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Unique Houses of Waterloo Region
Off topic, but have we ever seen a render of what the Provincial court house is supposed to look like after the renovations for WRPS? I’ve always liked the building but wonder if the front facade couldn’t be made a bit “friendlier”.
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(10-04-2020, 04:43 PM)panamaniac Wrote: Off topic, but have we ever seen a render of what the Provincial court house is supposed to look like after the renovations for WRPS?  I’ve always liked the building but wonder if the front facade couldn’t be made a bit “friendlier”.

Yeah, like, try putting some windows in that palace. (sarcasm as it is no palace)
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(10-05-2020, 01:00 AM)jeffster Wrote: Where the h e double hockey sticks is this?

Both are at Frederick and Ellen/Lancaster.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4537946,...312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4542017,...312!8i6656
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(10-05-2020, 09:17 AM)Chris Wrote:
(10-05-2020, 01:00 AM)jeffster Wrote: Where the h e double hockey sticks is this?

Both are at Frederick and Ellen/Lancaster.

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4537946,...312!8i6656

https://www.google.com/maps/@43.4542017,...312!8i6656

Re the house, I assume that it originally looked much like the three houses immediately to the "north" of it.
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(09-12-2015, 07:42 PM)jgsz Wrote: Interesting thread.  

I once lived near 100 Mansion and it was a church used by a Christian sect, possibly East European.  Hearsay has it they wanted to build a church, started it, ran out of money and settled for a basement.

(09-14-2015, 10:57 AM)Chris Wrote: I've always wondered what the deal was with 100 Mansion. I've always wanted to see inside, the child in me imagines it would be the best fort ever.

I know these posts are really old, but I've been in 100 Mansion! One of my good friends in grade 4-6 (1997-99 range) lived here, and I visited her fairly often. I was also told that it was a church that ran out of money after they built only the basement. Not sure what church it would have been affiliated with.

In terms of the inside, it wasn't anything too wild (sorry to disappoint). There was a small landing right inside the front door with a closet, and then a flight of stairs down to the living area. One bathroom near the front, and an open-concept kitchen/living room that the stairs opened up into. A short hallway in the back that led to 3 bedrooms. There was another flight of stairs in the back that led up the the 'backyard,' although there isn't much of one, as the back of the property is against the Luella St hill, and the back property line is a retaining wall. All the windows in the home are up high, but it was reasonably well-lit, and not super 'basementy.'

The bathroom sink was pale pink and shaped like a seashell, though. I do remember that.

Sorry to shatter your dreams of a fort house haha
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