On February 21st, the St Marys Museum and the St Marys Historical Society hosted the 18th Annual Heritage Fair. This year's theme was 'Celebrations' featuring artifacts, memorabilia and historic photographs relating to celebrations and special events that have taken place in St Marys' history. Brian and I, along with two other property owners had good reason to celebrate as well, for we were given a special award for the work on the preservation and beautification of our heritage property. The Dusty Victorian is a work in progress, but it was so nice for our efforts to be recognized.
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| Top left; Mayor Steve Grose, Fay Telfer, Ken Telfer (Chair of Friends of St Marys Museum), Larry Pfaff (Chair of St Marys Historical Society), moi. Bottom left; Nancy Baird, Richard Rosenthall, Ray Doerksen, Mike Ebert, and Brian. |
This year's Heritage St. Marys Award recipients:
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| Photo by Richard Rosenthall |
Nancy Baird and Richard Rosenthall, owners of this beautiful 1857 classical revival style home.
One of the first brick houses built in St Marys.
One of the first brick houses built in St Marys.
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| Central School Manor |
Mike Ebert and Ray Doerksen owners of Central School Manor, a 1914 classic revival limestone building that was once a school, now converted into luxury condominiums.
Click on the link to know more about it.
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| The Dusty Victorian |
And our 1889 Victorian villa.
The evening also recognized the valuable work of volunteers in our community. This year, Ken Telfer, Chair of Friends of St Marys Museum (seen here with his lovely wife Fay) was the Volunteer of the Year. Congratulations!
A heartfelt thank you to St Marys Museum, the Historical Society and to the Heritage Committee for the honour and for a lovely evening.