- Built
- 1906
- Recognized
- 2024
- By
- Local government
The register’s text, word for word
Description
The Caskey House is a wood-frame Craftsman style house, located in the Chilliwack Proper neighbourhood, close to downtown Chilliwack, British Columbia. The historic place includes the house.
Heritage value
The site holds historical value as it was owned by Thomas Caskey who worked as the editor of The Chilliwack Progress. He died while serving as a Major for the 29th Battalion C.E.F. in England during World War I in 1917.
It also holds aesthetic value as the earliest known example of the Craftsman-style house in Chilliwack.
Character‑defining elements
The Character-Defining Elements of this historic place include its:
- Residential form, scale and massing as expressed by the cedar shingled cladding and side gabled roof line
- Features of the Craftsman style such as the: wood frame structure; large projecting bays; river-stone chimney; and square cut wood brackets at the roof line
- Original Fenestration pattern
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Location
9467 Corbould Street, Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
49.17408° N, 121.96130° W
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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.