Viewing Object

Object Description

Object ID

2008.076.020

Title

Exterior of the Dixon House from the Back and Side.

Date

21 Oct. 2006.

Description

1 Photograph : col. ; 10 x 15 cm. This photograph shows the back and side of the Dixon house's exterior. The house is two levels, and is white with blue paint along the bottom. There are two windows along the top level at the back, and a window and door which are boarded up on the first level at the back. The side of the house has five windows and one set of bay windows on the corner of the second level. The porch is visible on the left at the side of the house. At the side of the house, there is a teal or bright green tank. At the back of the house, a gutter has fallen down and is laying diagonally across the window and door, touching the ground at one end and attached to the house on the other.

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. 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 then 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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