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About Chedoke
- Heritage property in Hamilton, Ontario
- Formerly an Iroquois settlement
- Built in 1836 – 1838
- Owned by Ontario Heritage Trust since 1979
- Leased to Cardus by the City of Hamilton in 2022
- Learn more: Timeline of Chedoke History
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Restoring Chedoke
- Cardus is beginning a sensitive and adaptive restoration of Chedoke that retains all of its 66 character-defining elements, in partnership with award-winning architects:
- Julian Smith (Vimy Memorial in France, Landscape Plan of Parliament Hill, Lister Block in Hamilton, ON)
- Emma Cubitt (Principal Architect of Invizij, Hamilton City Hall Renovations, Caledonia Old Mill Conversion)
- Megan Hobson (Conservation Plan of Auchmar Estate, City of Toronto Official Heritage Plan Policy Review, Adaptive Reuse of Guelph Correctional Centre)
- Julian Smith (Vimy Memorial in France, Landscape Plan of Parliament Hill, Lister Block in Hamilton, ON)
- Guided by plans approved by the Ontario Heritage Trust and the City of Hamilton, the first round of renovations is scheduled to begin in 2023.
- Cardus is partnering with local employers Budget Group of Companies, Schilthuis Construction, Invizij Architects, and Almex Group to complete the restoration.
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“Communities will thrive and grow if we build new buildings with an eye to their long-term sustainability. Or, better yet, adapt existing buildings to new purposes. While heritage speaks to our past and augments our culture, it also becomes future-looking and future-thinking.”
—Hon. Lincoln M. Alexander (C.C.)
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