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.
1. DOORS OPEN 2023 will be at AUCHMAR MANOR Saturday May 6th and Sunday May 7th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm – additional details closer to date
2. Friends of Auchmar Spring Public Meeting – date and location to be confirmed
3. Welcome Elizabeth Sue Hanna, our new Social Media/Member at Large. Sue Hanna is a Hamilton artist well known for creative mixed media 3D artwork. She is nominated for Hamilton Artist of the Year (Visual Art) in 2018 and 2019 and a nominee in 2022, along with a Hamilton Heritage Recognition Award in 2021. Sue brings to the FOA Board many years of IT and media experience.
Call for Photographs
Over 20 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 24th 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.
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.