Local Journalism Initiative
Canada’s most photographed house ordered to come down
Canada’s most photographed house barring a successful heritage designation, will be demolished later this year. During a hearing last month, the Chatham-Kent By-law Appeal and Property Standards Committee denied an appeal by the property owner to prevent a demolition order of the Guyitt House. Last fall, the municipality issued a demolition order for the house, built in 1845, on Talbot Trail, between Palmyra and Clearville. The house, which has been vacant since 1985, has been in a dilapidated s