Special Places


Melita Site Inventory

Page 7 : Residences - Part 3

336.C.25 Davis House

Construction Date: ca. 1920
Location:  121 Boundary Street

Origins:
W.J. Graham 1909 – house burned
Alf Jennings 1947
Mel Davis 1954

Features:
- addition?
 

 


336.C.26 Sinclair House

Construction Date:  ca. 1920
Location:  135 Centre Street

Origins:
A. Ross 1897 (property?)
F. Lobban 1902
T. Hamilton 1941
W.J. Fletcher 1943
E.B. Fletcher 1955
C.S. Murray 1960
Don and Estelle Sinclair 1974 – Teacher, Town Council, 

Features:


Once served as Police Dept.


336.C.27 Crerar House

Construction Date:  ca. 1900
Location:  Boundary at Main Street

Origins:
Emma Marilla Thomas
Alexander Campbell 1900 (part)
J.C. Crerar – lawyer - 02 (all)
Charles Cro 1927
Cyrus McCallum 1937
R.J.C. Atkinson 1943
Mary Atkinson
Robert Pearce
Byron Skidmore

Features:

- old metal fence
- concrete posts on entrance gate
- verandah – wood trim
- bay window



336.C.28 Former Elva CPR Station

Construction Date:  ca. 1900
Location:  5 Main Street

Origins:
CPR – closed in 1950 – moved to Melita by…
J.B. Sage 
Jeff Bugg

Features:

CPR – closed in 1950 – moved to Melita by…
J.B. Sage 
Jeff Bugg



336.C.29 Furtney House

Construction Date:  ca. 1908
Location:  46 Summit Street

Origins:
Mrs. E.N. Thomas 1908
Laura Furtney 1949 – 2009

Features:
- nice verandah with wood trim
- brackets on front gable

336.C.30 Reddaway House

Construction Date:  ca. 1900
Location:  80 Ash Street

Origins:
Frank Lobban 1900
W.J. Bower 1905
Geo. Williams 1942
John Snyder 1948


336.C.31 Maxwell Eyers House

Construction Date:  ca. 1908
Location:  82 Ash Street

Origins:
S. Jamieson 1908
Robert Sterling 1917
Maxwell Eyers 1943 Furniture Dealer / Undertaker
E. Toms 1968

Features:

-  renovated

336.C.32 Albert Bird House

Construction Date:  ca. 1925
Location:  78 Main Street

Origins:
Albert Bird – carpenter – built several houses in town
A.B. Murray 1943
Mrs. Marj. Murray
Walter Murray
D.B. Murray
Ryan  Murray

Features:
- Nice roofline & windows
 



336.C.33 Former Brown School

Construction Date: 1891
Location: 40 Main Street

Origins:
Brown School District #625
NE 22-4-27 – until 1950

Roy Davis 1950
Alex Arnold
Orville Renwick

Original Builder/Architect:

S.A. Nesbit & William Forsythe

 
336.C.34 F. Morrow House

Construction Date:  1911
Location:  50 Maple Street

Origins:
C. Dolling 1911
R.E. Denny 1913
F.S. Morrow 1917 – Mason – Second Floor of Sturgeon Block, Sourisford Park Arch, Melita Sidewalks – worked on Banff Springs Hotel, Name stamp in sidewalk on Maple St.
Beulah Moore 1963
Martin Smith 1982
Michael Drake 2007
 

 
336.C.35 J. Lamport House

Construction Date:  ca. 1918
Location:  63 Maple Street

Origins:
Mrs. McEwen 1908
John Brathwaite 1915
Robert Owen 1921
J. Lamport 1928
F. McArthur 1946
B. Hill 1947
N.W. Green 1953
Borden Dobbyn – 1958
CPR House?

Features: -  lath & plaster walls/ newspaper insulation
 

 
336.C.36 R.N. McKay House

Construction Date:  ca. 1920
Location:  69 Maple Street

Origins:
R.N. McKay 1904
J.W. Moreland 1913
F.N. Pope 1926
Harry Mason - 1970

Features:

- Melita History has an R.M. McKay – manager of Hamelin’s Store?