Friends of Auchmar | Hamilton, Ontario

The purpose of the Friends is to bring together those persons committed to the history, preservation, conservation, rehabilitation and continuing public use of the Auchmar Manor House, its associated buildings and cultural landscape.

Auchmar Manor - Doors Open 2023 — Auchmar Manor – Doors Open 2023

Mike Spadafora, Ward 14 Councillor, cut the ribbon at Auchmar for Sunday, Doors Open 2023. The rain did not dampen the spirits of the visitors. History information flowed through the arched hallways and was appreciated by all. Thanks everyone for another successful Doors Open at Auchmar.

HHF Heritage Window Contest

Win a $50 Indigo gift certificate — Contest ends midnight Saturday, June 3rd
Using the window poster you purchased at Auchmar, guess what building each window belongs to! Enter your answers into the corresponding box on the Windows Contest Answers Ballot Form. Once completed, save the completed pdf form to your computer and then attach it to an email and send it to membership@friendsofauchmar.ca. The Friends of Auchmar will contact the 2 winners with the most correct answers no later than Monday, June 5th. In the event there are more than 2 people with the same number of correct answers, names will be drawn by members of the FOA Board of Directors.

Thanks to the Heritage Hamilton Foundation and Carole Priamo for the photographs and producing the window poster.

Find My Ward

Would you like to help save Auchmar and see it restored and repurposed? Please contact your councillor. You can use this City of Hamilton Ward Map to determine your ward and councillor if you do not know.

Call for Photographs

Over 21 years ago, the Hamilton Mountain Heritage Society commenced work on the book, Mountain Memories, which was well received. Part of that work was a Call for Photographs from the community for consideration in the book. The community responded passionately, sending numerous images.

The FOA is currently undertaking a photo essay project and we are calling upon the owners and custodians of private photograph collections within the community.

The intent is to feature the Auchmar Estate throughout the decades, using unseen or rarely seen photographs, which depict the various eras of ownership and use. It will highlight and include the Buchanan family, the Young family, the R.C.A.F. and the Hungarian Sisters of Social Service among others.

Your contribution would be most welcomed and greatly appreciated. All photographs and originals would be scanned and returned to the owners.

Submissions, photographic and anecdotal, may be emailed to info@friendsofauchmar.ca or mailed to the following address: Friends of Auchmar, c/o 170 East 24^th Street, Hamilton, Ontario L8V 2Y3. Please include a return mailing address.

About Auchmar Manor House

In 1852, Isaac Buchanan bought 54 acres of land on the Hamilton Mountain. The property stretched from the mountain brow to Fennell Ave. He built a summer cottage which eventually became Buchanan’s Manor House & Estate.