Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2008.076.018

Title

Two Sets of Windows, a Doorway, and the Porch on the Exterior front of the Dixon House.

Date

21 Oct. 2006.

Description

1 Photograph : col. ; 15 x 10 cm. This photograph shows two sets of windows, one on the second level and one on the first level, part of the porch, and a doorway on the exterior of the Dixon house. The house is white with brown paint along the bottom. The two sets of windows both protrude from the house, and are white. The doorway has brown trim, and it appears the door is ajar. There is a small grey box on the first level between the window and the door, with what appear to be yellow and red cables hanging from it. To the left is the trunk of a tree, and beside the windows on the second level are willow tree branches.

People/Subject

Dixon House and Barn

The Dixon House and Barn was built between 1916 and 1918 by Bill Maxwell and Roy Hallack for Mr. and Mrs. Herbert C. and Emily Jane Dixon. In about 1935 the Dixons sold the property to Mr. and Mrs. William Cumming, and in 1958 Catherine and John Vander Vegte purchased the farm from Mrs. Cumming. John renovated the barn, which had wooden aisles, gutters and mangers. Concrete was poured and they milked 20 Guernsey cows as the first herd. They then switched to Holsteins and ran the dairy farm until about 1968, when they auctioned off the cows and sold the milk quota. They then raised heifers until they moved into a condo in 1977. John passed away in 2003, and in 2004 Catherine sold the farm to the Township of Langley.

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