Photo: Lorne Simpson, 2026
ARCHITECTURE:
This single-storey, shallow hip-roofed Minimal Traditional-style house has a large, hip-roofed bay on the left rear and a hip-roofed porch on the right rear. A gabled extension on the left front is behind an extended, centrally-located, gable-roofed front porch. Both gable ends are finished with rolled shingles, in imitation of an English Cottage thatched roof. There are two panels of three casement windows either side of the porch. The partially enclosed porch has a round-topped entry surrounded by brick quoins, and round-topped openings in its side walls. A small ornate metal gate can close off the porch, which is entered by two half-round concrete steps faced with upright bricks. The house, which was built for $6,000, is stuccoed. The rectangular brick chimney is of the same dark red and charcoal coloured bricks as the porch and steps. It was originally built with a basement garage.
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:
1946-47: Plumber George Goy (b. 1914-2005) and Patricia “Pat” Mary (née Demacedo, b. Victoria 1923-1993), who was bookeeper for his business . Both were avid golfers and anglers. Pat was Captain of Uplands Golf Club and went with other women on a safari to Africa. Daughter Cheryl May Anne (1946-2007), a realtor, bred racehorses.
OTHER OCCUPANTS:
1948-76: Forester William Alfred Horonomous Alsdorf (b. Surabaya, Singapore Straits Settlements 1877-1964) married Katharine “Iris” (née Harrison, b. Berwick-on-Tweed, ENG 1889-1976) in High River, AB in 1916. After serving in the Boer War, then one year’s service with Natal Mounted Police, he was a realtor in Calgary before attesting in Valcartier, QC in Sept 1914 for CEF/WWI. In 1915, with the 16th Battalion, he was shelled in the trenches, sustaining injuries that paralysed him on his left side. Iris lived in the house until her death.