Leard's 1888 Grist Mill

It's great to drive by Leard's Mill and see it restored. Here are a few recent photos.  The open house we held in mid October 2018 saw over 300 people come through in three hours.

LEARD'S MILL OPEN HOUSE

LEARD'S MILL OPEN HOUSE, OCT. 14

LEARD'S MILL OPEN HOUSE, Sunday, Oct. 14th, 1-4pm.  Receipts given for donations of $20 and more.

https://www.journalpioneer.com/news/local/open-house-planned-for-leards-mill-246755/#.W7SykToRHzQ.facebook

Photo: Eric McCarthy, Journal Pioneer, Oct. 3, 2018

Reeves House, South Freetown to be demolished today

      I was notified by Jean last evening that this house was to be demolished today.  It was listed on www.usedpei.com for anyone to take windows, etc. 

     I drove by last evening and again this morning and took a few distant photos.  

     This is an impressive 3-1/2 storey farm house with an attached carriage house on a rise of land on the Nodd Road in South Freetown.  It was built by David Reeves 170 years ago.  David (1829-1912) married in 1858 to Margaret McCallum Cole (1839-1895) of Bedeque.  They had 12 children: Azzur, Hubert, Herbert, Esther, Duncan, Andrew, John, Janie, Wallace, Henry, Ada and Horatio.

     The photo below is from the ad referenced above.

     Below: map from Meacham's 1880 Atlas of PEI shows David Reeves with 396-Acres.  

Below: map from Cumin's 1928 Atlas of PEI shows this house belonging to Mrs. Picton Reeves (her husband Picton died in 1922) with 296-Acres and 100-Acres to the right belonging to her brother-in-law Hubert Reeves.  The also Atlas notes Mrs. Reeves having the following children: Margaret, Elmar, Preston and Elworth.

       Today this dairy farm is called "Blue Diamond Holsteins" with a newer home out front.

I took these photos last evening.

I took these photos this morning - that's an impressive tree in front of the house.

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DAVID REEVES OBITUARY

October 26, 1912 – The Charlottetown Guardian

     On Thursday, October 17^th at Freetown there passed away one of the oldest residents in the person of David Reeves, at the good age of eighty-three years, after an illness of a few weeks caused by the general breaking up of the system.  The deceased was an honourable and upright man in all his dealing and acquired a good share of this worlds goods. 

     He leaves the following children to cherish his memory of a hind and affectionate father: - Janie and Horatio, Claremont, N.H.; Mrs. Joseph Webster, Imperial, Sask. (who arrived home shortly before her father’s death).  Davis of Seattle, Wash.; Herbert of Victoria West; Duncan of Norboro; Esther, and Hubert of Freetown and Picton at home.  The funeral on Saturday was largely attended, service was conducted at the house and grave by Rev. Mr. Morris, Kensington.  The remains were laid to rest in the Methodist Cemetery, Birch Grove, beside those of his wife, who predeceased him some years ago.  The pall bearers were – John Walker, Caleb Taylor, William Deighan, Joseph Baker, John Power, and Patrick Kielly.

Miscouche House demolished

This photo appeared recently in the Journal-Pioneer.

MacNevin House, Brae

    I was by this old property the other day - there's not a shingled left - looks like it was leveled by a "control burn" by the local fire department.

Here's a photo I took of the MacNevin homestead in 2011 when out for a drive with my grandmother - here's the link to the post...

http://peiheritagebuildings.blogspot.ca/search?q=macnevin

"...below is the house of Horace MacNevin (son of Alan & Lulu) located on Rte. 140 in the Brae - Horace moved out of the house a short time ago.  The farm that had been owned previously by Clarence Johnstone and of which Augustine Guillemont had been the pioneer settler.  Their house had formerly been the home of Herbert Craig...  cf. Past & Present: A history of the Brae, 1979."

Old Homestead, Milburn

     Here's an old house with great detailing on the Boulter Road (Rte. 140) in Milburn (south/near O'Leary).  According to Geolinc Plus this house, along with 50 acres, is currently owned by the Government of PEI.  From looking through the Meachams 1880 Atlas and the 1928 Cummins Atlas, its hard to determine if this was a MacNevin or MacPhee homestead.   
     I took this photo last week.

Old Barn, Brae

     There's alot of great old barns in western Prince Edward Island, especially in the O'Leary area.  Sadly most of them are not used now and slowly falling down.  This barn is on the MacPhee Road in the Brae.

"Cymbria Lodge" For Sale - 1916

    I came across this interesting ad in the Guardian Newspaper September 11, 1916.  This was from a web search of the UPEI Island Newspapers online website www.islandnewspapers.ca