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Kearns, Ontario : Construction of #2 Lynch Avenue, about 1951.

Lynch Avenue in Kearns before construction of Don Cook's house, circa 1951

View of Lynch Avenue before Don Cook built his house on Lot #2. Lot #4 is the Acton house already built, and the house (Lot #10) under construction was where the Gillis family lived.


Construction of Don Cook's house in Kearns Ontario, circa 1951

Don Cook building the house at Lot #2 Lynch Avenue.
The construction of this house was unique. Helen and Don Cook built this house using lumber from a sawmill that Don dismantled in Kearns. For the outside walls, they stacked the lumber flat, poured tar and ran string between each layer before nailing the layers together.


Construction of Don Cook's house in Kearns Ontario, circa 1951

Helen and Don Cook's house at Lot #2 Lynch Avenue, after construction.
Built by both of them while Don was working at one of the mines. They moved away about 1956.


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