James Hebert Keith was born in 1865 in Havelock, New Brunswick; he married Laura Alma Bonter in Chilliwack in 1893. They established this dairy farm on Lickman Road; James built this prominent house for them and their six children to designs conceived by Alma. The house and farm were later owned by W.T. Richardson, Council member for 31 years and a long time member of the Canadian Guernsey Breeders Association. The old B.C. Electric Railway tracks run adjacent to this tall, symmetrical Foursquare house. (Chilliwack Archives, Chilliwack Heritage Inventory).
I had the pleasure of talking to the owner of this home. She came out and spoke to me when she saw me photograph her home. She told me when she was younger she would drive by this home and did not like it much. Its strange how things go in life huh. She now owns it. She explained to me that that her family had made a few changes to the upstairs of the home to accommodate their needs, but it was not dramatic. This picture was taken on January 29, 2014.
