09/04/2025
Honouring the Past; a short story about the Tracksell Manor.
Constructed in 1910, the existing manor was designed by famed Canadian architect, Samuel Maclure.
Maclure worked as an architect in British Columbia, Canada, from 1890 to 1920. He was born on April 2, 1860 in Sapperton, New Westminster, to John and Martha Maclure. He studied painting at the Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia from 1884 to 1885, and he was a self-taught architect.
The house was built for Edwin M. and Bertha Tracksell, who lived here until 1916 or 1917. Edwin was a partner in Tracksell, Douglas & Co, real estate. The second occupant was J.E. McClellan, who lived here 1917-18.
Fast forward, and this historically important manor will be updated on the exterior, and stratified separately to blend in seamlessly with the 13 townhomes being built around it.
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