Old Barn, Hope River - demolished

     On July 3rd I noticed the windows had been taken out of this old barn and thought it must be in advance of demolition - so I took these photos.  It's located on the St. Mary's Road (Rte 224) near the intersection with Simpson Mill Road.

     Meacham's 1880 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows this farmstead was 2 farms, to the right/west was Felix Murphy with 55-acres and the Hope River Post Office.  The farm to the left/east belonged to Jno Hogan with 60-acres. 

     Cumin's 1928 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows the two farms above now one farm owned by Leo Reid with 114-acres.  

     Above is the new house that belongs to this farmstead - the old barn is to the left.  This house was built in 2003-2004 - it replaced the house below which was moved over to the east corner lot (at St. Mary's Rd and Broadway Rd.) of the farmstead, restored and sold.

     The photo below was taken on Feb. 14, 2004 - it shows the original house (now the yellow house above) with the new house behind (beige house /w red roof above) and the demolished barn above, in the far left.

On July 14th I took the photos below of the barn demolished.

former Conway-Ahearn-Porter Homestead, St. Peter St. Paul

     I took these photos a week ago - the old farmstead is located at 42209 Rte. 2 (Western Road) in the community of "St. Peter St. Paul" ( located between DeBlois and Tignish ). 

      When I was in Junior & High School in the 1970's, this was the home of one of my classmates - this is where the Porter Family lived.  It was a beautiful property, always well-kept and tidy.
     Today the house is abandoned and 100-acre farm is owned and farmed by a large local agricultural corporation.
     Cumin's 1928 Atlas shows this property being owned by Tim Conway, married to Adeliene with the following children: Joe, Jim, Gregory, Emma and Addie.
     My parents told me this property was owned by Jimmy Ahearn in the 1950's. He built the huge barn in the 1950's and died suddenly not long after building it.  His wife moved to Alberton following his death.   They said it was one of the nicest properties in western P.E.I.

     The house is in the "Island-ell Farmhouse" style.  The front/east/road side of the house features two square-bay windows.  

     See more photos of this place on Facebook's "Abandoned Properties on P.E.I."

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Taylor Road, Wilmot Valley

   I was in Summerside the other day - instead of taking the Blue Shank Road home I went to the other side of the Wilmot River and took the Taylor Road.  Here's a few photos of some interesting old places on that road...

     The house below is on the west end of the Taylor Road, bordering on the Wilmot River.  The images below are the front / south facing side of the house.

     This house has beautiful detailing of trim and eave bracketing.  The front features a projecting dormer with entry below and two square bay windows.  A kitchen wing with west facing verandah is to the rear/north of the house.

      The large two storey house below is up the road eastward from the house above.  You can see the Wilmot River behind the house - the white house is across the river on the Blue Shank Road.

Below: Valley View Farm

     The farm is located on the south side of Taylor Road, closer to the end towards MacMurdo Road.

Here's some other views of the property - great old buildings!

Fredericton Train Station - 1904

     I took these photos of Fredericton Train Station back in late May.  It's located on Route 264, just off Route 2 highway beside the Confederation Trail.
     The following information comes from A Photo History of the Prince Edward Island Railway by Allan Graham.  Page 16. ''Keepers'' Stations.  As some of the communities containing flag stations grew, the residents demanded a bigger station with a large waiting room and a substantial freight area.  Since these stations had a caretaker or keeper, they were given the name ''keepers stations''.  The Daily Examiner of May 9, 1904 states:

     ''What are called 'Keepers station' being freight room and waiting room with keeper in charge - a very great improvement on the old railway flag stations, are to be built this year at Fredericton, Kinkora, Albany, Northam, and Richmond...''

     The Fredericton station remains near its former location. The Kinkora station was torn down; Albany station is a warehouse; Northam station is a farm building; first Richmond station burned in 1933, the second was is now a storage building.

     Today the station sits on the south side of the Confederation Trail - it was bought by the Weeks family in the early 1990's and moved across the trail to sit on their farmland property.  They intended to fix-it-up and doing something with it, but that never happened - today sits derelict!

     When the railroad was being put through Fredericton in the summer of 1872 Sarah Emeline Howard (b. 06-Sept-1852 at Black River, dtr. of Samuel Howard and Mary Ann Pye) had just married Henry Weeks (b. 1855) on 27-July-1872.  She moved in to the fairly new house built by Henry in the late 1860's.  She soon enough started the hard work of feeding the workers putting down the new rail line through their community.  Henry, a carpenter and farmer, built a large table and two large benches for the workers to eat at.

      The house is situated to the south of the railroad, facing north towards the railroad.  

      The farmland was sold out of the family last year.  Last fall the present owners moved into a mobile home parked in the front yard.  The old house was scheduled for demolition, however, they changed their mind.  The old house is empty.

     Below: Image cf. Arnold G. Smith.  Those in photo, L-R: brothers Frank Weeks (on horse) and Wm. Goulding "Golden" Weeks (standing with horse); unknown farm worker; seated on swing is Sarah and Henry Weeks.

Here's Allan Graham's book - now out of print.

New London Farmhouse Restored 1992

     This article appeared in the RE*NEW Magazine in the Feb-Mar 1992 issue.  The house was surely destined to be lost when the Shoalts came along and saved it!  It's been 21 years since the restoration and its as good as the day it was built / restored.

 Below is the only image I have on file for this house, taken around 2005.

Here's a link to Google Maps Street View.

https://maps.google.ca/maps?q=new+london,+prince+edward+island&hl=en&ll=46.473158,-63.51737&spn=0.010876,0.066047&geocode=+&hnear=New+London,+Queens+County,+Prince+Edward+Island&t=h&z=15&layer=c&cbll=46.47315,-63.51738&panoid=ytEwOfNMwUNmcFeYCmfdHw&cbp=11,315,,0,0

     Cummin's 1928 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows John Coles owning this property with 80 acres.  John Coles was married Cora Bert - at the time they had the following children: Annie, Edith, Archibald, Ethel, Lee and Earl.

     Meacham's 1880 Atlas of Prince Edward Island shows Jno Coles living here with 50 acres of land.