Melita Site
Inventory
Page 8 :
Residences - Part 4
336.C.37
Mackie House
Construction Date: ca. 1908
Location: 84 Maple Street
Origins:
A. Mackie 1908
Mrs. A. Simpson 1912
John Russell 1917
Mrs. Modeland 1920
C. Cornish 1941
S.D. of Melita 1942
Roy & Ella Robinson
Pedersons 1972
Features:
- nice porch
- hardwood / archway etc.
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336.C.38 A.B. Estlin House
Construction
Date: ca. 1900
Location: Maple & Summit Street
Origins:
A.B. Estlin 1900 – Wawnesa Insurance Agent 1919-1936
F.C. Wilson 1941 (Dr. Wilson)
Peter Liliak 1961
Delmer Neff 1975
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336.C.39 Gillander House
Construction
Date: ca. 1900
Location: 113 Maple Street
Origins:
R.T. Braeden 1900
Mrs. Greaves 1908
Mrs. K. Gillander 1928
Katie Snyder 1970
Teri-Lynn and Jim Forster 1970
Features:
- rounded dormer window
- leaded glass
- nice complex roofline
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336.C.40 Jim Duncan House
Construction Date:
ca. 1908
Location: 153 Souris Street
Origins:
Nellie Duncan 1908 (see photo – identified as home of
Mr.Jas.Duncan” in an old postcard.
Jim Duncan 1940
Mrs. Mary Belfry 1950
Muriel (Belfry) Maclean 1960
John Warkentin 1974
Features:
- pillars on front porch - brackets
- nice windows – coloured and leaded glass
- original woodwork
- shingled gables
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336.C.41 McJannet House
Construction Date:
ca. 1908
Location: 156 Souris Street
Origins:
A.A. Armstrong 1908
Mrs. T. McJannet 1910
Florence McJannet
David Champion
Susan Cairns
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336.C.42
Dearlove House
Construction Date: 1891
Location: 141 Maple Street
Origins:
Thos. Dearlove 1900
E.A, Belfry 1908
G. Yeo 1927
T. Gould 1954
D. Williams 1963
Features:
- 1891 several houses were “delivered” to Melita via the new railway.
There is mention of this in an 1891 report in the Melita Enterprise
indicating that “Most of the houses brought into Melita this year have
found ready sale.”
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336.C.43 John Large House
Construction
Date: 1891
Location: 143 Maple Street
Origins:
John Large 1900
Percy Timms 1908
Mary Graham 1920
J. Swelha 1961
E. Pederson 1962
M. Armstrong 1975
Features:
- owner has deeds
- owner indicated that in 1891 several houses were “delivered” to
Melita via the new railway.
There is mention of this in an 1891 report in the Melita Enterprise
indicating that “Most of the houses brought into Melita this year have
found ready sale.”
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336.C.44 Minshull House
Construction
Date: ca. 1920
Location: 145 Maple Street
Origins:
Colin Minshull 1955
Harrison Minshull 1963
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336.C.45 Thomas Jackson House
Construction Date: ca. 1900
Location: 152 Maple Street
Origins:
1894 – Thomas Jackson
1908 W.W. Mobey
1926 Jane Taylor
Pat & Jean Sterling
Jim & Jean Eng – owned the Sun Café lived here
Features: -
veranda
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336.C.46 Meredith House
Construction Date: ca. 1900
Location: 148 Maple Street
Origins:
W. Jackson 1894
W.H. Meredith 1909
J. Greig 1924
H. Greenhalgh 1944
J. Greig 1957
Nettie Greig
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336.C.47 Reekie House
Construction Date: ca. 1892
Location: 138 Maple Street
Origins:
A.M. Reekie 1892
T.A. Hamilton 1930
Mrs. Evelyn Phair
Features:
- old wood sideomng
- some coloured glass
- small enclosed verandah
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336.C.48 J. Duncan House
Construction Date: ca. 1900
Location: 134 Souris Strret
Origins:
J. Duncan 1893 (Pioneer Blacksmith, Farm Implement Dealer, Justice of
the Peace)
David Polluck 1909
Thos. Hamilton 1912
Chas. Quane 1940
Mr. Cruise
Will J. Wright 1978
J. Hood
I Skelton
Cory Fairweather
Features:
- nice windows and trim
- painted brick trim
- scrolled verandah trim
- metal-roofed bay
- stained glass
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