Summerside Area Today

For a change I'm posting a few photos I took this evening in the Summerside area.

This barn is near the main intersection at Miscouche - a great large barn.

 The gambrel roof features two large dormers and three roof vents.

Further down the road is Linkletter Beach - here are two mid 20th-century cottages.  I've always been interested in the styles of these little P.E.I. cottages and would like to research and document them further someday.

A bit further up the road in St. Eleanors is the former Isaac Jeffery/ George A. Jeffery /Effie Jeffery Homestead.  This was the original site of the first Jeffery settlement on P.E.I. in 1810 - the farm consisted of 604 acres running down to the shore and today mostly occupied by the Summerside Golf Course.  This house was built about 1865 and replaced the original house "a cottage covered with roses" - the present house was built by Isaac Jeffery (son of George Jeffery, immigrant from the Isle of Wight) and his wife Louisa McInnis.   

In 1983 Effie and her sister Kathleen showed me through this old house then let me drive their 1955 Chevy up to St. John's Anglican Church cemetery to show me where our relatives were buried.  Kathleen died in Florida later that year and Effie died in 1987.  An estate auction of all the contents of this property was held in August 1987 - a year later the house was sold out of the family.

The property had many silver maple trees and during my 1983 visit I was given a seedling to take home with me.

Note the gingerbread running trim on the gable dormer.  The gabled window and square bay windows have much detailing  The new owners have done a great job retaining the original character of the house.



Murray River Farmhouse

This beautiful detailed Island-ell Style farmhouse is located on the south side of the Murray River overlooking the river.

This nicely kept house has the following features - wrap-around verandah with gingerbread and running trim; bay window, cedar shingle siding; upper gable decorative cut shingles; a single dormer with pediment roof; eave returns; frieze board; 2-over-2 windows; and traditional style screened door.

The upper gable features decorative-cut cedar shingles with diamond and square cut patterns.

Another Trip to Eastern P.E.I.

A farmhouse on Grey's Rd., Rte.201 in Hopefield.

The house is a typical late 19th-century Island-ell farmhouse.

The barn too is typical late 19th-century post and beam built with steep gabled roofs.

This house is on the Wood Island Road, Rte. 315 in Caledonia.  It's an Island-ell style house with double dormers over the kitchen wing.

At the intersection of  Rte. 315 and Rte. 24 in Caledonia is this Presbyterian Church.  There is much Scottish tradition in this community and evident at the church.

The front door with Scottish motto above.

The steeple is topped with a beautiful forged Scotch Thistle - likely crafted by a local blacksmith.

Munn House, Murray River

I made a trip to Murray River this afternoon to check on the progress of Greg's house renovation/restoration.  Here's a few photos - check out his blog...http://an-abhainn.blogspot.com/

 I love the sight and texture of a freshly shingled building.

 The craftsmanship of Mike McCarthy (East Coast Carpentry) and his crew is impecible.



Old Barns, Summerfield, P.E.I.

As I drove by these barns this evening, on Route-2 Highway, I had to pull over and photograph them - the stubble from last fall's harvest reflected a tinge of golden glow on a somewhat dull landscape.

Big Cape School, Monticello, P.E.I.

This old schoolhouse, the Big Cape School, is is located in Monticello in eastern P.E.I. on Route 16.  It was built in 1840 and restored in 1982.

The interior photos were taken through the windows.

The corners feature a great detail of a 3/4-round trim - not sure if this is original.

Holy Trinity Georgetown

Here's a photo of the Georgetown Anglican Church I took in 1983 - note the detail highlighted by the colour scheme.  Join the facebook page to help save this historic church - http://www.causes.com/causes/561543-save-the-anglican-church-in-georgetown



Murray Harbour Road today

Here's some heritage buildings I photographed today, on Rte. 24, between Murray River and Vernon River.



The Romance of the Heating Stove

Here's another of my favourite Nova Scotia Museum booklets.  It's by George MacLaren and first published in 1972.  The booklet features 16 of these early stoves along with a list of Nova Scotia Foundries 1790-1899.

Here's an interesting article attached to the page - I have three of these books and think I must have picked up this one at a yard or book sale.

A year ago my 10-year-old niece did her heritage fair project on Bread Making - she illustrated the various ways and techniques used by the early settlers, etc. - here's a photo of her by one of the old stoves.  My father said he remembered his grandmother, Annie (Boyle) Cannon, having a stove like this - that was in the late 1930's.   My niece won first prize for her project at her elementary school then won at the provincial heritage fair.