Stevenson House (Harbour Grace)
Stevenson House (Harbour Grace)![[Stevenson House: Image]](013.jpg)
There seems to be little or no documentation on this place. It is necessary, therefore, to depend on Stevenson family history to piece together the story of the house. It is said to be the structure erected to house the first Atlantic Cable which was landed in Bay Bulls Arm (now Sunnyside), Trinity Bay, in August 1859. It served as a cable and telegraph office but the cable soon failed and the building was abandoned. It was later purchased by Captain William Stevenson who had it shipped to Harbour Grace on his schooner "Rose". it is thought to have been rebuilt in Harbour Grace in basically the original manner but over the years a porch and bay windows in the front, a sloped roof, and an addition to the rear have changed the building. The house has been insulated with birch rind.