Verran House (Placentia)

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The Verran House was built for Henry Verran in 1893. Verran, a Cornish mining engineer who had come out to LaMarche in 1857 for Cyrus Field, was in charge of the Anglo-American Telegraph Company in Placentia at the time of the house's construction. In the Second Empire or Southcott style, the house is a good demonstration of the way in which this style -- then very popular in the capital -- was being interpreted outside St. John's. The house remained in the Verran family until four years ago. It has been recently restored by an excellent job that has preserved the character of the property.

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