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Nice save looks like an awesome Day !

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4 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said:

That’s amazing, both the ring and the possible connection! Wow, power of the internet!’

Amen to that Steve, A friend Philip K...just sent this to me..And now you can see his connection..Bethesda, Maryland. 

Information from Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada re: Richard Ough (Colleen O’Marra)

December 9, 2013/5 Comments/in Long Branch, Newsletter, Toronto /by Jaan Pill

Colleen O’Marra writes with regard to Donna Magee’s comment at a previous post:

Under Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: Richard Ough was born in East Gwillimbury Twp., York County, Oct. 24,1841, uncle of John Ought, local builder and hotel keeper at Newmarket. Ough left Canada and moved to California in 1868 to work as a builder and may be related to Joseph Ought (1841-1897) another Canadian-born architect and builder who was active in Sacramento, California. Richard Ough was described as a “gentleman in middle-life, native of Canada”, who was previously in California (17 years), then opened an office in Toronto in 1885.

He was commissioned by American developer John Wilkie to plan the Long Branch Grove Resort on Lake Promenade. This was a scheme of 250 wooded villa lots adjacent to a new hotel and a tract of private residences also designed by Ough. His best known work is the Masonic Hall at Yonge and Glouster Street, 1888 (restored in 1972). Ough left again for California in 1892 and moved to Washington, D.C., later to Bathesda, Maryland. Ough died in Oakland County, Almeida (Cal.), Jan. 20, 1920.

Hope this info. is helpful to [Donna] Magee. (C. O’Marra)

Lived in the DC area from 1892 - 1912. PH wrote..

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41 minutes ago, Joe Beechnut OBN said:

Ough died in Oakland County, Almeida (Cal.), Jan. 20, 1920

Cool find 100 years after his death. His family likely has no recollection of him other than maybe pictures. Almost seems like it would be a neat item for a museum in his home town if they had one. Or, it would be an awesome story to tell others as they see it in your display case! Thanks for sharing all your finds with the forum members!

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That’s a gorgeous ring! Love the inscription & hallmarks...WTG!

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