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PAGE A24 Waterloo LACAC congratulates the owner MKS Inc. for its recent restoration of the building. With the assistance of LACAC, the owner obtained funding from the Ministry of Culture and Communication and the Waterloo Regional Heritage Foundation, which helped defer some of the cost to the owner. Owners like MKS lnc., committed to returning old buildings to their former glory, are an asset to the city and to Heritage. Waterloo LACAC r" I ___ vault vuvy ""'"""6 was completed in 1912, and an addition was added to the west in the 1940's. The Post office was owned by the Crown until 1967 when Earl Putnam purchased it and leased it to the University of Waterloo until 1975. The property changed hands a number of times and presently the owner is Mortice Kern Systems Inc. The Old Post Office has recently undergone an extensive exterior restoration. The lands were granted to the Crown by Dominion Life Assurance Company in 1909. The building was completed in 1912, and an addition was added to the madman“ 36ttlnqSt.N. LACAC works for you! The City of Waterloo, under the legislation of the Ontario Heritage Act of 1974, passed a by-law in April 1976 to form the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC). This Committee is made up of citizens who advise municipal council on local heritage and architectural matters. It assists the council to carry out its heritage conservation program. - WATERLOO W. WENSOAY. WV ar, 1”! ----"----uuG"-"a.'"'-'"'""_'"P'_" Your LACAC T w - I Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee 2%}??? f City of Waterloo ‘d HERITAGE LAN DMARK 06M” L,A.C.A.C. I "MRD'S EYE VIEW OF WATERLOO" Circa 1891 Waterloo LACAC has obtained the original drawing of the "8ird's Eye View of Waterloo" which is now on display in City Hall, LACAC has produced prints which are suitable for framing and are offering them for sale through the Planning and Development Department, City Hall, Waterloo. Phone City Hall, Scott Amos, 747-8758. What lACAC Does Why LACAC Is Important LACAC - an Important Community Group . Involves local citizens in the exciting and vital area of conservation and preservation . Recognizes the people and places that made Waterloo what it is today . Preserves our unique historical past . Assists in research and technical advice on properties throughout Waterloo Researches properties and recommends to municipal council the properties that are architecturally and/or historically significant and as such should receive historical designation. Meets with the owner of a property being considered for designation and explains what the designation process involves. Prepares and updates a list of properties which have received heritage designation and/or are worthy of conservation. Old Button Factory " Roglna St. s.' V