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83 Loch Street
This home has undergone a transformation in recent years and is now home to a busy family.
We love the great room at the rear of the home, which features windows from the Vankleek Hill Convent chapel, salvaged prior to demolition.
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House History
Victorian home built in 1889.
Before we talk about this 1889 house, letโs talk about the name of this laneway, Loch Street.
โLochโ is the Gaelic for lake, or pond. The location of the baseball field and park across from this home was a pond in the 1800s. A sawmill was located on the pond, and the logs awaiting milling floated in the water.
When the sawmill closed after WWI, the local children enjoyed the pond where they competed by rowing makeshift boats out to a large rock that sat in the water. In the winter, they skated on the rough ice.
Albert Cheney purchased this lot in 1888 for $275, and built this home the next year. It is important to note that in 1883, Albert was one of the founders of the Vankleek Hill Manufacturing Company, the owners of the sawmill at the pond. Albert was the manager.
โThey manufacture all kinds of sash, doors, blinds and mouldings and house finishings. Making a specialty of turning and scroll work. They have an excellent sawmill and manufacture the chief part of their lumber. They buy annually a great many logs, ship large quantities of lumber, and give employment to a large number of hands.โ
Built in 1889, the exterior details of this house, with its heavy brackets, columns, and wide soffits and fascia, are a showcase for the products created at the 19th century sawmill of the Vankleek Hill Manufacturing Company that was located across the street.
The interior baseboards and ceiling mouldings also highlight the fine workmanship that was available in Vankleek Hill during the Victorian era. Note the casements of the windows and doors.
When planning the modern extension to the home, an additional layer of history was added to this home. The homeowner salvaged the beautiful windows that adorned the chapel of the former Convent of St. Mary of Namur that was established here in Vankleek Hill in the 1880s.