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A Moving Moment in History. Saving our historical properties takes strong community interest and efforts. After historians raised awareness and campaigned to save the historic Fairbairn house from demolition in 1991, a local businessman assumed the costs for moving the house to his own property. In this picture, the old house is almost ready to vacate the farm where it had been a landmark beside the main Gatineau road for 130 years. (Photo - GVHS #009/01260)
A Moving Moment in History. Saving our historical properties takes strong community interest and efforts. After historians raised awareness and campaigned to save the historic Fairbairn house from demolition in 1991, a local businessman assumed the costs for moving the house to his own property. In this picture, the old house is almost ready to vacate the farm where it had been a landmark beside the main Gatineau road for 130 years.
(Photo - GVHS #009/01260)