The Brown/Hawkins House, as seen from Mary Avenue.

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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2017.047.004

Title

The Brown/Hawkins House, as seen from Mary Avenue.

Date

16 Feb. 2017.

Description

1 photograph : col.; of the Brown/Hawkins House at the corner of Mary Avenue and Church Street, Fort Langley; image looks south towards the side of the house, which has a small covered front porch with iron railing, and three or four steps leading up to the front door. The house is white with brown foundation and brown siding along the top. There is a large tree in the yard to the left of the house, and there are vines growing up the side of the house. There is a small white roof extending towards the house on the right with a satellite dish on it. There is a piece of wood leaning against the house on the west side.

People/Subject

Brown House

The Brown house was a home at the corner of Mary Avenue and Church Street in Fort Langley. The home was half-finished when it was purchased by Dorothy (nee Wicken) and Russ Brown, as construction was begun and abandoned during the 1930s. The log cabin in the back of the house was built as a playhouse for the Brown children.

Brown, Russell George Earl (Russ)

Russ Brown was born September 20, 1913, to parents William Harvey and Ann Elizabeth Brown (nee Medd). He worked as a logger on Vancouver Island for Lambs Lumber Co. He married Dorothy Denstone in the 1930s when he was employed by Lambs, as the couple received silverware in a large chest with the company name on it. The couple worked on the island as there was no work on the mainland at the time; Dorothy worked in the camp kitchen. When the couple came back to Fort Langley, Russell worked at Reid's Garage with Charlie's son, Don Reid, and also as a commercial fisherman. Russ and Dorothy lived at 9123 Church Street (house is still standing-2005). The couple adopted two girls in 1958, Linda (b.1956) and Denise (b.1958). Russ died August 21, 1994.
Term Source: HPC Record (HPC-414/1170)

Fort Langley (village)

Hawkins, Rod C.

Rod C. Hawkins was a public works clerk at the City of Langley Municipal Hall in 1960.
Term Source: Photo No. 1297

residences

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