Honoré Foisy was a tinsmith with a penchant for marketing. At the turn of the century, he covered his typical wooden Lowertown home with a tin façade that not only protected his house from the harsh Ottawa elements, but also served as a striking advertisement for his trade. His house was ultimately destroyed, but the one-of-a-kind façade was conserved. Now mounted on the side of an old stone building in the Byward Market.
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