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Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Lynda Hillman-Ra01y
Lakeshore Advance
A Grand Bend, cottage built in the
early 1920s burned to the ground
Tuesday evening. One of the original
Oakwood Park log homes went up in
flames Just before 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Huron County OPP, Dashwood
Fire Department and Grand Bend
Fire Department responded to the
fire located on Lake Shore Drive in
this gated community.
Officers arrived to find a fully
engulfed cottage fire. The cottage
was unoccupied at the time of the
fire. The cause of the fire is believed
to be accidental in nature. The total
value of the losses sustained is
unknown at this point.
Originally owned by Fred George
Mitchell, Claude D. Kent and the Vera
and Wesley Thurston resulted in the
name'Thurstonia: The cottage had a
fire in 1928 and some time later a
smaller cottage was built on the east
half of the lot.
Dean Robinson wrote in "75 years
of Oakwood 1922-1997, "The
Thurston situation, (two dwellings on
one property) created a water
problem. Specifically there was no
longer enough room between the
well and the septic tank for a safe
water supply. When the Thurston
well became polluted, Frederick
Walker, owner of
the Park at the time
put down another
well, on the road
allowance and
offered to let the
Thurstons tap into
it. The Thurstons
wanted to buy the
property that contained the new well
but Walker, incensed by their erection
of a second building was not eager to
sell. He was reported to have said to
Thurston that he was prepared to
grant him title to that property if he
could convince him it was a good
idea, "but you have to convince me
first," he said. The standoff lasted
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more than two
decades.
Walker later added a covenant to
the deeds that prevented property
owners from constructing two
dwellings on the same lot. Dr. Hugh
Barr bought the property and sold it
to his daughter Brenda Barr and Bob
McFarlane five years ago.