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The Annand/Rowlatt Residence is located at 710 204 Street, in the south-west corner of Campbell Valley Regional Park. Alexander Joseph Annand and his family immigrated to British Columbia from Nova Scotia in 1885. The following year he moved his family to a small house located in the Campbell Valley area. This larger, balloon-frame house was professionally built by Dan Craig with mill-cut lumber during 1888. Mr. Annand moved in the next year with his wife and three children. At that time the house was estimated to be worth $300. W. F. Taylor purchased the property in 1905 and subsequently leased it out to Mr. Len Rowlatt, who in turn bought it from Taylor in 1914. Len Rowlatt lived in the house for the next fifty-eight years. He sold the estate to Greater Vancouver Regional District Parks in 1969 but continued to live in the house until his death at the age of 85. The residence gained Municipal Heritage Site status in 1981 and was subsequently restored by the Langley Heritage Society.