Make some connections

Heritage & arts organizations

Canadian Register of Historic Places	(http://www.historicplaces.ca/)
Heritage Canada Foundation	(http://www.heritagecanada.org/)
Heritage Ottawa	(http://www.heritageottawa.org/)
National Arts Centre	(http://www.nac-cna.ca/)
Odyssey Theatre	(http://www.odysseytheatre.ca/)
Ontario Heritage Trust	(http://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/)
Opera Lyra	(http://www.operalyra.ca/)
Ottawa Heart Institute	(http://www.ottawaheart.ca/)
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra	(http://www.ottawasymphony.com/)

Historical restoration parts & Services

Algonquin Heritage Masonry Program	(http://www.algonquincollege.com/)
Crown City Hardware	(http://www.restoration.com/)
Keystone Traditional Masonry	(http://www.keystonemasonry.com/)
Lee Valley Tools	(http://www.leevalley.com/)

Blogs & other sites of interest

Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society	(http://www.cpaws.org/)
Doors Open Ottawa	(http://www.ottawa.ca/doorsopen/)
Elly Smallwood [artist]	(http://www.elly.ca/)
Hodges View Cottage [in Dominica]	(http://www.hodgesview.com/)
National Trust [UK]	(http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/)
URBSite [blog]	(http://urbsite.blogspot.com/)

Governments & agencies

City of Ottawa	(http://www.ottawa.ca/)
Government of Canada	(http://www.canada.gc.ca/)
Government of Ontario	(http://www.ontario.ca/)
Ontario Landlord and Tenant Board	(http://www.ltb.gov.on.ca/)
Ottawa Tourism	(http://www.ottawatourism.ca/)
National Capital Commission	(http://www.canadascapital.gc.ca/)

Local utilities, news, transit & education

HydroOttawa [electicity]	(http://www.hydroottawa.com/)
Bell Canada [communications]	(http://www.bell.ca/)
Rogers [communications]	(http://www.rogers.com/)
CBC Ottawa [news]	(http://www.cbc.ca/ottawa/)
Le Droit [news]	(http://www.ledroit.ca)
Ottawa Citizen [news]	(http://www.ottawacitizen.com/)
OC Transpo [Ottawa transit]	(http://www.octranspo.com/)
STM [Gatineau transit]	(http://www.sto.ca/)
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board	(http://www.ocdsb.ca/)
Ottawa Catholic School Board	(http://www.occdsb.on.ca/)
Algonquin College	(http://www.algonquincollege.com/)
Carleton University	(http://www.carleton.ca/)
University of Ottawa	(http://www.uottawa.ca/)

The Andrex reference library

Andrex maintains a library of various resources to assist in the restoration and maintenance of heritage buildings, mainly geared toward heritage apartments and commercial buildings. The Andrex reference library is accessible at no charge to accredited persons and groups.

Architectural books & magazines

Abbotsford: Personal Relics and Antiquarian Treasures of Sir Walter Scott (London, 1896)
An Introduction to Gothic Architecture | John H. Parker (London, 1906)
Architecture of Country Houses, The | A.J. Downing (New York, 1856)
British Home of Today, The | W. Shaw Sparrow (London, 1904)
Brooks Designs for Cottage and Villa Architecture (London, 1840)
Bungalows | Henry H. Saylon (New York, 1913)
Domestic Architecture | R. Brown (London, 1842)
East of Fifth: The Story of an Apartment House | Alan Dunn (New York, 1948)
English Country Houses: One Hundred-Plate Folio (Boston, 1898)
English Domestic Architecture | Bunny, Michael, Field, and Horrace (Clevelan, 1928)
English House Design, 16th to 20th Centuries | Ernest Willmont (London, 1911)
Good Practices in Construction | Philip Knobloch, AIA (New York, 1931)
Half-Timbered Houses and Cared Oak Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries (London, 1894)
House Desireable, The | P.A. Barron (London, 1929)
How to Build a House | E. Viollet-Le-Duc (London, 1874)
In English Homes | Charles Latham (London, 1904)
Liverpool Architectural Sketchbook, The (London, 1911)
Modern Housing in Town and Country | James Cornes (London, 1905)
New York, New York: How the Apartment House Transformed the Life of the City, 1869-1930 | Elizabeth Hawes (New York, 1993)
Radford American Homes, The: 100 house plans (Illinois, 1903)
Shaw's Civil Architecture | Edward Shaw (Boston, 1852)
Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art, The (London, 1813)

Social reference books

Burk’s Peerage (1883)
Canadian Men and Women of Their Time | Morgan (1889, 1912)
Canadian Who’s Who (1910, 1938-39, 1949-51, 1953-54, 1955-57, 1961-63, 1967-69, 1970-72, 1973-78, 1979, 1986, 1996, 1997)
DAU’s Blue Book: Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec (1913)
Debrett’s Peerage (1957)
Montreal and Ottawa Blue Book (1930)
Social Register of Canada, The (1958, 1959, 1960)
Who’s Who in Canada (1927, 1938-39, 1962-63)

City of Ottawa directories & telephone books

Mitchell & Co. Directory (1864-65)
Cherrier and Kirwin Directory (1872-73)
A.S. Woodburn Directory (1888-89)
R.L. Polk / A.S. Woodburn Directory (1890-91)
Might Directory (1897-98, 1898-99, 1900, 1901, 1903, 1906, 1911, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1942, 1943 ,1945, 1947, 1949, 1959, 1988-89)
Official Telephone Directory of Eastern Ontario (1900, reprinted 1920’s or 1930’s)
Lyon Handy Phone Blue Book (1938)

Technical reference books & catalogues

American Builder and Building Age (June 1931)
Halliday Co. Ltd. - Factories Distributor Catalogue #66 (Factory Distributors, 1920)
MacLean Builder’s Guide, Ontario Edition (February 1928)
MacLean Builder’s Guide, Toronto Edition - Volume V (1927-28)
MacLean Building Catalogue, Ontario Edition (1942)
Practical and Technical Electricity: House Wiring - Wolber and Rose (Chicago, Goodheart Wilcox Co., 1951)
Sweet’s Architectural Catalogue, 19th Edition (1924-25)
Sweet’s Architectural Catalogue, Volume ‘C’ (1930)
Sweet's Catalogue of Building Construction (1915)
Sweet’s Indexed Catalogue of Building Construction (1906)
Thomas Robertson and Co. - Catalogue ‘D’ (Montreal, 1910)
Walworth Valves and Fittings - Catalogue # 42 (1942)

Inventory of historic buildigns materials, mainly residential

Elevator controls, signs and gates (assorted material)
Enterphone apartment entry systems (assorted material)
Hardware, including cast-iron radiators (assorted material)