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Join the House Party of the Century!

Is your house 100 years old (or thereabouts) — built in 1915 or earlier? If so, it’s time to celebrate your home’s place in Calgary’s history — and your role in ensuring its future.

Century Homes Calgary is a citywide celebration commemorating homes constructed during Calgary’s first building boom. Owners and residents are invited to share details and stories about their house, particularly during Historic Calgary Week 2012 — Friday, July 27, through Monday, Aug 6.

Century Homes Calgary and its partner groups offers research advice and support, celebration ideas and kits to help you celebrate your century home! Go to www.centuryhomes.org to learn more!

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For heritage homeowners in the Ramsay area....

Interested in learning more about the history of your home?

Come and join Ramsay Heritage, Sunday, April 15th, 2012 as we open and offer local residents free information collected from the City of Calgary, about their home/ building.

You may find...the year it was built, architect, chart of materials used and the previous owners. These may be souced from the Provinvial Historical Resources Inventory, Site Inspections, Calgary Assessment Cards, and the Henderson Directories.

The files will be open to photocopy from 2:00-4:00 pm, at the Ramsay Community Hall. This is in preperation, (although not limited to) for residents who may be interested in the "Century Homes Calgary" 2012 event. http://www.centuryhomes.org/

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As posted by the Calgary Public Library's Carolyn Ryder elsewhere:

Got a century home? Mid-century charmer? Check out our blog on telling the story of your house and the Century Homes initiative

http://ow.ly/9UZgl

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"Research the History of Your House” workshop

Saturday, May 12, 10:30 to 11:30 am

Local History Room of the Calgary Public Library (Central)

Register online starting April 23 at calgarypubliclibrary.com or by calling 403-260-2620

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Century Homes keeps on growing! In addition to the website at www.centuryhomes.org (new site coming soon), we have a new Facebook page at www.facebook.com/CenturyHomesCalgary. Follow on twitter @CenturyHomesYYC, and the hastag, #CenturyHomesYYC

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58 people attended a session at the Library on Saturday to learn about how to research Century Homes.

Watch for a segment on Century Homes on Shaw TV starting on Thursday May 17. Here it is on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJVr9z7iaw4&list=UUHK7tgD0IUq0KvvkDF1FbHw&index=3&feature=plcp

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The Library has posted some of their Century Homes research resources on their blog. Check it out:

http://calgarypubliclibrary.com/blogs/community-heritage-and-family-history?p=2393#p2393

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Century Homes Roundtable - June 21

The next installment of the Heritage Roundtable is about homes built during Calgary's first building boom 100 years ago. Topics include:

- Identifying the Style of Your Century Home - residential architectural styles during Calgary’s first boom, with David Monteyne, Associate Professor, U of C Faculty of Environmental Design.

- How to photograph your century home, as an aid to interpreting and understanding architecture, with photographer James McMenamin.

- Century Homes, Historic Paint Colours and Sampling[i] with heritage consultant Laura Pasacreta.

Bring a photo of your home for a [i]What Style Is It? consultation with our experts.

Part of the Century Homes celebration. go to www.centuryhomes.org to find out more.

Cliff Bungalow-Mission Community Association, 2201 Cliff St. SW, in the historic Cliff Bungalow School. Thursday June 21, doors open 6:30 pm, event starts at 7 pm and runs to 9 pm. Networking and refreshments too!

Free, but space is limited. Register online here: http://www.calgarycommunities.com/events.php.