Gillis, Freda. Interview with Freda Gillis, St. Fintan's, NL.

Interview with Freda Gillis on the topic of the Legge Homestead in Cartyville, NL, which her father (Richard Cook) designed and built. Interviewed by Andrea O'Brien. Gillis discusses her father and his upbringing and obtaining an education in England. Her father worked as a painter and interior...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Brien, Andrea
Other Authors: Gillis, Freda, Freda Gillis was born in 1910 in Cartyville, NL.
Format: Audio
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Work
Migration/settlement
Towns
Architecture
building and construction
Houses
Communities
Gillis
Freda
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ich_oral/id/437
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Summary:Interview with Freda Gillis on the topic of the Legge Homestead in Cartyville, NL, which her father (Richard Cook) designed and built. Interviewed by Andrea O'Brien. Gillis discusses her father and his upbringing and obtaining an education in England. Her father worked as a painter and interior designer and built several houses. Her father built many of the houses in Grand Falls Windsor and Cartyville. Gillis grew up in Cartyville, NL. Gillis also discusses the Legge Family. The homestead was built for Richard Legge in 1905. The home is now a regisitered heritage structure with the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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