The Mountafield

This house was one of the first built in the area. Although it has a distinct French Canadian style to it. It was built for an Englishman Henry Mountafield.
Henry loved to travel and in the 1880's he went from London to Japan. In 1897 his travels brought to Canada's north trying his hand in the Klondike Goldrush.
By 1903 he made his way to Edmonton and in 1905 became City Auditor and invested in real estate allowing him to build this house.

[Harry J Benson]

nice architecture

[Lisa Poland]

Very cute house!

[Valerie Chesney]

Lovely home

[Ron]

What an elegant structure! So nice to see it kept up so nicely. Great capture of it too.

[Diana]

Such a gorgeous home, lovey shot and interesting info.

[Hazel]

I think it would be a comfortable house to live in!

[Babs]

What a gorgeous house and interesting info

[Wylie]

an unusual but pretty looking house. nice shot.

[SandraD]

Like the story to a home with a difference. Great front colonial garden shot.

[haskar]

Great shot and framing. Lovely house.

[Dustyloup]

What a beauty! And it looks like a lovely day

[Monique]

It’s beautiful !, love a veranda

[Lois P]

What a beautiful house

[Pat]

What a lovely house, he sounds like an interesting man.

[*lynn]

such a lovely shot with the tree, garden and sunlight included

[Lou Ann]

What a beautiful home. I think there must be a lot of upkeep to keep all the wood and trim in good shape. The garden is lovely.

[Peter Dulis]

nice

[Merrelyn]

It's an impressive house.

[Monica]

Beautiful house

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a lovely looking house

[bruni]

Beautiful house with a bit of garden attached.

[Esther Rosenberg]

Interesting, love to read the history behind it.

[Mags]

What a lovely home and garden! Sweet shot!

[Dione Giorgio]

Magnificent building with a gorgeous garden.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Such a quaint looking house. I love the porch.

[Fisher Family]

A nice shot of this beautiful elegant house!

Ian

[gloria jones]

Great capture of this neat, historical home

[Bep]

What a beautiful home and garden.

[Nina Ganci]

beautiful house and architecture, great how you framed it with the trees

[Pat Knowles]

That is a very gracious house.

[Jean]

Beautiful house. I bet it was a prettier area when he lived there. It looks like some kind of office or business so close to the house now.

[Michelle]

Beautiful building

[Henk-Jan]

Looks like a great place to live! I like your historical background

[Marloes]

I love houses with a porch. Thanks for the info.

[carol white]

A lovely house and garden

[Tunia McClure]

It looks like it has been cared for.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Beautiful home- I'm sure it was very impressive in its day and still is in spite of the modern buildings that seem to surround it. Good shot!

[Pyrrhula]

Beautiful house and lovely garden.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Great shot

[Brooke Lindsay]

What a beautiful home!

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@ludwigsdiana Diana glad you enjoyed this one

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@quietpurplehaze Yes Hazel l am sure it is

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@onewing Babs l trust you enjoyed this one

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@pusspup Thanks Wylie

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@sandradavies Sandra glad you like this one

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@haskar Thanks Haskar glad you enjoyed this one

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@dustyloup Yes it was a beautiful day

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@momamo Monique verandas are a beautiful feature on a house

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@loey5150 Glad you enjoyed this one Lois

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@pattyblue Yes Pat he certainly lead a very interesting life

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@lynnz Lynn glad you enjoyed this one

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@louannwarren Yes Lou Ann l am sure it does have a lot of maintenance to it. Glad you enjoyed this one

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@pdulis Thanks Peter

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@merrelyn Merrelyn glad you like it

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@monicac Monica glad you enjoyed this one

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@beryl Beryl glad you enjoyed this one

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@bruni Bruni l love all the landscape around it

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@dutchothotmailcom Esther l love sharing the history attached to something

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@marlboromaam Glad you enjoyed this one

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@sangwann Dione glad you enjoyed this one

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@mittens Marilyn the porch is a very nice feature

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@fishers Thanks Ian glad you enjoyed this one

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@seattlite Thanks Gloria

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@gijsje Bep glad you enjoyed this one

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@ninaganci Thanks Nina glad you enjoyed this one

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@happypat Pat glad you like this one

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@jernst1779 Yes Jean l am sure the area was once much nicer

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@bigmxx Michelle glad you like this one

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@hajeka Henk l love sharing the history associated with something

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@stimuloog Marloes you're welcome

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@carolmw Carol glad you enjoyed this one

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@tunia Yes Tunia it certainly has

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@olivetreeann Thanks Ann it really is still a beautiful house

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@pyrrhula Ferry glad you enjoyed this one

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@elisasaeter Thanks Elisabeth

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@blackmutts Brooke glad you like this one

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@hjbenson Harry glad you like this one

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