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38 Avondale Road: The Clifford Mosher House

The house at 38 Avondale Road, Newport Landing, sits on property that has been part of the Mosher family holdings in the area for well over 200 years.

The first deed that can be traced at the Registry of Deeds in Windsor shows a portion of the present lot being conveyed to Patrick Coffill by John Mosher on March 27th, 1815. It is not known how long the Moshers owned the land before that date. However, old maps indicate several Mosher properties and buildings in Newport Landing including a lot owned by a Capt. Mosher (the present site of Phyllis McLean’s property, a Mosher shop beside the present day wharf (which used to be called Harvies Wharf) and a Shoemakers shop fronting on to the Avondale Road where our driveway is now located. This shop was operated by John E.F. Mosher.

It would appear that one quarter of the present lot was always in the hands of the Moshers after 1815. This is the section that contained the shoemakers shop and also the present house. The rest changed hands a couple times but was mostly held by the Murphy family who had a house closer to the River and behind the present day house. After owning these lots from 1826 to 1890, the Murphys sold them to John E.F. Mosher in1890. This brought all the lots that comprise the present site back into the Mosher family. They were then passed on to John Clifford Mosher in 1913.

It was Cliff Mosher who built the present house sometime in 1913-1914. The house remains close to the original design with a small addition to the living room and a connection to the old garage. This work was completed in the late 1970’s by the King family who purchased the property after Cliff Moshers death in 1974.

 The house was owned by Brian Kienapple and Susan Rogers from 1989 until (?)

La maison à 38 Avondale Road, Newport Landing, reste sur une propriété qui était un parti des propriétés de la famille de Mosher pour bien plus de 200 ans.
 
Le premier acte qui peut être identifié à la Registry of Deeds en Windsor montrés une portion de la parcelle présente étant communiqué à Patrick Coffill par John Mosher en le 27 mars, 1815. Ce n’est pas connu combien de temps les Moshers ont possédé la terre avant cette date. Cependant, les vielles cartes indiquent plusieurs propriétés des Moshers et bâtiments dans Newport Landing qui inclure une parcelle possédé par un Capitaine Mosher (l’endroit présente de la propriété de Phyllis Mclean) un magasin des Moshers a côté du quai d’aujourd’hui (qui en la passé était appelé le Quai Harvies) et un magasin de cordonnier devant le Avondale Road ou notre allée et maintenant situé. Ce magasin était intervenir par John E.F. Mosher.    
 
Il apparaîtrait qu’un quart de la parcelle d’aujourd’hui était toujours dans les mains des Moshers après 1815. Ceci est la section qui a contenu le magasin de cordonnier et aussi la maison de la présente.  Le reste a changé mains quelques fois mais pour la plupart était tenue par la famille de Murphy qui avait une maison plus proche à la rivière et derrière la maison d’aujourd’hui. Après être en possession de ces parcelles de 1826 à 1890, les Murphys ont les vendues à John E.F. Mosher en 1890. Ceci a retourné tous les parcelles qui se composent du site d’aujourd’hui à la famille de Mosher. Ils étaient ensuite passés à John Clifford Mosher dans 1913.
 
C’était Cliff Mosher qui a construit la maison d’aujourd’hui quelques temps en 1913-1914. La maison reste proche à la conception originale avec une petite addition au salon et une connexion au vieux garage. Ce travail était complété dans les 1970’s tard par la famille King qui a acheté la propriété après la mort de Cliff Mosher en 1974.
 
Depuis 1989, la maison étais possédé par Brian Kienapple et Susan Rogers.
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