Hamilton Conservation Authority and Ghost Stories

ghost stories: Built in 1855, the mystical limestone mansion was destroyed by fire in 1934. Since then, only a set of crumbling walls remain and a supposed ghost that draws people out in the dead of night to catch a glimpse. , according to CBC. Next week, the general issues committee will vote on a plan B spending $600,000 to dismantle the walls and rebuild them with the stones in their exact location. That will include $200,000 in tax dollars from city coffers and another $200,000 fundraised in the community. City councillors will vote next week on how to salvage whats left of the Hermitage, a remote Ancaster site thats home to one of Hamiltons favourite ghost stories. The Hamilton Conservation Authority was going to spend $200,000 to lower the walls of the old mansion, which month to month get closer to collapse, said chief administrative officer Chris Firth-Eagland. 'If those braces werent there, the building would have collapsed.' - Chris Firth-Eagland (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.