Brian Marshall, Author at Niagara Now

Arch-i-text: Compromising the Ranch

To suggest that urban developers didn’t care for ranch bungalows might be an understatement. The Ranch, requiring a lot with at least 90 feet of frontage and a depth sufficient for backyard entertaining,

Arch-i-text: The classic Ranch Bungalow

Brian Marshall Featured Patio entertaining around a barbecue was something that came into popularity in the mid-20th century. For the first time in middle-class North America, it became respectable for the “man-of-the-house” to engage

Archi-i-text: It’s a rarity in NOTL

There is something glorious about fully-expressed Second Empire buildings. Perhaps it has to do with the vertical lines, which draw one’s eyes upward. Then again, it may be the continental flavour imparted by

Arch-i-text: Kitchen tradition dictated form

So, if you were among the moneyed class living in the Town of Niagara (aka Niagara-on-the-Lake) during the first third of the 19th century, where was your kitchen? The short answer is, not in

Arch-i-text: The Regency manor

If you could afford a craftsman-built house in the decade after the War of 1812, the choices of architectural style were few. Of course, the venerable Georgian remained the dominant preference among the traditional