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Object Description

Object Name

Fonds

Object ID

MSS 319

Title

Langley Arts Council fonds (MSS 319).

Date

1976 - 1996.

Description

Fonds consists of 0.5 cm of correspondence and receipts detailing the agreement between the City of Langley and the Langley Arts Council to vacate what was known as the “Portage House” or “Lott House” and move to the Beaulieu House (Michaud House), dated 1978 – 1989 (file 1); receipts for renovations to the Michaud House, dated July – September 1988; receipts for an open house held in September 1988 (file 2); a 2 page list of past council presidents, vice-presidents and secretaries (1961 – 1997); 7 pages of handwritten notes, detailing the beginnings of the Langley Arts Council (1961-1976) and typed up later into two pages of notes; 14 typed pages of notes detailing activities from 1975 – 1996 (file 3).

People/Subject

Langley Arts Council

Michaud House

The Michaud House is located at 5202 - 204 Street. It was built by Joseph and Georgiana Michaud in 1888 and is the oldest house in Langley City. With the influx of settlers, the Hudson Bay Company sold most of their farmlands, and the Michauds were forced to look elsewhere for pasturage for their herds. The house was officially designated as a heritage site in 1980 when restoration was undertaken by the Langley Heritage Society and the Langley Arts Council. Interesting details to note are the cobelled brick chimney, the truned wooden posts, and the gingerbread Gothic brackets supporting the door hood. A re-creation of the parlour containing furniture purchased by the family can be viewed at the Langley Centennial Museum. The Langley Arts Council used the building until 2008, when they moved and the City of Langley entered into a lease for the building with the Langley Heritage Society.

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