888 Chilver
Sticking in Walkerville again today, and still on Chilver for the third time in last two weeks…
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Today is the house that was designed for Mr. Charles T. Miller, the secretary treasurer of the Canadian Bridge Company. It was designed by Windsor architects Leybourne & Whitney.
Photo above from 1913, shortly after construction.
Sometimes, like yesterday, you track down a house and it’s virtually unchanged…
Other times, you’re not so lucky… Amazingly renovations over the years, have rendered this house almost unrecognizable to the original.
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, sometimes it’s Windsor.
Interesting to note that the two story porch has survived all these years (with slight modifications, of course).
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It would be nice to get under that siding. Bringing back the Widows Peak would be a trip too.
I had always thought the outside of that house looked odd. I agree with M.O.M.
It does need a roof over the front door, I think. But still, the house is occupied and appears to have been well taken care of. No stucco. I think we should cut them some slack. All these old renderings, the homes look nicer when there aren't homes right on top of them. Would a little set back hurt? I guess I am more of an open space kind of guy. If your neighbors are great, it is a good thing, but you can't always pick your neighbors they say.
It's address is on Chilver but it has a very odd entrance porch and entrance from that street- almost looks like a side door....I have been inside and it expansive, has many rooms and is a beautiful home.
If the window was put back in the front, the front door had some sort of roof and the siding was a more appealing colour, it would be a lot nicer. It is really good to hear it's nice inside. The porch/sleeping porch reno looks nice and probably is a bit more usable for 21st Century needs...........and, no one pulled it down or put stucco up! I think the positives outweigh the negatives! I'd live there!
Very true, it could be a lot worse! :)
All in all, it's in pretty decent shape, and if someone was so inclined, it could be restored.
I drove by this house today - is that a solar panel on the sunroom roof?
Jane, it is, although you can't see it in the photos. It's been there for years, long before green became "trendy".
You guys missed out. This place was for sale last year for around $300k.
I grew up in this house. When we moved in, everything was falling apart. It was the quintessential “money pit”. My parents poured money into it, until my mom got sick, and then we had other priorities. We tried to restore and preserve the original features of the house, as much as we could. I don’t know what has gone on since we moved out, but it seems from some pictures I’ve seen that preservation was not a priority. Shame, it’s a beautiful house with unique and original features.