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Jacob Haldi and his wife Jessie purchased one acre in 1901 on this site along the Bedford Channel and Glover Road. The couple gave local carpenter Billy Brown $10,000 in 1908 to build a three story home beside their butcher shop (in the old Hudson's Bay Company Store building on the site). The home was completed in about 1910, and the original interior featured a French polish finish on the woodwork. The exterior featured a wrap around verandah, numerous bay windows and a hip roof with hip-roofed dormer windows. Alterations by 1957 included a large wrap around porch addition at ground level. It later operated as the Bedford House Restaurant (from approx. 1977 - 2005).
Source: Inventory of Historic Buildings in Langley.

The Township of Langley, B.C., comprising Langley, Fort Langley, Murrayville, Langley Prairie, Derby, Milner, Aldergrove, Otter, Salmon River Uplands, and Glen Valley, was incorporated in 1873. The City of Langley, B.C., covering the Langley Prairie region, was incorporated as a separate entity in 1955. Langley was named after Thomas Langley, a prominent stockholder in the management of the Hudson's Bay Company. He had inherited his brother's stock in the Company in 1793 and was selected as a member of the committee in 1807. He held this position until his death in 1829.