P.E.I. Heritage Buildings: 1830's Lyle House, Birch Hill

Monday, February 18, 2013

1830's Lyle House, Birch Hill

The Lyle House of Birch Hill, overlooking Malpeque Bay, is a wonderful restoration story. Claude Arsenault is to be commended on saving this very old Island house as not many survive from this period.
In February 2009 Claude was presented with an Architectural Heritage Preservation Award from the Prince Edward Island Museum & Heritage Foundation.
See his website for much information, history and photographs about the restoration - from moving the house, finding salvaged materials, to the final touches. http://thelylehouse.vbrd.org/

Images above from website: http://thelylehouse.vbrd.org/

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BitterSweetBarb/BentBarbieFebruary 23, 2015 at 4:21 PM
Bits and pieces of my house where I grew up have been added to the Lyle House during its restoration. Claude has done a fabulous job!!!!
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HERITAGE PRAYER

We keep forgetting all of those who lived before us.

We keep forgetting those who lived and worked in our communities.
We keep forgetting those who prayed and sang hymns in our churches before we were born.
We keep forgetting what our fathers have done for us.
We commit the sin, Lord, of assuming that everything begins with us.

We drink from wells we did not find.
We eat food from farmland we did not develop.
We enjoy freedoms which we have not earned.
We worship in churches which we did not build.
We live in communities we did not establish.
This day, make us grateful for our heritage.

Amen

cf. Cumberland Historic Village, near Ottawa - in the vestibule of Vars Knox United Church -

adapted from a prayer in the old Covenanters' Church - 1804, Grand Pre, Nova Scotia.