Built in 1902, the same year as the completion of the power canal, this three story Queen Anne Victorian is beloved to the Dales. “There are so many unique features that we appreciate every day,” says Lizabeth. The home contains many eclectic collections.
Upon entering the home, there are cowboy and baseball hat collections hung high in the entry way. Once in the foyer, notice the leaded glass, the half turn staircase, the diagonal hardwood floors, the French glass doors, and the double molding.
In the foyer are several ships of multiple mediums: canvas paintings with Jeff’s son’s names by local artist Randy Krause, framed prints, blown-glass, a decanter, and an amber Spanish Galleon from Tallin, Estonia. Also in the foyer is a chiming wall clock from Lizabeth’s childhood home in Pennsylvania and a cabinet of Jeff’s mother’s blown-glass collection.
The billiard and sitting areas were once two separate rooms as revealed by the molding running the width of the ceiling where the beaded Christmas ornaments hang all year. An unusable door viewable from the hallway on the other side of the billiard room also provides evidence of two separate rooms.
Beginning in this room and throughout the house are seven white birds and four black birds. Can you find them?
In the sitting room is more leaded glass, a Japanese desk with items from Jeff’s travels to Japan, a ship’s chest, a handkerchief display, and an antique telephone. In the billiard room, there is a collection of records, two Norway photos, a memorial bear sewn from Lizabeth’s father’s suit made by local artist Shirley Harrier, a memorial display of Jeff’s two sons above the gas fireplace, and a collection of plates from Jeff and Lizabeth’s travels.
The dining room, which has a book border, contains a collection of family photos and memorabilia such as Lizabeth’s father’s clarinet, pieces from Jeff’s mother’s blown glass collection, Jeff’s grandfather’s birth certificate, Lizabeth’s childhood piano, and Lizabeth’s mother’s stone marten stole. The homeowners also display the home’s copper clad fire extinguisher last inspected, according to the tag, in 1962.
A bathroom and bedroom were added to the back of the home as evidenced by the horizontal hard wood floors outside the bathroom. The bedroom, now a hockey room, includes jerseys and memorabilia as well as Lizabeth’s father’s Hess Truck collection.
In the hallways before reaching the kitchen is a display of Jeff’s 30+ year military career memorabilia. The kitchen was renovated two years ago by Bob Markstrom Construction which also recently replaced nineteen windows in the house.
Upstairs are four bedrooms serving various purposes: master bedroom, music room, library, and a daughter’s bedroom. Jeff and Lizabeth’s love of books continues with the library and utilizing books for décor in the master bedroom.
The upstairs hallway displays family photos, college diplomas, and the Dale’s banner used in their wedding ceremony.
“I enjoy owning a piece a Sault Sainte Marie history,” states Jeff. “This Queen Anne Victorian home on its maple tree lined street would make Norman Rockwell proud.”
