By Kevin Hughes, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., CAHP
The Town of Huntsville is home to roughly 20,000 people and is located two hours north of Toronto in the Muskoka Region of Ontario. The Town Hall, a two-storey, multi-wythe brick masonry structure, is the only administration building in the region in the Classical Revival style. It is constructed of loadbearing brick masonry exterior walls with a combination of wood stud framing, hollow clay tile, and brick masonry interior walls. The focus of this article is restoration of the eight-sided clock tower, home to a four-sided clock that was moved from Union Station in Toronto to the Town Hall in 1927. READ MORE
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