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Name of the home of Lily Dawson (nee Mavis) and Charles E. Hope on 96th Avenue in Fort Langley, located where the McBride Station complex now stands. It was built around 1910 and burned down on May 1, 1928, with a loss estimated to be $15,000. According to a newspaper clipping from The Province on 3 May, 1928, the fire was first discovered on the roof of the residence, with a strong wind spreading the flames quickly. Some furniture on the lower floor was saved. Sparks threatened the village of Fort Langley for a time, and a boxcar on the Canadian National Railway siding caught fire but was put out quickly (the CN Station was originally located further to the west, north of the house). The Hopes did not rebuild.