Ross Bay Villa - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Ross Bay Villa - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Ross Bay Villa is a historic house museum, at 1490 Fairfield Road in Victoria, British Columbia, owned and operated by the Ross Bay Villa Society.The address has evolved: the lane was early recorded as an extension of Foul Bay Road (1884 City Map: http://digitalcollections.library.ubc.ca/cdm/compoundobject/collection/specialp/id/1611/rec/5. The house had an address of 228 Fairfield Road 1891-1907. It was renumbered 1510 Fairfield Road, 1907-1911, then 1490 Fairfield Road thereafter. The single-family home, built in 1865, is a Heritage Designated building in the City of Victoria.The house was given heritage designation by the City of Victoria in 2000. http://www.victoria.ca/assets/Departments/Planning~Development/Community~Planning/Heritage/Documents/Heritage%20Register.pdf The Villa is one of only about 10 residences in Victoria known to survive from before 1870. Read more on Wikipedia
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