Some Coquitlam residents saw a piece of history on the move early Sunday when a crew of house movers from Nickel Bros. relocated a heritage home to save it from the wrecking ball.
Hutchinson House — a 1921 wood-frame house with a gabled roof — was saved by developer Harwinder Singh Parmar, who purchased it from the Rochester Street property owner and had it transferred to his land at 320 and 326 Casey St. to be included in a 14-unit townhouse development.
City council approved the Heritage Revitalization Agreement bylaw last November.
Hutchinson House is one of the 33 surviving buildings of 75 listed structures in the Heritage Maillardville Building Inventory. The home is an example of a farmstead from the city's early settlement.
The Hutchinsons arrived in Maillardville in 1920 from Vancouver; the father, James, who built the home, worked as a BC Electric Railway conductor.
