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Livingston House, Clyde River, c.1840

May 9, 2014, 6:42 pm
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           Here's some information I just came across about the Livingston House located on Route #247 on the Clyde River, P.E.I.
I took the above photo on Oct. 10th , 2007
            The following info cf:  History and Stories of Clyde River– 2009. Pg. 104-107
http://www.islandlives.ca/fedora/repository/ilives%3A781600/PDF/ilives%3A781600/Full%20Text.pdf
            The Livingston House The generations of Livingstons who have lived on this property are as follows: Donald Livingston (1780-1870) married to Flora MacPhail (1781-1865), Son Archibald (1819-1909) married to Margaret Dixon (1823-1910), Grandson Boyd (1859-1932) married to Daisy Marshall (1877-1961), Great grandson Watson (1900-2000) married to Lillian Hyde (1901-1989), Great great granddaughter Wanda, born in 1928 married to Eric MacPhail, born in 1926. Present occupants in the renovated Livingston house are great great great granddaughter Ruth (Alan Nelson) and their children, Callie Angelina and Drew Watson. Eric and Wanda MacPhail received an award for their work in preserving this heritage home.
            Family history states that Donald first built a small house or cabin near the water. When they cleared more land, they built a larger house back from the river. A depression in the land shows evidence of the cellar of the second house. Wanda (Livingston) MacPhail's great great grandfather Archibald built the current house on this property in 1840, about the same time the road was built (now named the Clyde River Road). Until the mid-1900s, this house accommodated three generations. There were eight bedrooms, none too many at the time when Donald and Flora had nine children and Alexander and Margaret had five children. In 1999 Watson and Lillian Livingston's daughter Wanda and her husband Eric MacPhail undertook an extensive renovation of this house. This earned them one of that year's PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation awards (1999). This house is a historic gem according to Boyd Beck.
             The award is to recognize the work they have taken on and for the classic farm yard, and classic farm house. The giant hemlock planks that were used are a rare irreplaceable find in Island architecture.
            In an interview for The Guardian, Eric MacPhail offered this information. The 1840 house is a plank house built on a six foot foundation of dressed fieldstone. All the timber was cut on the farm. The walls are made of hemlock plank three inches thick, hand sawn in a saw pit, one man on top of the timber and one in the pit pulling and pushing the cross cut saw. The sills were eleven inches wide and eight inches thick, while the plate above was eight inches square with a three inch groove in the centre. The planks were inserted into the groove and held by two hardwood pins, one inch in diameter driven into holes bored by hand through plank and plate. The inside of the planks were strapped with three inch by one inch strapping, lathed on top and strengthened by animal hair. The cellar was hand dug. It looks like the floor boards were laid before they were completely dry. They shrank over time leaving wide gaps in the under floor. What an incredible lot of work! Wanting to preserve the integrity of the house, Wanda and Eric MacPhail had the hemlock boards removed and later reset them closer together. The mantle and the small pane windows were saved. More than 130 panes were carefully cleaned, sanded and re-puttied. Some original horse hair plaster work was repaired and the original hemlock floors were refinished. Wanda MacPhail explains: "The kitchen has seen many transformations. We even had an 'outdoor kitchen', really a living room area, tucked into a lean-to for relaxing after a day's work was done." In 1962 the extra kitchen was removed. During renovations, the MacPhails found twenty feet of stovepipe zigzagged around the joists to the brick chimney and the flue. How the flue drew is a mystery! Ruth and Alan Nelson have also done renovations and have balanced having a convenient and modern home with preserving its original special features.
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200 year old house for Sale, 13 Sydney St., Charlottetown

May 15, 2014, 5:20 am
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            Heritage home on Sydney Street with an abundance of history, character and charm. This two and half story home offers hardwood floors, fine woodwork, large living room, large dining room, 3 large bedrooms, spacious kitchen, 1-3pc bath, 1-4 bath. Private driveway to a single car garage, water-views from all three levels, a terrific home as it is! With dreams the potential is endless. A one minute walk to the boardwalk. 4-5 min. to downtown Ch'town for the best in fine dining, theatre and shopping. According to family history related by W. Victor Purdie, this house was once a sail loft owned by William Douse (1800-1865). The loft was turned into a residence around 1875. Its early use as a sail loft might well explain the height of the building. William Douse was a prominent shipbuilder, land agent and Member of the Legislative Assembly. He came to Prince Edward Island from England in the early 1820s and soon became involved in farming, shipbuilding, brewing and auctioneering.
info cf. http://beta.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?PropertyId=14151241
 Above: my photo taken Feb. 12, 2013
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Keefe Farm, Est.1835, Kinkora

May 16, 2014, 1:25 pm
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     The Keefe Farm is located on Rte. 225 beside the Confederation Trail in the rural community of Kinkora.  Parts of the house date back to the mid-1800's
The barn was built in 1964.

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Skinner's Pond and Stompin' Tom Connors

May 19, 2014, 11:25 am
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     I was out for a drive along the North Cape Coastal Drive ( Route 14 ) yesterday afternoon.  Here's a few photos I took of the Stompin' Tom Connors Schoolhouse.
     Stompin' Tom renovated the old schoolhouse in 1973 to display alot of his memorabilia and opened it to the public.  In the first photo I believe the house Stompin' Tom lived in as a boy is immediately to the right of the school.
     Check-out my blog post of March 22, 2013 following his death.  http://peiheritagebuildings.blogspot.ca/2013/03/skinners-pond-and-stompin-tom-connors.html     
 Above: the southeast corner / Below: the front / northeast side.
     The schoolhouse is located at the corner of Rte. 14 and Stompin' Tom Connor's Road.   If you're in the area be sure to take a drive down to the harbour and beach - some say the best beach on Prince Edward Island.
Above:  Skinner's Pond Harbour
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Abandoned Homestead, Nail Pond

May 19, 2014, 5:04 pm
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     Further up the road on the North Cape Coastal Drive (Rte. 14) I stopped in Nail Pond to take a photo of this abandoned homestead nicely situated with the Northumberland Strait in the background.  The farmland runs down to the shore - we Islanders call these farm fields, "shore fields".
     Every time I research a property on Prince Edward Island I take notice of the property identification number (PID) - today our PID's are six or seven digits.  Our family farm in Alma, settled in 1860, has a five digit PID - I always thought that was an old property number.  I was surprised to see the property number for this farmstead is a four digit number - this is an old property!  
     I was more interested in the old barn - possibly dating to mid-late 1800's.  The house I would guess to be in the 100 year old range.
      The barn is completely covered with cedar shingles - roof and walls.  The proportions indicate a very old barn. 
      Meachams 1880 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows Prospere Gallant living here with 35-acres.
     Cumins 1928 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows John DesRoches living here with 35 acres.  They list his wife as being Elizabeth with the following children:  Roderick, Gilbert, Delima, May, Nelson, Peter and Edwin.
     The current owners live nearby - they aren't Gallant or Desroches.
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St. Patrick's Parish Grand River celebrates 175th Anniversary

May 22, 2014, 8:51 am
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     The photo below appears on the front page of the Journal-Pioneer newspaper today.  
     The image is timely - in three days, on Sunday May 25th, St. Patrick's Parish will celebrate the 175th Anniversary of their historic church with a Mass at 2pm.  Bishop Richard Grecco will be the Main Celebrant.
http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2014-05-22/article-3734425/Picture-perfect/1
PICTURE PERFECT - In a post card-like scene, not uncommon in rural P.E.I. this time of year, Colin Millar was busy tilling land recently for Arlington Farms in Grand River overlooking the St. Patricks Church. Bryan Maynard/special to the Journal Pioneer.  
cf. Journal-Pioneer website
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"The most beautiful church property on PEI"- Journal-Pioneer St. Patrick's Parish, Grand River celebrates 175th Anniversary

May 27, 2014, 11:05 am
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     The following article appeared in the Journal-Pioneer on May 22, 2014 -
http://www.journalpioneer.com/News/Local/2014-05-22/article-3734816/GRAND-RIVER----A-special-Mass-at-St.-Patrick%26rsquo%3Bs-Roman-Catholic-Church-in-Grand-River-this-Sunday,-May-25,-will-celebrate-the-church%26rsquo%3Bs-175th-anniversary.-Bishop-Richard-Grecco-will-preside-over-the-2-p.m.-Mass-with-parish-priest-Fr.-Albin-Arsenault./1
GRAND RIVER -- A special Mass at St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Grand River this Sunday, May 25, will celebrate the church’s 175th anniversary. Bishop Richard Grecco will preside over the 2 p.m. Mass with parish priest Fr. Albin Arsenault.
 
Journal-Pioneer Staff. May 22, 2014
            Often referred to as one of the most beautiful church properties in Prince Edward Island, St. Patrick’s was built on a hill overlooking the Grand River.
            According to an article by Rev. J.B. Reilly in the Sacred Heart Messenger in December, 1947, the Grand River church has the distinction of being the first church in Canada to be dedicated to St. Patrick.
            “This honor belongs to Grand River, PEI where in 1790, a band of immigrants from the highlands of Scotland, mainly the Islands of Barra, erected a log church to accommodate 20 families, dedicated to the Apostle of Aire,” he wrote.
            While the parish dates back to the 1790s, construction of the present church was started in 1836 with the actual dedication of the church to St. Patrick occurring on March 17, 1839. In 1890, William Critchlow Harris, designed the present church, which is constructed around the original church.
            Doug MacDougall, Chair of the parish’s heritage committee, noted that while St. Patrick’s is a small parish with just over 50 families, there is a tremendous outpouring of support as the church is a focal point of the community. “There is a great sense of community and parish spirit associated with the church,” he revealed.  Since 1993, there have been ongoing projects to restore and embellish some of the historic architecture of the church. Recently, the interior was painted and hard wood floors restored in the sanctuary.
            Common surnames in the parish over the generations have included Gillis, McIntyre, McLellan, Cameron, McDonald, Brown, MacKinnon. Praught, MacDougall, Trainor and McGuire.
            Following the anniversary Mass, there will be a brief ceremony in the Pioneer Cemetery, followed by fellowship in the parish hall. Parishioners, former parishioners and all interested people are welcome.
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Green House, Alberton

May 28, 2014, 10:41 am
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     Below is the former home of Arthur and Alice (Gordon) Green - located on Main Street in Alberton.  The house has been long abandoned, owned by relatives away.
     Arthur was a tailor and coal dealer in Alberton.  Alice was a nurse.  In her early life she lived in western Canada where she did missionary work.  When her mother took ill she returned to Alberton and later married Arthur.  She helped him with his businesses and continued to operate them a decade past his death in 1959.  When the Maplewood Manor opened in 1968 she returned to nursing as a supervisor at the manor.  
     Today Alice is more famously known in the area as being the main writer of the book, "Footprints in the Sands of Time: A History of Alberton" with the Alberton Historical Society in 1980.  She died months after finishing the book in September 1980.     
     The photos of the house were recently posted on "Abandoned Properties on P.E.I." on Facebook - check it out... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.872002962826794.1073741964.351704324856663&type=1
Photos cf. Abandoned Properties of PEI Facebook posts.

Here's more information about Alice from the Archives Council of P.E.I.
http://www.archives.pe.ca/peiain/fondsdetail.php3?fonds=Acc3221
           Alice C. Green was born in 1908 to George Campbell Gordon and Lucy A. Hunter. She had one brother named John. The family lived in Huntley, two miles from Alberton, Prince Edward Island. George died in 1916, leaving Lucy to raise their two children and run the family farm. She sold the property in 1926 and moved with Alice and John to Alberton.
            Alice graduated from the Prince County Hospital School of Nursing in 1931. She worked as a private nurse for a few years before returning to high school for one year to upgrade from Grade 10 to Grade 12. After deciding to enter missionary work, Alice spent a year in Toronto at the United Church Training School. Her first appointment was in Ethelbert, Manitoba where she served on staff at a small mission hospital working with young people in the Ukrainian Canadian community. Her next appointment was in Gypsumville, about 160 miles north of Winnipeg. During her two years at Gypsumville, Alice was in charge of a nursing hospital located fifty-six miles from a doctor and seventy miles from a hospital. In addition to her work as a nurse, Alice kept house, conducted church and funeral services, sometimes performed the duties of an undertaker, visited people's homes, participated in community activities, and kept up correspondence with the men and women from the Gypsumville community who were in the Armed Services during World War II.
            ‘When her mother fell ill, Alice left her post at Gypsumville to return home to PEI. Lucy recovered but lost her sight as a result of her illness and Alice remained in Alberton to care for her. On 26 August 1948, Alice married Arthur C. Green, a tailor and coal dealer in Alberton. This was Arthur's second marriage and Alice gained three stepchildren: Alvah, Charles T. and Arthur F.
            Arthur's health began to fail shortly after his marriage to Alice. Alice helped him with his coal business until his death in 1959 at which point she took over running the business. She continued to deal in coal until 1967. In early 1968 she returned to nursing, working as a supervisor at the Maplewood Manor.
            Alice was an active member of her church and community. She was the first woman elected to the Session of Alberton Congregation of the United Church of Canada and served as clerk for at least sixteen years. She was president of the Women's Missionary Society (WMS) for ten years and was also an active member of the United Church Women organization. She served as a voluntary part-time secretary for the Pastoral Charge. Alice also represented the Alberton congregation at the Presbytery and Conference and served as Statistical Secretary for the PEI Presbytery.
            Alice was an active member of the Alberton Women's Institute and Red Cross Society. She served as president of the Women's Institute in 1948-1950, 1955-1957, 1967-1970, and 1975-1977. She acted as secretary 1962-1964 and associate secretary 1970-71. Alice and Olive Wilkie also compiled a history of the Alberton Women's Institute entitled "Alberton Women's Institute: The First Fifty Years, 1927-1977". In 1949 Alice was appointed Red Cross Convener, a post she held continually for almost twenty years. In 1953, "Mrs. Red Cross", as she was called, initiated the Red Cross Swimming and Safety Classes, sponsored by the Alberton Women's Institute. Alice was a key player in establishing the Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic, the Mobile X-ray Clinic, and the Loan Cupboard in the Alberton area. In 1954 the Red Cross Disaster Service was organized in Alberton and Alice acted as chairman for a number of years. She was awarded a Red Cross Service Medal for her outstanding contributions over the years. In 1962 Alice introduced the United Fund to the Alberton area and chaired the campaign for four or five years. She was also president of the Alberton branch of the Association of Retarded Children.
            In addition to her many volunteer activities, Alice distinguished herself as a local writer and historian. In 1950 she began working as a Guardian correspondent. In 1974, she published "An Historical Sketch of the Prince County Exhibition at Alberton". She was also the main author of "Footprints on the Sands of Time: A History of Alberton" (1980).
            Alice died 28 September 1980 at the West Hospital in Alberton, just months after finishing her "History of Alberton".
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Roy Leard's Store, Alberton - 1913

June 1, 2014, 11:59 am
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     Recently my friend Donna (Barbour) Macphee loaned me her scrapbooks - here's an interesting article about an old store in Alberton.  It was published in December 1986, probably in the West Prince Graphic.
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Lobster Factories at Howard's Cove in 1912

June 1, 2014, 12:17 pm
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     Here's another photo from my friend Donna (Barbour) MacPhees scrapbooks.  It was published in January 1987, probably in the West Prince Graphic.
CAPTION.  This is one of the first lobster factories to come to the West Prince area.  It was built in Howard's Cove in 1880, by a Mr. Bell from Maine.  He and his wife can be seen here, standing beside the building.  The photo was taken in 1912.
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"Kilmahumaig" (Station of Meteorological Service), S. Kildare

June 12, 2014, 7:21 am
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     This house was located in South Kildare on the Sou'west Road next to the Kildare Bridge, northwest of Alberton.  
     In recent memory, Barry Maloney (1921-2013) operated the Prince Edward Island Miniature Railway - it attracted locals and tourists alike to ridge miniature trains.  
     Mr. Maloney came to the Island in 1979 and soon after started working on his railway.
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I found some photos on Flicker of the Abandoned Miniature Railway
https://www.flickr.com/photos/lisaenman/sets/72157632962068763/
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     What brought me to research this property was a 1985 West Prince Graphic newspaper clipping I came across recently about the Cheese Wedge House in Alberton - formerly part of Kilmahumaig house.  It was built by James Hunter, an emigrant from Scotland, who came to the Alberton area in 1872.
     The two images below come from the millennium book, Alberton & Area: A Pictorial History Through Time.
     More information about James Hunter and Kilmahumaig can be found on Historic Places website. http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=9827
     Below:  I scanned and zoomed this map from Meechams 1880 Atlas of PEI of Jas. Hunter's 50-acre property in South Kildare.  This is before the Kildare Bridge was built - today the bridge spans between the Pattern and Gillian properties.
     My copy of Meecham's Atlas has a poor image of this house - here's an image cf.
http://www.peihistoricplaces.ca/IMG/ORIGINAL/e686501dEngravingoffathershouse.jpg

     There were two diarists from the Alberton Area who mentioned James Hunter and Kilmahumaig.  They were Rev. Robert Wm. Dyer, Anglican Missionary to West Prince who kept Journals 1859-1884 (transcribed by Carter Jeffery); and Susan Woodman's 1895-97 Journals (transcribed by Susan Murphy).  

1.   Rev. Dyer's Journals -
April 19, 1874 - Sabbath morning: a fine morning but very windy.  Had a pretty good attendance and preached from Matt. 22, verses 12, 13.  Took some dinner and then started for Cascumpec – roads dreadful bad but got down in time for Service at St. Peter’s.  Had a very good congregation.  Mr. James Hunter present and Mr. Cook.  Preached from John 3: “Except a man is born again, he cannot see or enter the kingdom of heaven”. (sic)  After the sermon I administered the Holy Communion.  A happy day notwithstanding all the fatigue of roads, etc.
July 19, 1874 -Sabbath morning: went to the Sunday School.  Mrs. Dyer is very ill; she has been so for the past week but I think that is a trifle better today.  Children present at the School:  about 16 or 17.  Commenced Service, had some very good singing.  The family of the Hallets present, - I am glad they are all Church folks.  Mr. and Mrs. Cook present; Miss Jessie Cambridge and Fanny Smith came in unexpectedly.  We had a good congregation. Mr. James Hunter and family present.  

2.   Susan Woodman Journals -
Tuesday, January 1, 1895 - Year began with a thick snowstorm, which lasted all day. Drifting wildly in afternoon, the first real winter storm of the season. In morning Mr. Forbes came in to ask Charlie to go over to office for a marriage license (which had come in yesterdays mail) as a couple were at the Rectory waiting to get married having driven from Lot Ten this morning. I went with him for my first drive of the New Year. Alva Gordon came back with us on his way to spend the day with Mrs. Hunter. (Kilmahumaig)
Saturday, October 12, 1895– Cloudy but mild. Agnes and Kate turned out the girl’s bedroom and cleaned it today. Will carting manure in forenoon. Seymour plowing. George fencing a field for some sheep belonging to Mr. Agnew who has brought them in for canning. Emilie, the girls and I took tea with Mrs. Hunter at Kilmahumaig, coming home just before dark. Parkhurst went out tonight. Tom got home from Halifax on night train.
Tuesday, December 3, 1895 – Cloudy and very soft. Will Callaghan did some plowing this morning, which was unusual for the time of year. This is Court Day. Charlie over early and came home to dinner about half past one. Court over and Judge off in noon train. Mrs. Jas. Hunter died of heart failure about eight o’clock this morning. Seymour fishing smelts. George in warehouse.
Thursday, December 5, 1895 – Colder. Roads hard and rough. Wind easterly and raw. Seymour hauling seaweed. Tide too high all day for much fishing. Mrs. Hunter’s funeral at two o’clock this afternoon. Charlie pressed hay from noon until he went to it. 39 carriages passed here following her to the grave. She will be very much missed. A Negro man lectured in Hall tonight for W.C.T.U. Had a large audience but they were interrupted by a cry of fire. Three buildings were burned on Wallace’s corner. High wind.
Friday, April 3, 1896 – A thick snow storm, which lasted all day. So thick that none of us went to morning service but Charlie and Agnes, who walked down from Kilmahumaig. Evening finer. Charlie spent the afternoon with Ted Hunter doing some drilling on a bicycle wheel hub. Will and Seymour had a fight after tea and Will had to go to the doctor to get his eye bandaged. Will Hunter, Will Tweedy and Mr. Wry here in evening.
Tuesday, July 14, 1896– Bright and very warm. Agnes came down last night and is washing today. Ted Hunter sleeps at Harry’s as Kilmahumiag is deserted. Kate and I sewing carpet most of day. Boys brought two loads of coal and did some more carting. Charlie filling oats to go in Parkhurst.
Tuesday, August 4, 1896– Bright morning. Thunderstorm in afternoon with very heavy rain. Court day but they finished up before tea time. Tom over to tea. Agnes went to Kilmahumaig to wash blankets.
Saturday, November 14, 1896– Cold and cloudy. Ground freezing all day but still Seymour went on plowing. A. Cahill hauling seaweed till eleven o’clock then went home sick. Agnes washing windows at Kilmahumaig in afternoon.
Tuesday, November 24, 1896 – Rainy morning. Snow going very fast. Seymour looking for sheep. Ted Hunter called for boys to go fix up the house for him.
Tuesday, January 26, 1897– Bright morning but cloudy in afternoon with a slight snowfall just at dark. Also pretty cold. Agnes spent the day at Kilmahumaig. Will bending trap bows.
Friday, June 4, 1897– Bright but north wind. Charlie and I took Bessie and went to factory for the day. Girls in school. We called at Kilmahumaig on our way home and got 13 apple trees from Ted.
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     Here's an obituary for James Hunter's son I found on a Google search... 
HUNTER. – On the 6th March 1910, suddenly, after operation for appendicitis, at Vancouver, B.C., David A. HUNTER, formerly Local Secretary of the Standard Life Assurance Co. in Glasgow, third son of the late James Hunter, of Prince Edward Island, formerly of Kilmahumaig, Argyllshire, aged 45 years.
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    Here's also is a link to the Meteorological Tables Maximum and Minimum Temperatures for 1879 Table LXXIV Kilmahumaig, P.E.I.
http://books.google.ca/books?id=TaQMAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=kilmahumaig,+pe&source=bl&ots=YgfssH8rtj&sig=SPzbPnrVVMNNYBHfskmg9b72XZU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_tmQU9eaIaWS8AHyu4HAAg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=kilmahumaig%2C%20pe&f=false
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Is anyone looking for a PEI Heritage Home to Renovate?

June 19, 2014, 5:30 am
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     I have a lead on this historic property which hasn't gone to real estate yet - its located on a large lot in the Crow Bush Golf Course are abetween Mount Stewart and Morell. 
    Anyone who might be interested, or knows of someone who might be, please email me at cjeffery@eastlink.ca
It was likely built in the 1880's - an early version of the typical "Island-ell" farmhouse. 
The house is on a sandstone foundation, the stones are amazing, however, the walls have given way in many places and a new foundation would be on the first order.
The long, back, north wall (43' overall) is as straight as I've ever seen in an old house.
There is  a new water well.
Not sure about the septic
The roof is about 5 years old.
The electrical has been upgraded.
The grounds have always been kept cut and trimmed - there's a lilac tree.
The house hasn't been "lived in for 15 years", however, family members have been here off and on over the years, last visiting in 2012 - i believe short visits.
There's no water pump or well. No furnace or heating system.  There are 2 chimneys which are in poor condition - no wood stoves.
The floor in the kitchen wing, between the pantry and kitchen has a bit of a hump in it, however, the house is very square, sits above grade (sill seem good) and reasonably good for all.
There is no evidence of destructive animals living in the house, IE. racoons, squirrels, however it look like a chair had been chewed by a hungry mouse :-D)  There are a few raccoon footprints in the basement, however, there's no evidence of nests, dung, etc. - that's a good thing!!!
The exterior shingle are thin on the north and east and had been face stapled, I'm sure to keep them from blowing off.
The windows are wood with aluminum storm windows - not bad, the windows in my house are the same - no rot.
The Parlor, Hall, etc. have hardwood floors; the second floor has a pine floor.
The bathrooms and kitchen aren't really worth talking about as they really need to be replaced.
There's also a back stairs from the kitchen.
The only outbuilding onsite is an old pump house.
The view to the north is over fields, there are cottage way down the field - in the sitance is the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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former Conway-Porter Homestead, St. Peter St. Paul

June 23, 2014, 3:43 pm
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    I took these photos a week ago - the old farmstead is located at 42209 Rte. 2 (Western Road) in the community of "St. Peter St. Paul" ( located between DeBlois and Tignish ). 
      When I was in Junior & High School in the 1970's, this was the home of one of my classmates - this is where the Porter Family lived.  It was a beautiful property, always well-kept and tidy.
     Today the house is abandoned and 100-acre farm is owned and farmed by a large local agricultural corporation.
     Cumin's 1928 Atlas shows this property being owned by Tim Conway, married to Adeliene with the following childre: Joe, Jim, Gregory, Emma and Addie.
     The house is in the "Island-ell Farmhouse" style.  The front/east/road side of the house features two square-bay windows.  
     See more photos of this place on Facebook's"Abandoned Properties on P.E.I."
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.646767985350294.1073741843.351704324856663&type=3
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Doucette Sawmill, Harper Road

June 26, 2014, 5:35 am
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    This was a busy place when I was growing up in western PEI during the 1970's - Dad would take his lumber here to have it cut into boards.
     The saw mill was operated by Howard Doucette and later his son Claude.  It's located not too far off the Western Road just outside Tignish on the Harper Road (Rte. 158) in the community of Harper, which is situated between the communities of St. Peter St. Paul and Peterville, not far from Leoville and Palmer Road.
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Buote House, Tignish - Demolished

July 3, 2014, 7:40 am
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     I was in Tignish the other day and saw this old house has disappeared from the landscape of community.  It was located on Church Street (Rte. 160) between The Co-op and St. Simon St. Jude Catholic Church.
     This house was a prominent building in the community for alot of reasons including it was once a doctor's office.
     I had an opportunity to measure and photograph this house on March 22, 2012 for an anticipated renovation, however, the project didn't go ahead.  Here are the photos I took that day.


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Immaculate Conception Church, Palmer Road

July 4, 2014, 10:37 am
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     I was recently by this incredible historic church in rural Prince Edward Island.  It's the largest wooden church on the Island and seats 1,000 people.  
     Here are a few photos of the exterior.
     Father Albin Arsenault has recently become Parish Priest here, having moved from St. John the Baptist Parish Church, Miscouche where he'd been priest since 2003.
    The following information about this church comes from the book, "A Faith Works" by Rev. Art O'Shea.
"Fire in 1890 completely destroyed the first church but three years later the present handsome and spacious church opened its doors.  Seating 1,000, it is the largest wooden church in the diocese.  Stained glass windows of recent years have added to its beauty."
     The following information comes from Wikipedia about the church.
“In 1890, the original church burned down, and was replaced by the now-existing church in 1892. Designed by Francois Xavier Edouard Meloche (1855-1917) to replace the original, much smaller mission which was destroyed by fire on May 24, 1890, the cornerstone was laid August 15, 1892 on The Feast of the Acadians. The church is a wooden Gothic structure, and is the oldest wooden church on Prince Edward Island. The lovely church, so little known to Islanders in general, is an architectural gem of considerable importance, not only to the island, but to Canada as a whole. This is so not only because of its fine design and craftmanship, both inside and out, but also because of its association with Francois Xavier Meloche, an artist/architect who has yet to take his proper place in the annals of Canadian art.“

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Directory of P.E.I. Craftsmen, Tradespeople & Merchants

July 5, 2014, 7:15 am
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Therlesmith Press - Copyright 2014
     The following is a list of businesses I've worked with over the past 20 years on a variety of heritage and restoration projects.
     I started this draft list in 2005 and just now getting it published.  
     I will be updating the list continually.  If you have any questions please call me at 1-(902) 964-3131.
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ANTIQUE DEALERS
Coach House Antiques, Victoria-by-the-Sea, PEI
B.C. Antiques, New Annan
Arsenault Brothers, Richmond
Backroad Folkart, Lauretta, PEI 

ANTIQUE REFINISHING
McAskill’s Woodworking, Charlottetown, PEI

ART
Gallery 18, New London, PEI
Details Past and Present, Charlottetown, PEI
Halls Hollow, Watermark Theatre, North Rustico


BOOKS, USED
Bookman, Charlottetown, PEI

BASKET WEAVERS
?? Wellington, PEI

BUGGY & WAGON RESTORERS
Gary “Cat” Gaudet, Union Road (formerly Smith Road) Miminegash, Ph: (902) 882-3342

COFFIN MAKERS
?, PEI

COSTUMES, PEI PERIOD
Arnold G. Smith, Pleasant Valley, PEI

CURTAIN MAKERS
Arnold G. Smith, Pleasant Valley, PEI
Donna Steele, Stratford, PEI

DOORS ( wood )
R.W. Woodworking
Borden Myers, Charlottetown, PEI

DESIGNERS, HERITAGE
Carter W. Jeffery 
Arnold G. Smith
Tara Maloney

FABRIC, HISTORIC
Churchill Design, Charlottetown, PE
Guardian, O’Leary, PEI
Arnold Smith, Pleasant Valley


FLOORING ( products / installers )
Markan, Charlottetown, PEI         
Royalty Hardwoods, Poole’s Corner, PEI
Paul Holmes, Cornwall, PEI
Ron Lanigan Hardwood Floors, Murray River, PEI
Loyalist Marble and Tile, Winsloe, PEI


FURNITURE, NEW
R.W. Woodworking & Custom Milling
McAskills, Parkdale, PEI

FURNITURE, REFINISHING
R.W. Woodworking, Hunter River,
McAskills, Charlottetown

FURNITURE, REPRODCUTION
Backroad Folkart, Lauretta

GOVERNMENT & ASSOCIATIONS
Canadian Wood Council, Ottawa, ON
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Charlottetown, PEI
Heritage Canada, Ottawa, ON
Parks Canada, Charlottetown, PEI
PEI Museum & Heritage Foundation, Charlottetown, PEI

GENERAL CONTRACTORS
Parker Perry, Parker Developments, Cymbria
Phillip Gallant, Stanley Bridge, PEI
Ross MacMillan, Green leaf Construction, Clyde River, PEI
Kenny Pineau, North Rustico, PEI
Selwyn Buote, Rusticoville, PEI
Marshall MacPherson, Suffolk, PEI


GINGERBREAD TRIMS / SCREEN DOORS
Kerras Jeffery Woodworking / Backroad Folkart
Chandler Brothers, Charlottetown, PEI

HERITAGE CONSULTANTS
Barry King
Fred Horne
Judy K. MacDonald
Prince Edward Island Heritage Design
Arnold G. Smith
Reg Porter
Charlotte Stewart
Tara Maloney 
Fr. Albin Arsenault


HOME INSPECTIONS
Pillar to Post, Charlottetown, PEI


INTERIOR SPECIALTY PAINTERS
Doug Mills, Charlottetown, PEI
Alison Drake, Charlottetown, PEI


EXTERIOR SPECIALTY PAINTERS
? Emyvale

INTERIOR DESIGNERS
Churchill Design, Charlottetown, PEI.
Melvin Roberts, Charlottetown, PEI


IRONWORKS / BLACKSMITH
Malpeque Ironworks, New Annan, PEI
           
PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL
Toombs Plumbing & Heating (reconditioned rads), North Rustico, PEI
Rackham Electrical, Wheatley River, PEI

P.E.I. MAPS
Aubrey Bell, Charlottetown, PEI
P.E.I. Heritage Foundation, Charlottetown


P.E.I. MUSEUMS
Alberton Museum
Potato Museum, O'Leary
Green Park, Porthill
Eptek Center, Summerside
Farmers BAnk of Rustico & Doucet House, Rustico
Beaconsfield, Charlottetown
Orwell Corner
Roma Settlement, Brudenell
Elmira Train Station

MOULDINGS, TRIMS, WOODWORKERS
Wood Millers, Clyde River, PEI – see your local building supplier
Chandler Bros., Charlottetown, PEI
R.W. Woodworking, Wheatley River, PEI
McAskills Woodworking, Charlottetown, PEI
Kerras Jeffery @ Backroad Folkart, Lauretta, PEI

QUILTS & QUILTMAKERS
The Quilt Gallery, O’Leary, PEI    Attn: Adrienne MacDonald


RUG HOOKERS
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SALVAGED / BUDGET MATERIALS
Renovators Resources, Halifax, NS
The Re-Store, Charlottetown
Backroad Folkart, Lauretta-Alma, PEI
Dwight Parkman, Hunter River


SAWMILLS
Bett’s Mill, Glenwood, PEI
Leonce Arsenault Sawmill, St. Chrysostome, PEI
Royalty Hardwoods, Poole’s Corner, PEI

WOLLEN MILLS
MacAuslands Woolen Mill, Bloomfield
Wooly Wears
Mini Mills

STAIRS
Ravenwood Stairways, Bloomfield, PEI
Scott Vesey


STONE MASON
West Masonry: Danny West, New Haven, PEI
MBS Construction & Restoration, York Point, PEI
Brian Doucette, Cymbria, PEI
Jody Harper, Montrose

TIMBER FRAME HOMES & BUILDINGS
 Halifax, NS

TOOLS
Lee Valley Tools, Halifax, NS

TUB REFINISHING
Marlo Wood, Freetown, PEI
Bath Pro, Charlottetown, PEI
Dream Maker Bath & Kitchen by Worldwide, St. Nicholas, PEI
?,  PEI

WINDOWS ( wood )
Borden Myers Woodworking, Charlottetown, PEI
R.W. Woodworking, Hunter River, PEI

WOOD TURNERSS
Gaudreau’s Fine Woodworking
Dave Turner, North Winsloe, PEI

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Station Agents House - 1904

July 5, 2014, 8:41 am
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     Here's an article about the Lower Freetown Station Agents house, moved to Augustine Cove in the early 1990's.  Today it is a summer rental property - http://www.homeaway.ca/cottage-rental/p388753vb
     Many communities on the Island with train stations had Station Agents homes built from this same plan. 
 Below: Page from PEI Heritage Designs Book.
 Below: Copy of original drawings from PEIMHF.
Here's the Station Agents House in Hunter River.
 Below: cf. CIHB (Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings) 1974
Below: Hunter River Postcard - Station Agents House on left - 1909
Below: Hunter River Postcard - Station Agents House on left 1926
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Burke Gardens, Southport (Stratford)

July 6, 2014, 4:12 am
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     We often hear references to local markets and farmers markets in our history books, however, we never hear much about those who supplied goods and products to those markets - we always assume they were farmers.  The other evening "The Burke Gardens" was brought to my attention.  I did a bit of research and found this information from, A History of Southport, published in 1982 and the Historic Places website.
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The Burke Gardens
            Approximately 1880, James and Mary Burke of Alexander moved to Southport, to the home formerly owned by James’ brother Walter Burke.  They had four children at the time and eight more were born after that.  The youngest son, Ernest, is still living in Southport.  James was a marker gardener (as listed in the Atlas of 1880) who took his produce to the Market in Charlottetown.  When he died in 1895, his son Arthur, at the age of 16, took over the business and the property.  He continued on with it until 1930. Ernest started going to the Market with his brother in 1907, at the age of 15.  He married Della P. Clark in 1919, and built a home on the property next to Arthur’s, formerly owned by a Walter Ogar.  He continued in the market-garden business with his brother until 1930 and then branched out on his own that spring.  Ernest and Della took the produce and flowers to market twice a week until 1942.  After that, until 1965, the seedlings that were grown in the green house each spring were sold from the house in Southport and the vegetables were taken to the stores.  Della died March 29, 1971 and Ernest has continued to live in the homestead, growing flowers and vegetables for his own use.

Above cf. A History of Southport and District: including Rosebank, Keppoch and Kinlock.  Page 22 & 23.
Published by the History Committee of the Southport Women’s Institute in 1982. Edited by Jim Hornby.
 Showing southwest elevation
Image cf. http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/image-image.aspx?id=15212#i3
The Burke House, 2 Glencove Drive
            There is no record of when this house was built but when Dr. Lantz bought it and had it renovated about seven layers of paper were stripped from the walls.  Walter Burke was a brother of James Burke and he must have passed the property to James; in the 1880 Atlas the name James Burke, gardener, is recorded.  The house passed to Arthur Burke, and he and his wife Beatrice lived there for many years.  The property now is in the possession of Eugene MacDonald.
Info cf. A History of Southport, Page 69
Location of William Burke's Glen Stewart Farm
Image and info below cf. 
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/image-image.aspx?id=15212#i3
     This Maritime Vernacular style house is valued for its historical association with the early history of Stratford.  Constructed in 1840, it was the site of Glen Stewart Farm which was established by the Burke family. For a few years in the 1870s, the house was occupied by Robert (1811-1878) and Augusta May (1812-1875). The Mays had emigrated from England in 1862. Robert May died in England, while the rest of the family, Augusta and her daughters, Harriet (d. 1918) and Emma (d. 1901), are interred in the Anglican cemetery in Stratford. The noted PEI architect, William Critchlow Harris and his brother, the painter, Robert Harris are known to have visited the house when the Mays lived there. W.C. Harris notes in his diary that in 1872 he and his sister, Sarah, crossed the harbour from Charlottetown to Southport (now part of Stratford) on board the steamer "Ora" to visit the Mays. While there, they played croquet, had a "bountiful meal", and sang songs into the twilight hours. By 1880, Meacham's Atlas of PEI shows William Burke (1833-1902) as then residing on the property. Shortly after this time, Glen Stewart Farm became the property of William's brother, James Burke (1847-1895) and his wife Mary (Burhoe) Burke. They established a market garden on the farm which grew produce to sell in Charlottetown's Market which was located in Queen Square on the site of the current Confederation Centre of the Arts. When James passed away in 1895, his son, Arthur, who was then only sixteen, took over the business. He continued to operate the market garden until 1930. In the 1940s, the house was purchased by Dr. J.P. Lantz. He was a graduate of McGill's medical school, but was known on PEI for his award winning Aberdeen Angus and Jersey cattle. The current owners purchased the house in 1964. During renovations, they discovered that copies of the "London Times" from the 1840s had been applied to the original walls as a form of insulation. Although renovated over the years, the house retains elements of its original design and has many important historical associations.
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Brown Sisters House, New Glasgow - Demolished

July 7, 2014, 8:19 am
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     One day last week we saw this house and lot, located on the northwest side of the bridge in New Glasgow, being cleared of the trees and brambles that have grown up over the past few years and wondered what was going on.  Well, a trip through New Glasgow yesterday told the story, it was demolished.
     Locally, this place was known as the Brown Sister's summer home - they lived in town and came out to New Glasgow for the summers.  Their 1.2 -acre property goes down to the water / Clyde River, across from New Glasgow Lobster Suppers.
     The house was sold sometime around 2009 but wasn't used much - it was for sale again recently.
The photo below was taken in March 2003
The Photo below was taken in May 2003
The photos below were taken in March 2007
The following photo was taken on February 18, 2012.
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