This is York House in Fredericton. It was build as a school in the 1890's an then switched hands several times before it started to fall into disrepair. But, someone felt that it could see a new life as condos, and so, the building was saved from the wrecking ball. the church beside it owned it and used it for the community, but after years of ageing they wanted to build new and wanted to pull it down. However, the city did not want to see another landmark fall, so they bought it and the church built an addition down the other side of the block, which looks great too, but I digress. Work started on the building about a year ago and is still ongoing, they had a lot of work to do! Some of the pictures are mind, others are not. The architect that constructed the building also built the legislature, which is also a beautiful building, which itself also when through an extensive restoration outside. Perhaps I will show you tat as well.
This was the school in its prime (picture thanks to Fredericton Haritage Trust):
Before the work was started on the school (picture from historic places.ca):
Just this past summer:
The work they have been doing is nothing short of amazing:
The stone was just black with age, but they gave it a good cleaning (you can see at the bottom of the door frame just how bad it was:
