ARCHITECTURE:
This is one of the three brick Italianates on Amelia; the designer has effectively used parging to emphasize de-sign details on the two-storey angled bay. The brick chimney on the shallow hipped roof now lacks corbelling. The front porch and balcony are the same as 1519 Amelia St, but with flat pilasters. The panelled front door assembly appears to be original. The early brick kitchen extension in the rear has a rare ceramic Victorian chimney pot.
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:
1891-92: Thomas and Annie Deasy moved here from 1525 Amelia St.
OTHER OCCUPANTS:
1897-99: Drygoods clerk Robert Henderson Donogh (b. Grey, ON 1863-1941) outlived three wives before his death in Portland, OR.
1900-17: Carpenter William Henry Souden (b. Camborne, Corn, ENG 1851-1932) and Ada “Ruth” (née Hambley, b. USA 1854-1935) came here from USA in 1884. Daughters Olive and Edna both married in 1905. William and Ruth then lived at 1525 Amelia St.
1920-25: Cameron Constr Co bookkeeper and secretary William Jamieson Halliday (b. SCT 1873-1955). A widower with two children, his son Cdr. William “Charles” (b. SCT 1907-1982) served in the RCN.
1926-27: Emil Jardin, retired, daughter Alice, laundry worker, son John, longshoreman.
1929-40: Longshoreman Robert James Cleland (1877-1951) and his unmarried sisters Elizabeth Jane (1861-1936) and Mary (1854-1937). Born in Ballynahinch, Co Down, N IRL, they came here in 1911.
1946-54: William Otto Clunk (b. Esquimalt 1903-1988) married Ellen Agnes “Nell” (née Richardson, b. ENG 1905-1978) here in 1926. A compositor, he worked for Quality Press for many years. He was active with the CCF and Sec-Treas of Allied Printing Trades Council. Prior to marriage, Nell was a bookbinder with a number of printing companies.