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Livingston House, Clyde River, c.1840
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...
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200 year old house for Sale, 13 Sydney St., Charlottetown
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...
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Keefe Farm, Est.1835, Kinkora
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'sThe barn was built in 1964.
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Skinner's Pond and Stompin' Tom Connors
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...
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Abandoned Homestead, Nail Pond
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....
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St. Patrick's Parish Grand River celebrates 175th Anniversary
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...
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"The most beautiful church property on PEI"- Journal-Pioneer St. Patrick's...
The following article appeared in the Journal-Pioneer on May 22, 2014...
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Green House, Alberton
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...
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Roy Leard's Store, Alberton - 1913
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...
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Lobster Factories at Howard's Cove in 1912
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...
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"Kilmahumaig" (Station of Meteorological Service), S. Kildare
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...
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Is anyone looking for a PEI Heritage Home to Renovate?
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...
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former Conway-Porter Homestead, St. Peter St. Paul
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...
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Doucette Sawmill, Harper Road
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...
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Buote House, Tignish - Demolished
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...
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Immaculate Conception Church, Palmer Road
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....
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Directory of P.E.I. Craftsmen, Tradespeople & Merchants
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...
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Station Agents House - 1904
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 -...
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Burke Gardens, Southport (Stratford)
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...
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Brown Sisters House, New Glasgow - Demolished
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...
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