Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine home: Hope grows for national landmark

Canada.com Saturday 22nd October, 2011

Decades of neglect: The Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine house on Overdale Ave. narrowly escaped demolition when the city designated it a historic site in 1987, but that did not stop the owners from gutting the interior in 1991.

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