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One image of an engraving of the Grimsby Temple, built ca. 1888 (C.3), and one image of the New Holy Blossom synagogue in Toronto, built ca. 1897 (C.4). The image "C.4" is not pictured in the books, only listed and described.

Rempel, John I.

Log 1, page 8 : Banwell house : haunched tenon in the tie-beams.

SCA203-GA181-3-180
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the haunched tenon in the tie-beams at the Banwell house, in Sandwich East Township near Windsor, Ontario.

Rempel, John I.

Log 1, page 9 : Banwell house.

SCA203-GA181-3-181
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 10 : Penetanguishene log house.

SCA203-GA181-3-232
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 11 : unidentified log cabin near Claremont.

SCA203-GA181-3-233
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of an unidentified log cabin. There is a caption pasted below the photograph: "Near Claremont. Note bricked-up opening for back of fireplace."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 12 : Woodbridge log house : construction detail.

SCA203-GA181-3-234
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a construction detail of wedge-shaped keying with round logs. The caption pasted below the photograph reads: "Woodbridge. Definite evidence of straw in chinking. Note also the bark left on the logs." This image is slightly different than the one in the books.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 13 : frame houses : Pinkney house in Toronto, and a house near Trenton.

SCA203-GA181-3-235
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 14 : frame house at Woodbridge.

SCA203-GA181-3-236
File
[1964]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 16 : Johannes Schmidt Pennsylvania Dutch banked barn.

SCA203-GA181-3-238
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 18 : Fort York, Toronto : military keying on log building.

SCA203-GA181-3-240
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a building at Fort York, Toronto. Includes a caption pasted below the photograph that reads: "Fort York, Toronto. Typical military type of keying. Note careful workmanship in the keys and the tightness of the joints."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 19 : Johannes Schmidt Pennsylvania Dutch banked barn.

SCA203-GA181-3-241
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 20 : half barn or minimal log barn.

SCA203-GA181-3-242
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a half-barn or the minimal log barn from near Coldwater, Ontario.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 21 : log house turned into a barn, Orillia, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-3-243
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log house turned into a barn, near Orillia, Ont.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 22 : log barn near Argyle on a stone foundation.

SCA203-GA181-3-244
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 24 : log-butt construction : honey house near Antrim.

SCA203-GA181-3-246
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 25 : pin from the Starr home in [Bogartown?] and pin from Stong home in Toronto.

SCA203-GA181-3-247
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 26 : Grace Church, Markham, and the interior of [Carmichael house] on Markham Road and Lawrence.

SCA203-GA181-3-248
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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).

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 28 : Evan McIlraith house, near Hopetown, Lanark County, north of Brockville.

SCA203-GA181-3-250
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the Evan McIlraith house, built ca. 1820-1840 near Hopetown, Lanark County, north of Brockville.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 3 : Johannes Schmidt Pennsylvania Dutch banked barn.

SCA203-GA181-3-225
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 30 : Samuel Frazer home near Midland.

SCA203-GA181-3-252
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 31 : log church near Wallenstein.

SCA203-GA181-3-253
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log church of the Evangelical United Brethern, near Wallenstein and Elmira, built ca. 1842 and closed ca. 1935. There is a caption pasted below the print reading "This is a church in Wallenstein near Elmira. It is a beautifully proportioned building. Note the six-panel door and the classical wave pattern in the cornice."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 32 : Waterloo school house construction detail : Pennsylvania keying.

SCA203-GA181-3-254
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a construction detail of Pennsylvania keying on the Waterloo school house. Includes a caption pasted below the print that reads "This shows a typical Pennsylvania A-Dutch keying detail. Note the peculiar wedge-shaped notching. This detail is from the Waterloo School House built in 1820."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 33 : log jail on Silver Islet near Port Arthur.

SCA203-GA181-3-255
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[1938]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log jail on Silver Islet near Port Arthur. Includes a caption that is pasted below the print and reads: "This jail was built in 1870 at Silver Islet near Port Arthur. For detailed description see text. Note the careful selection of logs and the fine keying at the corners. The cells were at the rear."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 34 : Waterloo school house construction detail : Pennsylvania keying.

SCA203-GA181-3-256
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a construction detail of Pennsylvania keying on the Waterloo school house.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 35 : unidentified log cabin near Hopetown.

SCA203-GA181-3-257
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of an unidentified log cabin near Hopetown, with 5 unidentified individuals standing in front of it. Includes a caption pasted below the print that reads: "Near Hopetown. Note the projecting roof at the front. See also Plate X."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 36 : [plane?] from Sharon, and a wall of broad axes [from Fort George?].

SCA203-GA181-3-258
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of possibly a plane [?] identified on the verso as from Sharon, and one image of a wall of broad axes, identified on the verso as from "Ft. G", possibly Fort George.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 37 : house in Lefaives Corners and the Dawes Road house.

SCA203-GA181-3-259
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a house in Lefaives Corners Ontario, built around 1870, and one image of John Galt's log house on Dawes Road in Toronto, built ca. 1814 (a variation of the image in the books).

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 38 : log house near Argyle.

SCA203-GA181-3-260
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 39 : log jail on Silver Islet near Port Arthur.

SCA203-GA181-3-261
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[1938]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log jail on Silver Islet near Port Arthur.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 4 : internal structure of a barn at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

SCA203-GA181-3-226
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of keying in a barn at Black Creek Pioneer Village. A caption below the image reads: "Typical keying of braces for the outside wall of the galleries running the full length on either side of the bays."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 41 : Waterloo County log school house.

SCA203-GA181-3-263
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 42 : log house of Daniel Stong, Edgeley, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-3-264
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the north wall of the log house of Daniel Stong, in Edgeley, Ontario with an unidentified woman standing in the door. The image is different than the one in the books. Identified on the print P-377 as the second log house, and as a manse.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 43 : Stong house, Edgeley, Ont. before restoration, and a log house from Penetanguishene, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-3-265
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the D. Stong house, built ca.1832 in Edgeley, Ont., now at Black Creek Pioneer Village, and one image of a log house from Penetanguishene, Ont.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 46: log house at Jane and Steele, 1800-1820.

SCA203-GA181-3-268
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a house identified on the verso as log (although it appears to be a frame structure), as situated on Jane and Steele streeets, and as built between 1800 and 1820.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 47 : the second log house on the C. Stong farm, Edgeley, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-3-269
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the second log house on the C. Stong farm, in Edgeley, Ontario. Identified in the caption as a manse.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 48 : second log house of Daniel Stong, Edgeley, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-3-270
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the north wall of the log house of Daniel Stong, in Edgeley, Ontario with an unidentified woman standing in the door. The image is different than the one in the books and is identified as a manse.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 49 : Rosebank United Church.

SCA203-GA181-3-271
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a the Rosebank United Church (a log building). Includes a caption glued below the photograph that reads: "Rosebank United Church. 1846. Still in use."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 5 : internal structure of a barn at Black Creek Pioneer Village.

SCA203-GA181-3-227
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a main girder in a barn at Black Creek Pioneer Village. A caption below the image reads: "Barn near Edgeley. ca. 1825-1840. One of the two main girders running length-wise showing cross-beams.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 50 : Stong farm, Edgeley, Ont. : chicken house.

SCA203-GA181-3-272
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 51 : Stong farm, Edgeley, Ont. : pig house.

SCA203-GA181-3-273
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 52 : keying for an interior log partition.

SCA203-GA181-3-274
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the keying for an interior log partition on the ruins of a log house possibly in Peterborough (the caption is not clear).

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 53 : chinking example, Pioneer Village, Toronto.

SCA203-GA181-3-275
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of an example of a particular kind of plaster chinking, identified as from the Pioneer Village, Toronto.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 54 : scadding cabin in Canadian National Exhibition Grounds, ca. 1794.

SCA203-GA181-3-276
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a scadding cabin in the Canadian National Exhibition Grounds, built ca. 1794. The identification is from a caption that is pasted below the print.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 55 : log house near Oxford Mills.

SCA203-GA181-3-277
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 56 : house near Woodbridge : corner post and window frame.

SCA203-GA181-3-278
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of brick nogging between the corner post and the window frame on a log house near Woodbridge. Similar to the print in the book, but obviously from a different part of the structure.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 57 : Mrs. Simcoe's sketch of John Scadding's dwelling.

SCA203-GA181-3-279
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of Mrs. Simcoe's sketch of John Scadding's dwelling. The drawing is from the Metro Toronto Archives, and the caption under the drawing states: "[Toronto], John Scadding's Dwelling. Mrs. Simcoe's Sketches, Vol II, p. 74. Accession No. 1280."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 58 : modern log reconstruction : Mrs Philip's at Markham.

SCA203-GA181-3-280
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[1963]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

Two images of modern log reconstruction at Mrs Philip's at Markham.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 62 : Banwell house : horizontal joints and filler pieces between window and door.

SCA203-GA181-3-284
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the filler pieces and horizontal joints between the window and the door in the Banwell house, in Sandwich East Township near Windsor, Ontario. The image is more detailed than the one used in the books.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 64 : Mennonite meeting house near Edgeley.

SCA203-GA181-3-286
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 65 : African Episcopal Church Oro.

SCA203-GA181-3-287
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the African Episcopal Church in Oro, Ontario. It is identified in the caption as a supposedly log building.

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 66 : log church near Wallenstein.

SCA203-GA181-3-288
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 7 : John Langton's English cottage on Cameron Lake.

SCA203-GA181-3-229
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[1950]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 8 : John Langton's English cottage on Cameron Lake.

SCA203-GA181-3-230
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[1950]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of John Langton's English cottage on Cameron Lake, near Peterborough, a different view than the one in the books. A caption pasted below the photograph reads: "Fenelon Falls. J. Langton House. End wall of collapsed kitchen wing. Present garage door was originally the opening for a fireplace."

Rempel, John I.

Log 2, page 9 : unidentified log house.

SCA203-GA181-3-231
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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."

Rempel, John I.

Log barn near Lake Couchiching on the Rama Indian Reserve.

SCA203-GA181-1-12
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

Two images of a log barn near Lake Couchiching on the Rama Indian Reserve. One image is in the first edition of the book, and the other image is in the second edition of the book.

Rempel, John I.

Log barn on a stone foundation.

SCA203-GA181-1-47
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log barn [near Argyle, Ont.] on a stone foundation.

Rempel, John I.

Log barns on Eric Salter's farm near Franktown.

SCA203-GA181-1-26
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of log barns on Eric Salter's farm near Franktown.

Rempel, John I.

Log building near Millbrook, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-1-16
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log cabin near Claremont.

SCA203-GA181-6-400
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of an unidentified log cabin.

Rempel, John I.

Log construction : keying detail.

SCA203-GA181-1-2
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log house.

SCA203-GA181-6-402
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of an unidentified log house.

Rempel, John I.

Log house : Jane and Steele, 1800-1820.

SCA203-GA181-6-404
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a house identified on the verso as log (although it appears to be a frame structure), as situated on Jane and Steele streeets, and as built between 1800 and 1820.

Rempel, John I.

Log house near Lake Couchiching on the Rama Indian Reserve.

SCA203-GA181-1-11
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log house near Shanty Bay.

SCA203-GA181-1-13
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log house near Shanty Bay.

SCA203-GA181-1-17
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Log house turned into a barn, Orillia, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-1-45
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log house turned into a barn, near Orillia, Ont.

Rempel, John I.

Longford Mills house : log-butt construction.

SCA203-GA181-2-107
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a log-butt constructed house at Longford Mills, Ont.

Rempel, John I.

Lowville house : detail of porch entablature fretwork.

SCA203-GA181-1-55
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Lowville house : gable fretwork.

SCA203-GA181-1-56
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of the gable fretwork on a house in Lowville.

Rempel, John I.

Lumberman's church, Port Severn.

SCA203-GA181-6-407
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a Lumberman's church in Port Severn, Ontario.

Rempel, John I.

Lynden house : gable fretwork.

SCA203-GA181-1-65
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Markham house : gable and overhang fretwork.

SCA203-GA181-1-66
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of gable, window and overhang fretwork on a Markham house.

Rempel, John I.

Martyr's Shrine, Midland.

SCA203-GA181-6-408
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

Two images of the Martyr's Shrine church in Midland, Ontario.

Rempel, John I.

McFall house in Bolton : restoration and investigative images.

SCA203-GA181-2-146
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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

Rempel, John I.

Mill : Rockwood.

SCA203-GA181-6-410
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a mill in Rockwood, Ontario.

Rempel, John I.

Mill house on German Mills Creek, Region of York, Ont.

SCA203-GA181-6-409
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

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.

Rempel, John I.

Miller Hotel : demolished, near Ringwood [?].

SCA203-GA181-6-411
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[196-]

Part of John Ivan Rempel fonds.

One image of a hotel identified as the Miller Hotel. The hotel could have been either near Ballantrae or Stouffville if it was owned by Jacob Miller (see: http://www.historyoftoronto.ca/history/bios/whitchtwpIP.html).

Rempel, John I.

Modern Machine Works : Toronto.