Kensington this Christmas

     This modest early twentieth-century farmhouse is located on Route 2 in Kensington and decorated for the holidays.

     The house features a front/west facade of an angled bay window and square bay for the entry door along with a south facing side verandah to the right.

     Below:  the gable features a small single-hung, round-top window; eave trimming and banding;along with decorative-cut cedar shingles.  The house displays very nice detailing through-out.

Below: St. Mark's Anglican Church on Victoria Street East.  

     In 1885 construction was underway for this the second/ present St. Mark’s Anglican Church– replacing the first St. Mark’s, built in 1860.  The new church was built at a cost of $1,375.00.  It was first used for worship on August 29, 1887 and consecrated on June 9, 1888 by the Rt. Rev. Frederick Courtney.   The Church of England was the first denomination to build in Kensington.

     St. Mark’s Church is believed to be the only surviving example of a William Harris designed board-and-batten church in P.E.I. and one of three remaining board-and-batten Gothic revival style churches in the Maritime Provinces.  It narrowly escaped destruction on July 20, 1979 when a blow torch ignited insulation material when church repairs were underway – there was extensive damage to the steeple and smoke damage throughout the church – regular services resumed in the church later that fall.

     cf.  A History of the Pastoral Unit of New London and Springfield, Pg. 265

Below:  cf. http://islandstories.ca/island_stories_viewer/cap:1081/Kensington

     Below: Looking west down Victoria Street.  Note the Presbyterian Church on the left.

     Below: sketch by well-known Prince Edward Island / Canadian artist Robert Harris and brother of architect Wm. C. Harris.

Below: Kensington Presbyterian Church. Victoria Street East.

Below: Front facade - north facing.

Summers Street, Summerside

     Recently I was up to visit a client on Summer Street in Summerside, on that lovely fall day I decided to photograph the wonderful homes and buildings on the street for this blog.

1886 City Hall - http://www.city.summerside.pe.ca/

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2753&pid=13297&h=Summer,Street,Summerside

Holman Homestead & Gardens: Fox Museum - 

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=16273

1860 St. Mary's Anglican Church -

http://www.stmarystjohnanglicanchurchsummerside.com/#!history-of-our-churches

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11073&pid=8358&h=Summer,Street,Summerside

1907 Hinton House -

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11089

1896 Sharp House -

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11124&pid=0

1898 Dr. James MacLellan House -
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10060&pid=7375&h=Summer,Street,Summerside
Designed by well-known PEI Architect Wm. C. Harris

 Below: Rear view of above 2 houses - note City Hall in the Distance.

     Below: Former family home of P.E.I. Premier & Canadian Senator Thane Campbell.  Thane Campbell's son Alex became Premier of PEI in the mid 1960's and later Court Justice; also another on, Mel Campbell, was Mayor of Summerside in the 1980s.

1891 Fanning House -

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2754&pid=0

 1910 Tanton House -

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12421&pid=9468&h=112,Summer,Street%20(4)

 St. Mary's Convent (Catholic) Corner of Summer & Convent Streets.

Interesting, "funky" (as they'd say in the 1960's) design - entry like a nun's hat.

 Parkside Elementary School -

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=1235&pid=9414&h=Summer,Street,Summerside

 Former home of well-known Summerside and PEI Historian Faye Pound

Note the detail on the window under the verandah.

 1876 Thomas Crabbe House -

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10104&pid=7419&h=Summer,Street,Summerside

Pridham House, Montrose - destroyed

     The old Ken & Lois Pridham House, located on Rte. 152 in Montrose, was destroyed by fire on Sunday evening past, Nov. 18th - a control burn by the local fire departments.  The house had been abandoned for many, many years and in poor condition.
     Here are a few photos I took on June 28, 2012.

      Above/Below: The house sat atop a south facing hill with a distant view of the beautiful Montrose River.  This view faces west and Rte. 152.

      The house dates approximately back to the 1870-80's and features a steep gabled dormer on the front with two square bay windows below.  There was a kitchen wing to the rear.

Below: Pridham House Control Burn. cf. Facebook

"PHOTO REMOVED OUT OF RESPECT FOR FAMILY'S LOSS"