometric Eastlake style. The repetition of the 3 second level windows create a nice balance to the sunburst in the gable and the Romanesque half round windows. Ultimately charming and worth noting is the decorative brickwork throughout.
Catherine Cassidy is a Designer with Build, a construction firm in Stratford, Ontario, specializing in new custom homes and renovations.
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Liv
5/17/2016 07:13:25 am
I was wondering if you know anything about the raised brick patterns found throughout the facade? I noticed the pattern on several houses in Stratford during a heritage homes tour. Some of the square brick patterns are placed randomly while others seem to have some symmetry.
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Susan Young
6/12/2016 09:26:40 am
We live in Thomas Ballantyne Jr.'s next house on 175 Cambria Street. He had this home built in his later years: 1921. We are just getting a plaque for this unique home from ACO and were interested to learn that he was a "cheese buyer" as I thought he was an industrialist.
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