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Two images of the D. Stong house, built ca.1832 in Edgeley, Ont, now at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

One image of the Madill church, built around 1874.

One image of a construction detail from a log house near Shanty Bay, now demolished.

Two images of construction details from a log-butt constructed building near Millbrook, Ont.

Five images of the Peter McArthur log house at Doon Pioneer Village (now Doon Heritage Crossroads) in Kitchener, Ont. Caption on the verso of the image used in the book states "Peter McArthur's log house now in the Pioneer Village, near Doon. Note overhang on both sides which is a very rare type of construction". Also includes a handwritten note regarding the building.

One image of the first school house in Waterloo, built in 1820. Mis-identified in the book as located in the Pioneer Village at Doon, actually located in Waterloo Park.

2 images of a log house near Woodbridge, in the process of being demolished.

One image of a frame house located in Brougham, with the fireplace projecting through the end wall.

One image of John Langton's English cottage on Cameron Lake, near Peterborough, as it was in 1950 [as it appears in the book], and two images of the cottage from different views.

One image of a cabinetmaker's joint framing the trimmer into the header of a stairwell in Dr. John Scott's summer home near Bond Head.

One image of the fireplace from a house in Woodbridge, Ontario.

One image of the demolition of the Pinkney house, built ca. 1824 and demolished ca. 1955, which was situated between Cooksville and Dixie in the Toronto area.

Seven images of the demolition of Grace Church, Markham. One of the images is not included in Rempel's book. Six photographs have notes on the verso that say "St. Agnes - demolished" and one photograph has a note on the verso that says "Markham Church in process of demolition".

One image of a detail of porch entablature fretwork on a house in Pontypool, Ontario.

Two images of a Scarborough house. One image is of the entire house (not used in the book), and the other image is of a detail of the porch entablature fretwork.

One image of a detail of porch entablature fretwork on a house Lowville, Ontario.

One image of a the porch and gable fretwork on a house from Paris, Ontario.

One image of the gable fretwork of a house in Lynden, Ontario.

One image of a Morrisburg house with drooped fretwork on the gable and overhang.

One image of the coach house and hayloft of the Rockwood Academy.

One image of four bricks lined up against a ruler. Two of the bricks are from Sharon, and two of them are from near Sutton.

One image of a school near West Montrose in Waterloo County, identified on the verso as a "Public school near Preston". Rempel uses it as an example of Pennsylvania -German rubble work.

One image of a house near Summerville, built ca. 1850, identified on the verso as "near Summerville Blacksmith's home". Rempel uses it as an example of cut fieldstone.

One image of the front door and wall of a house near Mosport [Bowmanville?]. Rempel uses it as an example of coursed stonework.

One image of a poorly laid rubble foundation at a miller's house near German Mills.

Four images of renovation details in the McFall house in Bolton displaying original construction processes.

One image of the Dolphis Pitre house in Tecumseh, Ontario.

Eleven images from the revised edition of the book (pages 218-222) of a barn raising at the Martin farm near St. Jacobs, and twenty-seven images not contained in the book, of the same barn raising.

One image of a round barn from Hawkesbury, Ontario, built by Thomas Tweed Higginson, ca. 1893-1894.

One image of the back of a house near Baysville, Ontario.

One image of the fireplace from a house in Woodbridge, Ontario.

One image of an octagonal house from Lowville, Ontario (H.31), listed and described in the books but not pictured, and one image of an octagonal bandstand converted into a house from Huntsville, Ontario (not listed or pictured in the books).

One image of a construction detail from an unidentified structure near Orillia, Ont.

One image of a house in Lefaives Corners Ontario, built around 1870.

One image of lap-keying with half-dovetail log construction at a blockhouse built ca. 1840 to guard the locks at Jones' Falls, near Kingston Ontario.

One image of a log house described in the book as a "Beehive" near Fenelon Falls, Ontario.

One image of the old council house at Fort Albany, Ontario. This is a different view of the building than the one used in the books.

One image of a Pennsylvania Dutch banked barn that belonged to Johannes Schmidt ca. 1809 and is now owned by Black Creek Pioneer Village.

One image of John Langton's English cottage on Cameron Lake, near Peterborough, as it was in 1950.

One image of an unidentified log house. A caption pasted below the photograph reads: "Near Beaverton. Better spacing of ceiling joists. Note also the V-notch to hold the ceiling joists in place. See also Pl. II."

One image of a log house from Penetanguishene. There is a caption pasted below the photograph that reads: "Penetanguishene. Door about 3' 6" x 5' 8". Note similarity of window sash with No. 1."

Two images of frame houses. One image is of the Pinkney house on Dundas Road near Dixie in Toronto, and the other image is of a frame house on Highway 2 near Trenton.

One image of a frame house at Woodbridge, located on Yonge Street just north of Richmond Hill, built ca. 1825, and demolished after 1954.

One image of a log barn near Argyle on a stone foundation.

One image of a honey house near Antrim, built with log-butt construction. Includes a caption pasted below the photograph that reads: "Modern form of log construction near Antrim. c. 1950. "Honey" house of a beekeeper."

Two images of different pins (or treenails) from the Stong home (1840) in Toronto, and the Starr home (1820) in [Bogarttown?].

One image of the dismantling of the Grace Church in Markham (a variation of the images in the text), and one image of the interior of a house on Markham Road and Lawrence (presumeably the Carmichael house).

One image of a chicken house on the D. Stong farm, ca. 1816. Includes a caption pasted below the print that reads: "This was the original log house on the farm. It contained two rooms with a trap door to the cellar. It was later moved to its present location and converted into a chicken house. See Plate XI."

One image of a pig house on the D. Stong farm, ca. 1825. Includes a caption pasted below the print that reads: "The piggery on the Stong farm. See also Plate XI. It consisted of two long compartments separated by an interior log partition. In order to give the pigs some exercise during the cold winter a gallery ran the full length of the west side. This gallery was cantilevered out from the main building. AD. 1825."

One image of a log house. Includes a caption pasted below the print that reads: "Near Oxford Mills. The combination of one window and a door is not typical."

One image of a Mennonite meeting house near Edgeley, Ontario. Includes a caption pasted below the print that reads: "Mennonite Meeting House near Edgley [sic]. 1820. Referred to by Simcoe as Mennonists. Men and women sit separately and have separate entrances. Originally of log construction, now covered with siding."

One image of a round barn, identified on the verso as from "south of Osgoode Sta. Built by James Dillon about 1900 on the farm of Charles C. Sheppherd".

Two images of octagonal barns, one from Lefaives Corners, Ontario, and the other from Dufferin Street in Toronto, now in the Agricultural Museum, Milton. The "B.8" image is in both of the books, while the "B.5" image is only listed and described in the books.

Two images from the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bolton, Ontario. One image is of a deadhouse, and the other is of a list of rules for visitors to the cemetery. Both images are in the books.

Two images of a Richmond Hill vault. One image is a variation of an image in the books of the lantern.

Two images of polygonal houses from Bowmanville Ontario, and near Cobden, Ontario. Neither image is in the books, but they are listed and described in both books.

Two images of polygonal houses in Granton, Ontario and near Norval, Ontario. The image H.3 (Granton) is in the books, but the image H.4 (near Norval) is only listed and described in the books.

Two images of octagonal houses. One image is of a house from Ameliasburg, Ontario, built by Owen Roblin ca. 1860. The other image is of a house from Bracebridge, Ontario, built for Henry James Bird ca. 1882. Both images are in the books.

One image of an octagonal house called Mountain View in Ameliasburgh, Ontario. The image is not in the books, but the property is listed and described in the books.

One image of a polygonal house from Simcoe, Ontario. The image is not in the book, but the property is listed and briefly described.

One image of an octagonal "crystal palace" building in London, Ontario, built ca. 1861 as part of the Provincial Fair. This image is not pictured in the book, but the building is listed and described.

One image of an octagonal house from Ingersoll, Ontario.

One image of the Cherry Valley School, built ca. 1863. The picture is a copy of one that was taken ca. 1908 and the caption on the verso reads: "School was built in 1863. Lot 5, Concession 9. Township of Townsend County of Norfolk Ont. Picture taken 1908." The image is not pictured in the books, but it is listed and described in the revised edition.

One image of the Brew House in Guelph.

Two images of a house with decorative woodwork on the gables and porch, identified as from "Thornburry [sic], ca. 1880".

One image of an unidentified frame building. Identified on the verso as "near Malton".

One image of an interior, identified on the verso as from Port Hope, Ont.

One image of an unidentified log cabin.

Seven images of the mill house on German Mills Creek, in the Region of York, Ont. (at Langstaff side road on highway #7). Includes captions on the verso of all of the photographs.

One image of a mill in Rockwood, Ontario.

One image of the interior of the Bracebridge Octagon, also called Woodchester Villa [see: http://www.octagonalhouse.com/Woodchester_Villa/woodchester_villa.htm].

One image of an unidentified church. Identified on the verso as from Paris, Ontario.

One image of a hydro tower near Doon [also known as the Sheaves Tower near Blair, Ontario. See: http://www.cambridgetourism.com/sub/HistoryBlair.asp and "Blair Mill used same water twice" Waterloo Historical Society 1961. 49: 14-15.].

One image of the St. Andrews church in Grimsby, Ont., built ca. 1820.

Three images of details of wooden clockwork. Identified on the verso as from the "old Peterborough town clock".

One image of the remnants of a wooden ship, identified on the verso as from Penetang, Ont.

One image of the Woodstock Jail.

One image of the gable fretwork on a house near Mosport, Ontario.

Two images of the gable fretwork on a Scarborough house.

One image of the front wall of a brick house in Trenton, Ontario.

4 images of the vault at Richmond Hill. One image is of the inside ceiling structure of the lantern (in the book), one image is of an exterior view of the lantern (in the book), one image is of an exterior view of the lantern (not in the book), and one image is of the back view of the entire vault (not in the book). Includes a note on the verso of some of the photographs that says "Thornhill".

One image of a polygonal privy at Welcome, Ont.

One image of the Helliwell mud brick house in Toronto.

One image of a log with dry rot, from a portion of the wall plate of a house in Sharon, built c. 1828.

Two images of keying and window frame details of a log house near Woodbridge. Similar to the images in the books, but different views of the structure.

One image of a plank constructed house located at the Pickering Museum. Information at the Pickering Museum website identifies the house as the Collins house, from Reach Township and built ca. 1845 (http://www.cityofpickering.com/standard/lifestyle/museum/sitemap.html).

Five images of the Walker barn, near Coldwater. Two images are from the book, and three images are not from the book.

Two images of details from two barns at Upper Canada Village (from the book), 5 images of variations of the two images that are in the book, and 12 images that appear to be from the same two barns.

One image of a detail of a log wall and door frame, identified on the verso as from the "Brougham museum, Pickering" [Pickering Museum?].

One image of handsplit lath, identified on the verso as from "Sharon" [Ontario], ca. 1828.

One image of the Banwell house, in Sandwich East Township near Windsor, Ontario.

One image of an imitated "wooden" brick wall on a house near Baysville.

One image of the Banwell house, in Sandwich East Township near Windsor, Ontario.

One image of a log barn on Lake Couchiching near the Rama Indian Reserve.

One image of the Smith house, built ca.1808 in Edgeley, Ont., on Jane Street near Steeles around [196-?].

One image of a log house from near Argyle, Ontario.

One image of a semi-octagonal house in Brampton on Main Street North ca. [196-?]. The image is not pictured in the books, but is listed and described.

One image of the Samual Frazer home near Midland, Ontario.

One image of a log church of the Evangelical United Brethern, near Wallenstein and Elmira, built ca. 1842 and closed ca. 1935.

One image of a frame house located in Brougham, with the fireplace projecting through the end wall.