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 WICKED1
     
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
 |  | Finding historical information about a building
< on 9/20/2005 10:23 PM >
|  | | | I have been checking out a location in my area, appears to have been built in the early teens and was used as a storage and transfer facility of some sort. I took some pictures, then went home to try to research it on the internet and came up empty-handed. I've tried Google, the local library website and as many of the "historical" sites for my city as I could find. There must be some information about this building somewhere but I can't seem to find anything. Forgive me if this has been asked a million times already but I'm truly stumped with this one. Any suggestions?
"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."
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Ronin House
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 1 on 9/21/2005 11:10 PM >
| | | | Spend a day with our old old friend, the microfiche.
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WICKED1
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 2 on 9/22/2005 12:31 AM >
| | | | What a novel idea! It could work, it could really work! Now, don't I feel silly...Thanks Ronin
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Ronin House
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 3 on 9/22/2005 1:16 AM >
| | | | You're most welcome! Its a serious longshot, but I'm glad I could help.
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Pravus
Location: Chicago Area
Gender: Male
Now the two key words for tonight - "caution" and "flammable"...
| |  |  | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 4 on 9/22/2005 11:51 AM >
| | | | the cityhall of whatever town it's in should have a record of whats been there too I would think..
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Jonsered
Location: Back in New Mexico where I belong
Gender: Male
Dressed for a scarecrow ball.........
| |  | | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 5 on 9/22/2005 3:49 PM >
| | | | City Hall is indeed a good bet in most places. Let me also suggest the local historical societies. Every community has got one, and they just LOVE to chat about old buildings. They can most likely tell you the name and dates of every business that has been in that building. It might also help you establish a cover if you get popped by the BRONZE! Its probably better to be a slightly misguided historian than a UE type, given todays media environment.
I have changed my personal exploring ethics code. From now on it will be: "Take only aimed shots, leave only hobo corpses." Copper scrappers, meth heads and homeless beware. The Jonsered cometh among you, bringing fear and dread.
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WICKED1
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 6 on 9/22/2005 11:00 PM >
| | | | Wow! Thanks so much guys! I did follow Ronin's advice and I took a trip over to the library today where I was able to access the city directory on microfiche. I found out the year this building was built. I was pretty close in my estimate, turns out it was built in 1911. I was also able to establish that the old sign painted on the side of this building was indeed it's original name. Will follow up on your advice about city hall too, see what I can dig up over there...
"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."
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HairyTheTaco
Location: The Hammer, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 7 on 9/23/2005 2:44 AM >
| | | | The best I find is to ask a librarian at the main branch library. You would be surprised at the amount of resources they can point you to.
edit: oops! I guess you already tried the main library.
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WICKED1
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 8 on 9/23/2005 4:12 AM >
| | | | You're right about that Hairy, she was quite helpful and pointed me in the right direction. The library... who'd a thunk it?
"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."
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marrjos
Location: Owen Sound, Ontario
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 9 on 9/23/2005 1:21 PM >
| | | | Another thing you could do is talk to some of the elderly residents that may have been around in the 20's or 30's who may remember when the building was active and relatively new.
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WICKED1
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 10 on 9/24/2005 5:54 PM >
| | | | Thanks to everybody who responded. A lot of great advice here. I find that when viewing the locations on the DB, it makes for a much more interesting gallery when you can read about the history of the place. Gives you a better feel for the pictures you are looking at, IMHO, of course!
"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."
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GreyKat
Location: Minneapolis/St Paul MN
Gender: Male
I have never been lost, but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 11 on 9/24/2005 6:08 PM >
| | | | Another place is checking fire insurance maps year to year.
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buckybear
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 12 on 9/24/2005 6:17 PM >
| | | | Old city directories are a gold mine. Although in some cases street numbers may have changed. The best place to find them is at a public libary. Although you might have to go to the citys main branch to find them.
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tick
Location: Abingdon, VA
Gender: Male
| | |  | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 13 on 9/24/2005 8:48 PM >
|  | | | Posted by GreyKat
Another place is checking fire insurance maps year to year.
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Yes! I love the old Sanborn insurance maps, they're full of good information:
A lot of universities offer access to these maps free to students.
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WICKED1
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 14 on 9/25/2005 12:08 AM >
| | | | Posted by buckybear
Old city directories are a gold mine. Although in some cases street numbers may have changed. The best place to find them is at a public libary. Although you might have to go to the citys main branch to find them.
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Right you are! The city directory was certainly helpful. The older ones at our library are on microfiche. I found out that a location I was researching was built on the corner of a street that still exists today and a street that was once called something else. City directories are definitely a wealth of information. I just obtained Full Member status today and saw that the building I was looking at is already on here. Thanks to the city directory, I was able to fill in some of the previously unknown information.
"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."
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rainman8889
Location: H.T.S.F.C. Time to gain and a time to lose.
Bye for now.
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 15 on 9/25/2005 3:53 AM >
| | | | Check with the Archives of Ontario on Grenville St. in Toronto. I researched a theatre there and am in the process of searching for drawings of some other buildings. (Grenville off Bay St.) Good luck.
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blacksheep5000
Gender: Male
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 16 on 11/2/2005 3:42 AM >
| | | | i went through the same situation when i found remnants of a military base and there was nothing, nothing at all about it on the web, or any where else for that matter. then i checked the The Regional Archives in Chicago and it turned out they had multiple documents and photos about it. so like what the guy above me said, the reginal archives are really your best bet.
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WICKED1
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 17 on 11/2/2005 5:03 AM >
| | | | Lots of good information here! Thank you 
"It ain't no sin if you crack a few laws now and then, just so long as you don't break any."
-Mae West |
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metalwitch40
Location: mass.
Gender: Female
| | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 18 on 11/6/2005 8:44 PM >
| | | | Get down to the city or town hall where the building is located.
Like some one mentioned in a previous post on this thread, microfiche/film
is a great source of info that most may not know about.
You could also look up deeds, who may have owned the property etc.
That is usually public knowledge.
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vwtype3guy
Location: Liverpool, NY
Gender: Male
| | | Re: Finding historical information about a building
<Reply # 19 on 11/7/2005 1:52 AM >
| | | | I'm not sure how it works in Canada, but in the states, we have an "Office of Real Property Tax Services" which contains public information regarding the properties located in a certain area. You'll see what I mean if you go here:
http://www.ongov.n...axinformation.html
(The above is the specific website I use while trying to identify properties in my city and county)
Although this will not yield an extensive history of the property, you can often discover when it was built, building characteristics & dimensions, improvements, acreage, previous owners, tax history, and a whole lot more.
Give this a shot if you like:
http://www.myhamil...ropertyInquiry.htm
And let me know if you have any success! Hope this helps.
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