| Summary: | Interview with Anne Manuel, executive director of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador. Background history of the building and the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador's move into Devon House. Introduction of Anne Manuel, executive director of the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the building, Devon House; 0:23 – Devon House thought to have been designed by John Southcott; Built in 1880s for Alexander MacKay; Background on MacKay; 1:24 – Building found on City map in 1880s; Survived the 1892 fire; 1:57 – After MacKay the house was owned by Honorable Philip Templeman; Background on Templeman; 2:31 – Devon House purchases after Templeman; Purchased by Mr. Pinsent, then the Red Cross; Description of the Red Cross using Devon House as a hostel; Devon House as a youth hostel; Then owned by a company of accountants who did a lot of structural repairs to the building; 3:45 – The Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador’s move into Devon House; How the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador purchased and moved into Devon House; The need to bring craft into the everyday life of the community; 6:24 – Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador’s move into the building and renovations completed; Redoing the outside back wall of the building; 8:19 – Location of Devon House as an asset for the Craft Council of Newfoundland and Labrador.
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