For further information on the station see previous post...
Showing posts with label PEI Train Stations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PEI Train Stations. Show all posts
Sunday, November 15, 2015
Fredericton Train Station - Demolished
For further information on the station see previous post...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
Prince County Properties receive protected status
This is really old new, Published on March 27, 2015 - cf. Journal-Pioneer newspaper website by Colin MacLean:
The
Lyle House is an early example of Georgian classical architecture and used to
be an inn/post office in Lot 16. Photo submitted by the Government of P.E.I.
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SUMMERSIDE – At the same time the Lyle House was being built in Lot 16, the Battle of the Alamo was raging in Texas and Charles Darwin was forming his Theory of Evolution.
Since its construction in 1836 the house has by times stood proudly as a hub of activity as an inn/post office and been humbled by the ravages of time as a shed/chicken coop.
It has endured and outlasted history itself and now it, along with four other Prince County buildings, is being protected for future generations to enjoy.
The buildings have received ‘designated’ status under the Heritage Places Protection Act and have been added to the P.E.I. Registry of Historic Places.
Claude Arsenault, who purchased the house around 2005 and painstakingly restored and renovated it from a dilapidated state, is overjoyed with the designation.
“I’m thrilled, beyond thrilled,” said Arsenault.
“It’s an honour to live in this little house. It was built with a lot of love and care, it wasn’t slapped together in five minutes. The fact that it’s almost 200-years-old is a testament to the quality of the craftsmanship of these post and beam houses.”
Charlotte Stewart, a heritage officer with the provincial Department of Tourism and Culture, said all of these sites are unique in some way and are well worth protecting.
“It’s great to have these added to the registry, they really are important parts of our history and shows that the owners are interested, and place value on the buildings and want to see them recognized,” said
The Prince County buildings include: the Emerald, Kensington and O’Leary railway stations, St. Anne’s Church in Lennox Island and the Lyle House in Birch Hill. The West River petroglyph site in Bonshaw, Queen’s County, was also listed.
The P.E.I. Heritage Places Protection Act sets out two levels of recognition for homes.
The first, ‘registration,’ is basically honourific, and just signifies that the property has some historic note.
A step above registration is ‘designation,’ which is a means to protect the historic nature of the property. It places restrictions on the property in terms of what the owner can change and forces them to apply for a permit before making changes to the structure.
Properties receive registration and designation on the P.E.I. Registry of Historic Places by nomination and are vetted by a provincial committee which then makes a recommendation to the minister of Tourism and Culture, who makes the final approval.
As for Arsenault, he’s happy to keep living in his now officially historic house, until it’s someone else’s turn to protect it. He takes a transient view of such things.
“I’m 66 years old and I’ve come to the realization that nobody truly owns anything … We’re all just custodians, we borrow things and are kind of in charge of things – for a while,” he said.
About the buildings:
- The O’Leary Railway Station was built in 1913/1914.
- The Kensington Railway Station was built in 1905 and included P.E.I. stones in its construction.
- The Emerald Railway Station was built in 1924 and most of the community sprang up around it.
- St. Anne’s Church in Lennox Island is an 1895 Gothic structure, designed by Summerside architect George Baker, who also designed many of the city’s fox homes.
Monday, July 7, 2014
Murray River Train Station - Demolished today
Lately my blog is becoming a register of demolished buildings! Today the 110-year-old Murray River Train Station was demolished.
Photos cf. CBC PEI's website post today...
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
West Devon Train Station
I recently saw on Facebook's Abandoned Properties of P.E.I. a post of the West Devon Train Station and nearby house. See the links below... https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.805398182820606.1073741938.351704324856663&type=3
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.809520835741674.1073741940.351704324856663&type=1
The following photo comes from...
A Photo History of the Prince Edward Island Railway by Allan Graham, Page 94.
Amazing to see there's hardly a difference between this photo and the present-day condition of the station - some 43 years later!
Here's the house (owned by Nova Scotia resident, appearing abandoned) near the station - it's at the intersection of Route 138 and the Confederation Trail.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.809520835741674.1073741940.351704324856663&type=1
I had to find the West Devon Train Station myself - I didn't realize it still existed. Here's a few photos I took that day a month ago. The station was moved a short distance to private property and sits on the corner of Route 138 and Jack-A-Point Road (a short dead end road which doesn't seem to go to a point - ?) near the Confederation Trail.
Amazing to see there's hardly a difference between this photo and the present-day condition of the station - some 43 years later!
The following except comes from...
A
Photo History of the Prince Edward Island Railway by Allan
Graham, Page 27
The
Forest Fires of 1889
Daily
Examiner, Sept. 20, 1889
“For some time past, forest fires, many of
them started for the purpose of clearing land, - have been more or less
prevalent in that portion of Western Prince County lying between Port Hill and
Alberton…At O’Leary…it was only by greatest exertions that the railway station
house and coal she were saved, clay having to be shovelled upon the fire to
prevent its spreading in that direction…
Between O’Leary and West Devon the fires
were burning so close to the railway track that the express train, in charge of
Conductor Kelly, had to be stopped several times to examine the track before
proceeding.
At West Devon, Arthur’s mills were burnt
down, and all his lumber was destroyed.
The heat from the burning mills and lumber, as well as from the fires in
the woods, burnt the sleepers and warped the rails for nearly half a mile,
necessitating the stopping of the train at that place. Here Conductor Kelly took advantage of the
only clear space available, and here for a time he and his men had to work hard
to keep the train from being burnt up…”
Here's the house (owned by Nova Scotia resident, appearing abandoned) near the station - it's at the intersection of Route 138 and the Confederation Trail.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Richmond Train Station - 1933
I took the following photos of the Richmond Train station on April 2, 2003. It had been used as a storage building at this business for 40 years.
The building was demolished in the late 2000's.
The building was demolished in the late 2000's.
Below is an image from Page 95 of the book A Photo History of the Prince Edward Island Railway by Allan Graham. Published in 2000.
The third Richmond station being moved from its site after it was sold in 1964. The ramp to the freight shed has been removed. The only other station of this design was the third Belle River station. (Mary McQuaid coll.)
Sunday, September 8, 2013
Murray River Train Station - CBC Radio Island Morning
A derelict old train station in Eastern PEI may be getting a new lease on life. Monday morning, we'll hear from a community group in Murray River that says the building IS worth saving, and its plans for it. 96.1 FM.
From Facebook this evening...
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