Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

0936

Title

Wright Street in Fort Langley.

Date

[ca. 1915].

Description

The Worrall property on Wright Street in Fort Langley; a man, likely Percy Worrall's father, is leaning on a post near centre-right in front of what appears to be a field or orchard, and there is several buildings in the background, including one on the far left that is the Worrall house, with some trees on the right background, and a power pole along the left of the road.

People/Subject

streets and roads

Term Source: dhv

Worrall House (Percy Worrall House)

According to former owner/resident Percy Worrall, the oldest portion of this house was constructed in 1898 on land originally owned and logged by James Houston. Chinese labourers are believed to have lived here while they did a secondary clearance of the land. Circa 1910-1914 the property was part of the 160 acre Bartlett estate. Percy took title in 1925 and lived here for 59 years until his death in 1984. The house was included in the 1985 Heritage Inventory, but was torn down some time later (before 2004).

Worrall, Percy

Percy Worrall was born on May 12, 1904, and died on March 9, 1984. He was a resident of Langley who wrote poetry about the area and researched its history.

Wright Street

Street in Fort Langley named after WWI for Jessie Wright, a local soldier who died in the Great War.
See Also: streets and roads

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