Melita Site
Inventory
Page 9 :
Residences - Part 5
336.C.49
C. Estlin House
Construction Date: ca. 1900
Location: 118 Maple Street
Origins:
C. Estlin 1894
F. Aitkins 1908
C.P. Estlin
Pearl Brown 1941 (Milne)
Jim Brown
Sandra Brigden
Brett Hay
Features:
- pair of rounded dormers
- nice wood-trimmed porch
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336.C.50 Thompson House
Construction
Date: ca. 1900
Location: 110 Maple Street
Origins:
W. Shearer 1892
Alan Thompson 1900
Mrs. A.H. Thompson 1915
W.A. Wilkinson 1927
A. Wilkinson 1955
C. Strong 1958
Dick Harmon 1965
Features:
- original wood banister
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336.C.51 Barker House
Construction
Date: ca. 1900
Location: 92 Maple Street
Origins:
Mrs. V. Moreland 1900
G.B. Barker 1907 (Barkers Men’s Wear)
J.B. Barker
Features:
- large – L-shaped, re-sided
- corner location
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336.C.52 Williams House
Construction Date:
ca. 1892
Location: 118 Poplar Street
Origins:
J.B. Cosgrove 1892
A.M. Thompson 1899
John Williams 1907 – purchased 1906 – Pioneer Settler, Reeve, M.L.A.
Ken Williams
Paul & Lisa Jacobson
Jack & Teena Bloomer
Features:
- scroll work and roofline over bay
- gable end trim
- verandah with scroll trim
- some interior wood – stair rail
- small octagon window
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336.C.53 Sturgeon House
Construction
Date: 1910
Location: 179 Souris Street
Origins:
- 1927 C. Howard Mann
- Bannerman (Mountie)
- 1946 Lloyd Hodgins
- 1951 C.Carels
- 1970 W. McLean
- 1974 Richard Filteau
- 1976 G.R.Prawdzik
- 1980 Cecil Speare
- 1999 Dean & Cindy Charles
Features:
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window in gables, piano window
- window trim
- verandah
- interior elements
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336.C.54 W.
Sturgeon House
Construction Date: 1895
Location: 205 Souris Street
Origins:
W. Sturgeon 1900
Joe Dobbyn 1908
Walter Oxley 1943
J. Deacon 1962
J. Axford - 1976
Features:
- one of earliest houses in Melita
- coloured glass
- open verandah – scrolled brackets
- photo in museum
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336.C.55 Cameron House
Construction
Date: ca. 1900
Location: 168 Poplar Street
Origins:
Baptist Church 1895 (2 Lots)
Doug Cameron 1948 In 1947 – purchased ”The Terrace” from Mrs. Belfry
Mark Connie Clifford ?
Was this on the Baptist Church Property (Corner Lot next door?)
Features:
- double front gable
- old door
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336.C.56 W.G. Kenner House
Construction Date: 1892
Location: 145 Front Street
Origins:
W.G. Kenner 1892 – Settled in Eunola District then moved to Melita –
fuel & draying business
E.M. Jones 1942
Lorne Richter 1973
Features:
- tin-clad rounded dormer, front porch
- re-sided
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336.C.57 Doc Leslie House
Construction Date:ca. 1900
Location: 149 Front Street
Origins:
W. (Doc) Leslie 1900 Dr. Leslie (Veterinarian & Farm
Inspector) lived here for over 40 years.
C. Whitley 43
Mrs. W. Whitley
Winnifred Whitley (Yuill) – married Chester William
Features:
- Siding covers brick from Payne Brickyard
- visible in old photos
-has newel post made in Hartney
- stained glass
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336.C.58 Laughlin House
Construction Date: ca. 1900
Location: 157 Front Street
Origins:
Dave Lamont or Mr. Laughlin Sr.
Clyde Laughlin 1931
Frank & Leak Walker 1944-60’s
Dick Jones
Features:
- re-sided
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336.C.59 Pearl's Dress & Hat
Shop
Construction Date: 1908
Location: 53 Oak Street
Origins:
Gordon Howden 1908
Amos Lane 1911
Wm. Griffith 1912
P. Wetterauer 1919
W. Coates 1934
Pearl Coates 1944
V. Rawlinson 1978
Earl Robson
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336.C.60 Mrs. Mainland's Nursing
Home
Construction Date: 1922
Location: 36 Souris Street
Origins:
1922 N. Groves
1926 – C. Abbott
1943 – S. Mainland
1953 M. Elliot
Larry Gilchrist
Nursery Home / Birthing House – 1940’s
Mrs. Mainland operated a Nursing Home 1944-49
Features:
- dormers
- good example of cottage style
- enclosed verandah
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