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File: '000485'

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Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

0485

Title

A view of Murrayville with the Murray home in the centre.

Date

[between 1910 and 1912].

Description

A view of Murrayville with the back of the Murray home in the centre; the Coulter & Berry store can be seen across the street to the left; the McCrimmon house can be seen to the right of centre, and the original Murrayville Hall (with shops below) is on the far right.

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McCrimmon House (Archibald McCrimmon House)

Located at 21641 48 Avenue, Murrayville. The McCrimmon House was used by the McCrimmon family as a boarding house during the early part of the twentieth century. Later, it housed the law firm of McEwen & Campbell. The building features gingerbread fanwork on the front gable and a verandah extending around most of the house.

Murrayville (B.C.)

Paul Murray was born in Ireland in 1811 and immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of eighteen. the Murray family settled in Oxford County, Ontario, and ten years later Paul married Lucy Bruce. They bought land in Zorra and had seven children together. In May 1874, after his children were grown, Paul left Ontario and relocated in B.C., accompanied by three of his sons. Their first home in Langley was a roughly built shelter they made for themselves from a gigantic fir tree, and after his wife and two of hisdaughters arrived, they all lived there together. After these humble beginnings, Murray opened a hotel on Old Yale Road to service travelers making their way into the interior, building up a reputation as one of the finest carpenters in the area. The corner where the hotel was eventually came to be known as Murray's Corners, as the family had 160 acres of land on each corner. Murray's Corners eventually came to be known as Murrayville, and all of Paul's sons worked on Old Yale Road, building more hotels and other businesses to increase commerce. Paul was an ordained church elder, dring a time when there were no official churches and services were held in a small schoolhouse on the corner of Glover Road and Old Yale Road. Holding the title of founder of Murrayville, Paul Murray died in 1903. Murray's Corners did not officially become Murrayville until 1911, when the local post office changed its name to Murrayville Post Office.

Murrayville Community Hall

Murrayville's original community hall was a two storey structure with shops at ground level and a large open hall above. In 1924 cultural and athletic activities suffered a blow when the building burned down. The site was vacant until 1928 when community effort and volunteer labour, led by foreman Ab Sherritt, built the existing (2019) hall on same site at 21667 48 Ave. At this time, the land was still owned by P.Y. Porter. The Murrayville Community Memorial Hall was built as a memorial to WWI soldiers from Langley, and was officially opened April 27, 1929. PY Porter sold the property to the Murrayville Community Hall Association for $1 in 1944. PY, and later his son, Eldy Porter, were in charge of the care, maintenance and bookings for some time. The hall has been modernized and upgraded in recent years.
Term Source: "Langley's Heritage," "1990 and Counting".

residences

Travellers' Hotel (see Murrayville Hotel)

See Also: Murrayville Hotel

Located at 21628 48 Avenue, the Travellers' Hotel is a heritage site built in 1887 as part of the chain of hotels on the Old Yale and Cariboo Wagon Road to Barkerville. In mid-summer 1998, it was totally rebuilt as a bed and breakfast.

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