ARCHITECTURE:
This 1½-storey, Edwardian Vernacular Arts & Crafts, front-gabled home, designed by prominent local architect J.C.M. Keith, was built for $2,400. EVA&C features are gabled dormers on either side of the roof and symmetrical upper floor over asymmetrical lower on the front. Front and rear gables have whalebone bargeboards. A string course separating gable from main floor continues as the frieze around the house. The enclosed offset, recessed front porch to the left has now been restored, revealing leaded glass in the paneled front door. There is one chamfered square post, and solid balustrades on the porch and side-facing steps. There is a cantilevered box bay under the eaves on the left side. Many beautiful stained and leaded glass windows are still intact. The gables and dormers are shingled while the body is clad in drop siding.
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:
1909-35: Thomas Elkington (b. Bicester, Ox, ENG 1869-1923) came to Canada in 1893 and married Mary Arden (b. Cheshire, ENG 1868-1935) here in 1899. He was a foreman for Pacific Sauce Works, Western Pickling Works and W.K. Houston Co.
1933-40: Daughter Elsie Frances (b. Victoria 1903-?) married Robert John Stewart (b. Glasgow, SCT 1903-1944) in 1933. He was a warehouse foreman with W.H. Malkin, wholesale grocer, until WWII when he was an ironworker at Yarrows shipyard.
OTHER OCCUPANTS:
1941-46: Postman Harvey Augustus Taylor (b. NL 1891-1966) married Alice Ellen Mary (née Allan, b. ENG 1897-1962) in AB in 1926, where he had a homestead grant. He enlisted in 1915 and served overseas with 1st Cdn. Mounted Rifles. WIA, he was discharged in 1918.
1947-48: Painter Charles Schattenkirk (b. SK 1902-1984) and Mary (née Windjack, b. SK 1909-1979).
1949-53: PO Robert Clare Anderson, RCN (b. Kelsey, AB 1920-2009) and Sarah Rita (née MacIntyre, b. S Uist, SCT 1920-2007) celebrated 68 years of marriage. He retired with 25 years service and moved to Comox, BC where he was chief engineer and clerk of works for St. Joseph’s Hospital.