London Endowment for Heritage

2023 recipients +

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• Replace slate tile on turret - $2000
• Exterior masonry; pait removal; repointing - $1500
• Structural repairs - $2000
• Remove chimney or reconstruct; paint and restore exterior trim - $1000
• Remove and replace pine shakes and install cedar shingles - $1000
• East side bay window restoration - $1000
• Repair/restoration of porch - $500
• New front porch - $1500
• Restoration of upper front gable; including replication of lost elements - $1700
• New storm windows - $1500
• Still repair, repainting, brick repair - $1600
• Porch reconstruction and shutters - $1000
• Repainting porch - $200
• Porch reconstruction - $500
• Side porch restoration - $1000

2022 recipients +

Kilworth United Church - $5,000 for painting facades

JP Legault - $5,000 for porch restoration

St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church - $1,000 for painting tower pinnacales

Delta Upsilon Alumni Western - $2,000 for porch restoration

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $3,500 - Door and window wood restoration
• $2,000 - Porch floor restoration
• $3,000 - Window wood restoration
• $3,500 - Masonry repointing
• $3,100 - Verandah restoration
• $1,000 - Wood trim restoration
• $2,000 - Gable restoration
• $1,950 - Painting

2021 recipients +

Archaeological Heritage Stream Recipient Project:

$1,000 to Museum of Ontario Archaeology for 360o digital tours of MOA.

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $1,500 - Re-painting exterior
• $1,000 - Repair/replace wood trim
• $3,000 - Replace stone thresholds of front doorways and masonry restoration
• $1,500 - Restore and repaint exterior woodwork
• $2,000 - Retention and incorporation of historic pillars
• $3,000 - Porch restoration and exterior painting
• $1,500 - Soffit, fascia, repainting
• $1,500 - Masonry repointing of chimney
• $500 - Replacement of front wood windows

2020 recipients +

Cultural Landscape Heritage Stream Recipient Project:

$1,000 to ReForest London for Security for the Wellington Pavilion.

Moveable Heritage Stream Recipient Project:

$1,000 to Diabetes Canada for Preservation materials for Theodore Ryder Collection and William Banting Collection.

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $2,500 - Stained glass window conseration, storm windows
• $2,000 - Gables restoration
• $500 - Exterior painting and window trim repair
• $500 - Finial replication
• $1,500 - Porch restoration
• $2,000 - Repointing masonry
• $1,500 - Gable restoration
• $5,200 - Masonry restoration

2019 recipients +

Moveable Heritage Stream Recipient Projects:

• $500 to Jet Aircraft Museum to acquire a CT-114 Tutor aircraft.

• $1,000 to Museum London for a Wellington Square Mall exhibit.

Natural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects:

• **$500 to Upper Thames River Conservation Authority ** for the Sifton Bog Wetlands Education Program.

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $1,000 - Repair porch columns
• $1,000 - Replace window
• $500 - Add front porch railing
• $2,000 - Restore windows, porch pillars
• $2,000 - Replace exterior wood
• $2,000 - Replace porch pillar, other exterior wood
• $1,000 - Porch repair & chimney restoration
• $2,000 - Restore & repair roof, foundation and other wood
• $2,000 - Paint & restore exterior wood
• $2,000 - Repair, renovate & restore side entrance
• $1,000 - Restore front porch
• $500 - Repair & restore front porch wood, trim
• $800 - Restore triple-arch doorway
• $1,000 - Replace windows

2018 recipients +

Moveable Heritage Stream Recipient Projects:

• $2,000 to Diabetes Canada for the purchase of hygrothermographs to maintain the integrity of Dr. Frederick Banting’s artwork in the art gallery at Banting House, a museum and national historic site devoted to his life in London and his discovery of insulin.

• $2,000 to Western Libraries to create an improved finding aid, digitize key materials and make resources available online for The Harris Family fonds, an important Western University Archives collection.

Cultural Landscape Stream Recipient Projects:

• $3,000 to Reforest London for the restoration of the historic guardhouse that will welcome visitors to the Westminster Ponds Centre and, through educational signage, teach and raise awareness about the site’s important cultural and natural heritage.

Archaeological Heritage Stream Recipient Projects:

• $2,000 to Museum of Ontario Archaeology for Lawson archaeological site outdoor wayfinding signs to direct the site’s narrative and lead visitors to significant cultural, geological and environmental elements throughout the grounds.

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $500 - Chimney repair
• $750 - Wood storm windows
• $1,000 - Reconstruction of front porch
• $1,000 - Porch restoration
• $1,000 - Porch restoration
• $1,000 - Thrive Real Estate Development Corp. for restoration of stained glass at 1061 Richmond Street, London
• $1,000 - Living Fountain Christian Centre for roof repair at 138 Wellington Street, London
• $1,000 - Montessori Academy for new concrete steps at 362 Commissioners Road W, London
• $2,500 - St. John the Evangelist for general restoration at 280 St. James Street, London

2017 recipients +

Moveable Heritage Stream Recipient Projects:

• $500 Architectural Conservancy Ontario – London Region for Marshall Bros. Tea Façade - Resurrection - when the Talbot streetscape was demolished in the 1990s, ACO and Museum London saved and stored the Marshall Bros. Tea (1873) building’s façade, protected, but unseen for over 20 years. ACO with expertise from Museum London, will move the façade to the Central branch of the London Public Library where this treasure will be visible again.

• $500 Westminster Township Historical Society for Indexing and Organizing Scrapbooks and Information – The Society’s aim is the preservation of the township’s heritage by documenting oral and visual projects. It has 68 vintage scrapbooks of newspaper clippings, including births, deaths and weddings and other local history. The Society will index the names and organize the information for genealogy and historical research.

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $500 - Repair of gutters and perlins
• $500 - London door/restoration of pendants
• $500 - Repair and paint all exterior wood
• $500 - Staining and protecting wooden house exterior
• $1,000 - Foundation repair
• $1,000 - Repair and reconstruction of front porch
• $1,000 - Restoration and reconstruction of chimneys
• $1,000 - Replace or repair windows, balcony railing, front porch handrails
• $1,000 - Restore or repair porch, floor and ceiling
• $1,000 - Replace windows
• $2,500 - Installation and restoration of windows
• $4,000 - Repair of windows and other issues
• $4,500 - The Diocese of Huron – St. Paul’s Cathedral for interior repair of water infiltration damage
• $5,000 - Ontario Dental Assistant Association for restoration of north and east side porches at their 869/871 Dundas Street building

2016 recipients +

Moveable Heritage Stream Recipient Projects:

• $2,000 to Congregation Or Shalom for Historical Boards as a focus at the 50th anniversary Gala Celebration 1966-2016 to illustrate the history of the establishment of the synagogue, evolution in religious practices, Social and Cultural event highlights through the years, role in education of both youth and adults, role within the Jewish Community and the community as a whole and our connection to Israel.

• $1,000 to Jet Aircraft Museum for Travelling aircraft for a disabled T-33 jet is being altered to create a road travelling aircraft that will be mounted to a trailer and used for military and aviation programs and exhibits throughout Southwestern Ontario. The aircraft will also be accessible inside so that individuals can experience what it is like in the cockpit of a vintage aircraft.

• $1,000 to The Light at the End of the Tunnel for a historical documentary that highlights the personal journey of a few escaped slaves that used the Underground Railroad to come to London, and how they made impacts on society and London's culture upon arriving and settling in the mid 1800s.

Cultural Heritage Landscape Stream Recipient Project:

• $500 to Traverse the Thames Awareness and Appreciation Campaign for an online, website and media awareness campaign about the Thames River, and the impact it has on the landscape, our lives, how communities were developed around the water, and its effect on so many aspects of our society, including lifestyle and infrastructure. The core of the campaign will be centered on a canoe journey, where participants will canoe/kayak the entire length of the river from Mitchell to Lake St. Clair: 287 km.

Architectural Heritage Stream Recipient Projects (Heritage Properties):

• $1,000 - Second level porch
• $2,000 - Painting and front door
• $3,000 - Porch
• $800 - Conical roof finials and chimney caps
• $500 - Rebuilt stone wall on west side of driveway
• $1,000 - Three wood storm windows and remove aluminum storm windows
• $1,000 - Replace wood windows with wood windows
• $7,000 - LIFE*SPIN (Low Income Family Empowerment * Sole-support Parent Information Network) for Canopies for five storefronts – historical photographs show them on the façade of the building and the canopies will help to protect the restored stain glass.