Moving Day!

An important and early house, perhaps the oldest in Ridgetown, will be saved from the wrecking ball through the cooperation of the property owner and a heritage enthusiast from Tennessee.
The house, located at 124 Main Street West, is one that you might have driven by countless times and never noticed but it is, in fact, an early pre-confederation timber frame house. A later addition of a dormer on the front obscures its form somewhat but it is a very early salt box shaped house, c. 1840.
Land registry records indicate that it was the pioneer home of a Mr. Scane, a member of one of the original settlement families along the Ridge Road. "The house is very original inside with room layout and most of the trim intact. There is unusual horizontal beaded wainscot still in the kitchen, the chair rail, door and window trim and staircase are all there making this a great candidate for restoration" states Dave Benson, Heritage Coordinator for the municipality.
The house's preservation is largely due to the recently established Chatham-Kent registry of heritage properties, developed by Heritage Chatham-Kent and approved by Chatham- Kent Council in early 2010.

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