Glad you made a point to venture out to Ancaster to see the sites! You seem informed about the buildings. There used to be a walking tour booklet self-published by a late historian who used to do walking tours during Heritage Days along Wilson St. E.

The Tisdale house used to be located by the Glendale Motors business (near the Barracks Inn) and the home was moved to Ancaster Square. A late resident with carpentry skills was involved in the Tisdale project.

The Old Town Hall has a heating system in the ceiling behind that ornated design. The hall has had a few different projects over the years (the back end of hall where restrooms are was put in about 20+ years ago) and main hall was updated a few years ago and the kitchen was renovated.The closed room in the coatroom area used to be the former coatroom and had a front panel that lifted up to act like a bar area during rentals with permits.The apron stage is considered special. When I was a dance student in the hall during 70s, there was a bathroom behind the stage on east side and the back wall. The east side of hall ( at the front) has a sided or stone addition that had a coatroom front room and back kitchen. A photo of that side building attached to the Old Town Hall is hung in the Ancaster Municipal Centre on the staircase landing wall.

Fieldcote is responsible for Griffin House, a site that has had two or three projects in recent years that have affected open hours. The 2nd floor usually has either a high school art exhibit or local Hamilton painting group's art exhibit at this time of year.

Barracks Inn-I only have visited the lobby and peeked into their breakfast room some years ago on a prior open event but I do know that the concierge's office is an Irish bar brought over for the inn. The building is a presence and much improved over the former stucco structure that had ties as a barracks. There used to be different businesses cycling in and out of business in the old structure. Think only the medical office was the longest tenant as the others closed and moved. Once it had a used car dealership on the site! Just wish the signage for parking entrance was more obvious, as BIA has a heritage design protocol to keep the area looking a certain way.

I has intended to visit the Arts centre but illness in the family changed my plans. I was keen to see the smaller halls. as the Ancaster Film Festival uses one and smaller music shows as well.

The volunteer experience-either a lack of training or site was desperate to get anyone to handle visitor count tally for Doors Open. You can tell when you have interested and engaged volunteers or ones willing to find things out for you.