The author and photographer would like to thank the Lindsay Public Library for their sponsorship and financial assistance in obtaining two government grants to enable us to discover and analyse the county’s architecture. We would particularly like to thank Mr. Moti Tahiliani, Chief Librarian, for his constant assistance, and Mrs. Margo Fawcett, a board member, for her editorial assistance. Thanks also to Ms. Susan Stratford for retyping our manuscript and to Maureen Martell and Siobhan Keegan, our excellent research assistants, who computed the census statistics, prepared the historic maps and aided the building research. Thanks also to Miss Carole Richards for the architectural drawings.

The author and photographer would like to specially thank all those individuals, throughout the community of Victoria County, who took the trouble to answer our questions, give us materials, and best of all, let us photograph their houses. We sincerely hope that our manuscript will prove not only useful to future researchers but that it will also help to create an awareness of our rich local historic heritage.