Community Heritage Register

Johnson House

Quesnel, British Columbia

Description

Johnson House is an excellent example of a single storey house built in the 1930s located on the south side of Earley Avenue in West Quesnel, BC. The historic place includes the building and the parcel of land it occupies.

Heritage Value

Johnson House is in West Quesnel and holds cultural and social value as an example of the development of a rural community with small houses and family farms. In its original form, the house is a physical reminder of the people who shaped the development of Quesnel and was built by Thomas William Stennett in the 1930s.

The house is named for Carl Emil and Hilda Gustav (Hendrickson) Johnson in who purchased the house in 1946 and were prominent members of the community.

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements of Johnson House include its:

- original form and massing

- position on a large treed lot

- L-shaped single storey structure with gable roof

- windows

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