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Cherry Valley United Church, demolished 1970
I was talking to a client yesterday - we got off topic and started talking about old buildings. He told me about the Cherry Valley United Church and that it was one of seven churches closed to...
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After the PEIMHF Awards the other evening we were talking about the audience this blog has - I said I'd post some of the stats. Here they are. 333 - Posts to date since January 2011...
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Architecture of Early P.E.I. Farmhouses by Lucy Clayton
This little booklet can be found at the Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Record Office (PEIPARO) http://www.archives.pe.ca/ There is no date on the booklet, however, a few online...
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Jeremiah Dalton House, Burton
When I saw this house in the book Architecture of Early Prince Edward Island Farmhouses, by Lucy Clayton I was amazed! I have never seen a house like this in Western P.E.I. - the detailing is...
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Patterson Homestead, Hunter River
The view across Bagnall's Pond from my backyard - the old Patterson Homestead, the oldest house in Hunter River. Here's a photo I took this morning. Many local people know this house as...
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P.E.I.M.H.F. Logo
When Claude Arsenault saw my Feb. 23, 2013 blog post about the 2013 Heritage Award presentations and the PEIMHF logo, he told me about designing it many years ago. “I designed the...
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St. Dunstan's destroyed by fire 100 years ago
cf. The Guardian Newspaper website March 7, 2013:http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/News/Local/2013-03-07/article-3194473/A-historic-loss/1St. Dunstan’s Cathedral was destroyed in a spectacular fire on March...
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Mrs. Bagnall's house burns, Charlottetown, 1812
The following account comes from the Weekly Recorder Newspaper, transcribed by Gary Carroll ( garycarroll@hotmail.com ) and found on the Island Register ( www.islandregister.com/1812fire.html )...
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Harry T. Holman retires after years of preserving the past
The following article appeared in the Guardian newspaper on March 2, 2013 by Jim Day....
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Bagnall's Pond/Dam Flooding today
We've had a few mild days here on Prince Edward Island. There's been alot of melting snow and rain over the past 24 hours and the water in the Hunter River/Bagnall's Pond behind my house is...
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Digitized Architectural Drawings from PEI Archives
The Prince Edward Island Public Archives and Record Office (PEIPARO) has a great collection of architectural drawings digitized and available online. See below information, descriptions of...
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Skinner's Pond and Stompin' Tom Connors
As most of you know, well-known Canadian musician Stompin' Tom Connors died last week in Ontario at the age of 77. Stompin' Tom was born in Saint John, New Brunswick. When he was a boy he went...
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Chapel Street, Tignish - 1911
Here's a postcard of Chapel (Church) Street in Tignish - this comes from the McCord Museum website. http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/collection/artifacts/CP824?Lang=1&accessnumber=CP824...
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Murphy-Henderson House - its owners had political success
This article appeared in the West Prince Graphic (www.peicanada.com) newspaper on June 6, 2007. Page 2.Robbie Henderson latest MLA to find political success in historic homeby Wayne Young for the...
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Haslam House, Springfield
This old center-gable style house has been vacant for the past few years. The farm barns to the left are still used by a local farmer who can be found there daily. I recall in the late 1990's...
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Cornish Farmstead, Carleton
I've been meaning to photograph this old farmstead for the past year - with the recent clearing of the woodlot next to the property I took time yesterday to take these photographs. This was...
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MacDonald House, O'Leary
I took these photos of the MacDonald House at 478 O'Leary Road in the Village of O'Leary on April 29, 2010. It was demolished in the summer of 2010. The little gabled house had many nice...
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Stanhope-by-the-Sea Resort destoyed by fire!!
The resort caught on fire while staff were getting it ready to open next week. Here's an article and photographs from the CBC PEI...
View ArticleLooking at Meacham's 1880 PEI Atlas - lecture by Reg Porter
Meacham’s Atlas of Prince Edward Island, fondly known as “the Old Atlas” was published in 1880 and is one of the most valuable sources of topographical information about the Island available. It is...
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Springtime on Prince Edward Island
It's springtime here on Prince Edward Island and the farmers are busy tilling up the fields. Here's a great photo of an old abandoned house on the road (off Route 20) down to the fish plants in...
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