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George Albion Towle's family arrived early in Fort Langley and ran the Commercial Hotel from the 1870s until about 1910. While George's father was away working, George ran the hotel with his mother, Eliza. Around the time the Towles' sold the hotel (ca. 1910) George hired Mr. Murphy, a local contractor, to build a retirement home for him and his wife. Built in 1912 at 8813 Glover Road - corner of Glover Road and Sellers Road (88 Avenue) - the house is a crafted balloon-frame structure with Palladian windows and a gable roof. A two storey verandah was added later as was asbestos siding (since partially removed). George died in 1920 and his wife continued to live in the house with her second husband, Mr. Moore. In 1945 a Mr. and Mrs. Borno purchased the house and lived there for many years. A ten foot section of the property was sold to a neighbour in about 1982.