Burke, Lisa. Interview about the Fowler House in Brigus.

• Main Author: Webb, Megan
• Other Authors: Burke, Lisa
• Format: Audio
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Migration/settlement; Houses; Burke; Lisa; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_avalon/id/8911

Megan Webb interviews Lisa Burke about her knowledge of the Fowler House in Brigus and how she came to be involved in the social media page of the current owners sharing updates on the heritage restoration project. 0:00 Start of recording; 2:40 Beginning of interview; 3:10 Introduction; 3:55 What she knows about Fowler House; 4:40 Hatch with stairs indicates that the original 1st floor layout would be different; 6:10 Covered window/door on back of house on 2nd floor; 8:25 Mill marks in the wood; 9:10 Mill marks on ceiling of 3rd floor; 9:30 There would have been a mill in Brigus too?; 10:35 Created social media for Fowler House restoration project; 13:24 Will of William A. Green; 15:40 At one point it was a Mercantile; 16:28 Hat Shop Ghost Story; 16:35 The Drop was a bar in Brigus; 18:06 Tiny crack was in the glass until someone through a rock through the window; 20:07 Linen closet on second floor - indication of stairs? Slope up; 21:28 Floor hatch on second floor - stone stairs?; 23:49 Right above 1st-2nd floor steps ending at floor hatch is where the plywood covered opening on 2nd floor wall is; 29:45 Other poured concrete foundations up the hill (left of the deck); 33:47 Original stone stairs in the house built into the hill?; 35:10 Saw something strange in the linen closet on the 2nd floor; 35:30 Heavy feeling (presence?) on the third floor; 37:55 Weddings and funerals held at Fowler House; 43:00 Main bedroom connected to Twine Loft with boarded off door; 45:56 End of recording.