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Ladysmith’s First Avenue Heritage Buildings

Colour photograph of one side of a town street lined with two and three story early 20th century buildings of varied heritage character. Many have canvas awnings over their ground floor shopfronts.

Source: Marina Sacht/TAKE 5

Date: 2018

The Edwardian facades in wood and brick of commercial buildings dating from the boom years of the early 20th century that line First Avenue in Downtown Ladysmith impart a distinctive heritage character to the town. Renovation and restoration, started in the 1980s, are continuing.