Placentia
24 Orcan Drive
Own a part of history...
This 3 bedroom 1 bath, two story home has a very important
place in history. It started as cable office approx
135yrs ago and is in the Canadian register of historic places.
Now it can be a very important building to you as your new
home. Close to all amenities and facing the Orcan River this
home is in a great setting. Inside has period specific
architectural mouldings, original wood flooring, a fire place
in the livingroom & master bedroom and lots of natural light.
For additional information on the history of this building see
below.
For
a viewing call Joe....
the man with the real estate info!!!
Front
Front
Foyer
Foyer
Livingroom
Livingroom
Kitchen
Kitchen
Upstairs Hallway
Master
Bedroom
Master Bedroom
Bedroom
Bedroom
Bathroom
Anglo American Telegraph Office
The former Anglo American Telegraph Office
that was built in 1876 in Placentia, the ancient French
capital of NL, is today a beautiful old heritage home located
on the old Irish Waterfront, which holds both a municipal and
Provincial Heritage designation, and is listed with the
Canadian Register of Historic Places.
The property was originally built in 1876 by
Roger Forstall Sweetman, an Irish Merchant from Waterford
Ireland, who settled in Placentia to manage the family
shipping and trading business. This property is located
on the parcel of Placentia land that was deeded by King
William IV on June 6th 1836 to Roger Sweetman, a year before
King William's death at Windsor Castle i 1837.
The design of the building is in the tradition
of West County houses in Ireland and is presented in the book
"Ten Historic Towns" by Heritage Architecture in Newfoundland,
Newfoundland Historic Trust.
The former Anglo American Telegraph Cable
Office provided transatlantic communications links between
Europe and North American through World War 1 and was also
linked with St. Pierre Miquelon by underwater cables in the
early 20th century. The Placentia Cable Office continued
to provide transatlantic communications until 1938 when it was
sold by the Anglo American Telegraph Company from their New
York headquarters to a private buyer in Placentia just before
the outbreak of World War II in 1939.
Since 1941the former Anglo American Telegraph
Office had been the home of a Placentia family. The
owners of the property have done an excellent job of
preserving some of the original features of the house such as
the office wicket desk and fireplaces.
