Historical Photographs of Aylmer - Aylmer Town Hall, 1877
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- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1877
- 1957
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh1 B2 F56 6
- Museum / Archive
- Elgin County Archives
- Part Of
- St. Thomas Times-Journal fonds
- Creator
- St. Thomas Times-Journal
- Description Level
- Item
- Accession Number
- 2008-01
- Storage Room
- Archives Storage Rm. 105
- Storage Location
- C1 Sh1 B2 F56 6
- GMD
- graphic material
- Date Range
- 1877
- 1957
- Publication
- Published in The History of Aylmer to 1900, p. 61
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Black and white photograph originally published in the Elgin County Atlas, 1877 and used in St. Thomas Times-Journal article published August 31, 1957 with caption: "Town Hall in 1877 - The Aylmer Town Hall was erected in 1874 and was considered a place of some elegance. The first floor, containing the post office and council chamber, also housed a library and reading room of the Mechanics Institute. Decoration of the auditorium was much admired." Now known as Old Town Hall. Said to be the first sketch of Aylmer Town Hall.
- Subject Access
- Newspapers
- Public Buildings
- Heritage Buildings