A Note to my readers Please remember that these essays were written, not as scholarly articles, but as if they were transcriptions of my lectures from former years. Be aware also that many of the photographs I use to carry my narrative were taken in the 1980-90 period, so these houses, if they are still standing, have for the most part been renovated so that most of the detail is lost.     The Centre Gable Architecture of Confederation inspired by the Gothic Revival Movement   Mutch House at Eldon, c. 1850-60, now demolished.   In architecture, and art in general, nothing ever stands still. The frontispiece house, which required…