tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559869918257096963.post1187415089756827290..comments2024-03-20T10:24:59.586-07:00Comments on Vancouver Voyager: Hendry HouseAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13111409250861179441noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559869918257096963.post-33769113694890220432011-12-05T18:14:25.502-08:002011-12-05T18:14:25.502-08:00Thank you for adding to my entry. I loved the phot...Thank you for adding to my entry. I loved the photos too.Karen Magillhttp://www.karenmagill.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4559869918257096963.post-28614423169166064212011-12-05T17:56:08.238-08:002011-12-05T17:56:08.238-08:00Thank you for the History.
"Between 1904 a...Thank you for the History. <br /><br />"Between 1904 and 1910 the Vancouver based British Columbia Mills, Timber and Trading Company marketed a patented system of prefabricated sectional buildings in western Canada. Initially this system was devised as a means of supplying small inexpensive huts to incoming settlers in newly opened agricultural regions. Such structures were prefabricated, prepainted, packaged and shipped by rail to local distributors in towns and villages throughout western Canada. With a set of accompanying instructions, the purchaser could erect his dwelling in a minimum amount of time with little assistance or equipment.<br /><br />- Allen, Robert S.; Mills, G.E.; Holdsworth, D.W. <br />Canadian Historic Sites: Occasional Papers in Archaeology and History #14<br /><br />I've created a collection of BC Mills prefab photos at http://www.flickr.com/groups/bcmttc/C Williamshttp://www.flickr.com/groups/bcmttc/noreply@blogger.com