Viewing Object

Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2008.076.019

Title

Exterior of the Dixon House from the front yard, looking up at the house.

Date

21 Oct. 2006.

Description

1 Photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm. This photograph shows the exterior of the Dixon house: there are two levels and a covered porch. The top level has a set of windows protruding from the house, and the first level also has a set of windows protruding from the house. Beside the windows on the first floor is a doorway, where it appears the door is ajar. The house is white. There is a grey box between the windows and the door on the first level which has what appear to be red and yellow cables hanging from it. In the right of the photograph, there is a blue metal pole which might be part of a blue disposal bin.

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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