Special Places Project

Site Inventory / Page 5 / Houses

Royal Bank Manager's House

Construction Date: ca. 1930
Location: 128 Third St.
Original Owner Name: Not Known

Bub & Berna Rogers
W. McComb

Building Features of Interest:

- bungalow style

George Mooney House

Construction Date: 1905
Location: 140 Third St.

Original Owner Name: Not Known

George Mooney 
Jack Jones
Debbie Fitzpatrick
Brent Rice


Building Features of Interest:

- original siding, some windows and frames


"Mrs. Diefenbaker" House

Construction Date:  1893
Location: 144 Thirds St.

Original Owner Name: Not Known

Edna Mae Brower (Mrs. Diefenbaker) was born in this house in 1899
Albert Dack – 1920’s
Bert and Nellie Williams
Larry & Mary Sylvester
Len Randall

Building Features of Interest:

- some original siding, some windows and frames




 Fraser House

Construction Date: 1893
Location: 117 Thirds St.

Original Owner Name:

Mr. & Mrs Fraser – parents of J.J. Story
Mr. & Mrs. Countryman
Cec & Thelma McKibbon
Don & Laurie Zachanowich
Art & Verna Brown

Building Features of Interest:

- walls 1 ½ ft. thick, hardwood floors, original doors, round register


Gorrie House

Construction Date: 1920
Location: 220 Cliff St.

Original Owner Name: 

Mr. & Mrs. C.C. Gorrie (Mayor)
E. Holbrook
 

Original Builder/Architect:

Gorrie

Building Features of Interest:

- some original siding, doors, windows, leaded windows, chimney, dormers

Roberts House

Construction Date: 1910
Location: 113 Fourth St.

Original Owner Name: Jimmy Roberts


Building Features of Interest:


Fleming House

Construction Date: ca. 1910
Location: 108 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name: 

Norman Leslie
Bertha Millen
Bill & Nibs Fleming

Building Features of Interest:

- original siding, some leaded glass, wood doors and trim

Venier House

Construction Date: 1893
Location: 112 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name: Charles Kerr

Charles Venier – Hotel Owner - 1919
Jim & Stella Venier
C. Mann
David & Charlene Olson


Building Features of Interest:

- double gable – despite appearance – built as a single house
- note offset entrance


Joe Ferris House

Construction Date:
Location: 120 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name:

Joe Ferris (All his life from that time) –  Carpenter, Contractor, businessman
Alf & Ethel West
John & Diane Pearen
D. Mcleod

Building Features of Interest:

- enhanced mansard roof line,
- finely detailed brick
- some  original windows, doors
 


Stevenson Family House

Construction Date: ca. 1900
Location: 124 Fifthe st.

Original Owner Name:

Thomas Stevenson – Stevenson & Ferris Furniture Store, village councllor
Anna Couling (Nee Stevenson) – Daughter of Thomas
Daisy Stevenson Daughter of Thomas
Grandma Stevenson
Ray Couling

Building Features of Interest:

- enclosed porch, original siding, windows, doors, chimney, old registers, bay window, 10 ft ceilings
- photo p487, History Book
 - 10 Stevenson children born here
- street commonly called “Kids Street”


Pierce House

Construction Date: 1892
Location: 128 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name: Not Known

Harry & Miss Pierce
Clarence & Edna Orr
Jack & Margaret Moore
John Sharein


Building Features of Interest:

- one of oldest in town.


Bain Co. Bank & House

Construction Date: 1902
Location: 135 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name: 

Alex Bain – first Bank in community (Private)
Hiram & Vera McKibbon – Owner of first garage in town
Cam & Sandra Smith
Gail VanDamme
Brenda Hamilton Bisson

Original Building Function:

House, private bank established by Alex Bain, who in 1890 represented Patterson & Bros. Company, a machinery agency.
Manager Mr. D.A. McVicar. Mr. McVicar moved to new Union Bank – prior to 1907

Building Features of Interest:

- lots of original features, doors, windows, hardwood floors, transom windows, colored glass windows, - round-arched window on north side, ornate brick design above window, doors ,
- square rear extension with false front (Bank Function?)



W.S. Peters House

Construction Date: ca. 1890
Location:

Original Owner Name: 

W.S. Peters (Massey Harris Dealership & Hardware Store
Lawrence & Doreen Grant
Marvin & Joan Vestby
Roy & Bernice Bell


Building Features of Interest:

- bay window - wood siding



Batty House

Construction Date: ca. 1910
Location: 127 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name: Not Known

Mrs. Batty
Amy Raison
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Watson


Building Features of Interest:

- enclosed windowed porch – nice roofline
- brick chimney, leaded glass piano window on south side



MacIntosh House

Construction Date: ca. 1890
Location: 123 Fifth St.

Original Owner Name: Not Known

Charlie Brook at one time


Building Features of Interest:

- bay window, detailed frame, pillars,  south side entrance, some wide baseboards, hardwood floors, doors, original siding
- one of the oldest - well kept