It’s Wayback Wednesday, sponsored by Jamie Lockwood, broker/owner of Sutton Group Muskoka Realty!
Have you driven on West Road yet? It’s a totally different road since the District began resurfacing parts of it. Speaking of West Road, the house at 12 West Road has an interesting history.
Here is an excerpt from the book Huntsville More Pictures from the Past: “When this house was built is unclear, but Sam Quan, the present owner says that the year 1908 is etched into stone underneath the veranda. This unique house features a main roof, mansard in style, capped by a continuous projected parapet. Emerging from the second floor mansard is the sloped roof of the entrance porch, low in profile in contrast to the steep mansard above. A consistent pattern of round tapered columns supports the porch roof. Originally lattice wood screening enclosed the open space below the porch projection. Large first-floor windows opening on to the porch assist in merging the enclosed home interior with the semi-enclosed porch area. Similar large second floor windows emerge from the sloped mansard with contrasting gable roofs.”
According to Muskoka Digital Archives, the Wardell family, which owned a business in town on the main street and lived above their store, moved to 12 West Road when the store burned down on December 28, 1911.
After the death of Matthew and Mary Wardell, the house passed to their daughter Maude Nickalls and then in 1944 to their son. The son added a large addition at the back and turned the house into two apartments. He and his wife lived upstairs and rented out the lower unit. After his death in 1980, the house was sold to the Quan family who returned it to a single-family dwelling.
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