Heritage Homes – HERITAGE HOMES

CARMICHAEL HOUSE 1911

Published on March 4, 2014February 21, 2016 by Ted SauriolLeave a comment

“Maude Carmichael was the daughter of Chilliwack’s first mayor, Sam Cawley. In January 1911, she married John Carmichael who was killed early in the first World War; Maude sold this house around 1920. Built in the Craftsman style the side gable roof is balanced by a front gable dormer and a inset entry porch; typical of the style are the notch vergeboards and the triangular eve brackets.”

(Page 16,The District of Chilliwack Heritage Inventory, Chilliwack Heritage Advisory Committee, 1991, Chilliwack Museum and Archives reference collection)

Photograph taken in February 2014 by Ted Sauriol

WALKER HOUSE 1909-1911

Published on March 2, 2014November 26, 2016 by Ted Sauriol2 Comments

“This was the first concrete block house to be built in Chilliwack. Starting in 1909 William Walker began to manufacture the blocks, then hired Ernest Mill to assemble them. This was the prototype for a number of others that Hill went on to build. The Chilliwack Progress of February 28, 1912 reported “Walker… has the satisfaction… of knowing his work is a permanency and should last many decades after he has ceased to need it”. In the 1940’s the house was owned by the Count and Countess Van Rechteren, who named it ” Zoeterwoude” after a village in Holland; Princess Juliana was one of the visitors to the house during the Second World War. The house was designated a Heritage House in 1989.

(Page 15,The District of Chilliwack Heritage Inventory, Chilliwack Heritage Advisory Committee, 1991, Chilliwack Museum and Archives reference collection)

Photograph by Ted Sauriol February 2014

BRADSHAW HOUSE 1891

Published on February 8, 2014February 16, 2014 by Ted SauriolLeave a comment

“William Bradshaw a carpenter, built this house for himself in 1891. It is an excellent example of exuberant ornamentation that was popular in the late Victorian era, here rendered in wood. Four different type of shingles are used to provide surface texturing, in addition to decoration brackets and struts, and vertical Stick strapping. The massing of the house is complex, with a projecting front gable cantilevered over a semi-octagonal bay, and jerked in headed roof.”

(Chilliwack Archives, Chilliwack Heritage Inventory)

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This photograph taken in January 2014 by Ted Sauriol