Station Agents House, Cardigan

     Here's the Station Agent's house in Cardigan.  This was a standard design built in many Island communities with a train station.  I have identified about a dozen agent houses still remaining.  
     I took this photo last week when visiting Cardigan.

     Below is an excerpt from, Highlights of Cardigan Area By Beth Brehaut, Page 8:

"The station house, which housed the station agent, was built when William Flynn was the agent between the late 1890's and the early 1900's. Noel Wilson was the last station agent in Cardigan and he purchased the station house for his home after the station closed."
     See also a previous post in this blog on other Station Agent Home's on the Island...

http://peiheritagebuildings.blogspot.ca/2014/07/station-agents-house-1904.html
     Charlottetown architect, C.B. Chappell, designed this house in 1904 - the drawings below came be found at the Prince Edward Island Public Archives & Record Office.

Station Agents House - 1904

     Here's an article about the Lower Freetown Station Agents house, moved to Augustine Cove in the early 1990's.  Today it is a summer rental property - http://www.homeaway.ca/cottage-rental/p388753vb
     Many communities on the Island with train stations had Station Agents homes built from this same plan. 

 Below: Page from PEI Heritage Designs Book.

 Below: Copy of original drawings from PEIMHF.

Here's the Station Agents House in Hunter River.

 Below: cf. CIHB (Canadian Inventory of Heritage Buildings) 1974

Below: Hunter River Postcard - Station Agents House on left - 1909

Below: Hunter River Postcard - Station Agents House on left 1926