[Bcma-l] [Fwd: Roedde House Museum]

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Subject: 	Roedde House Museum
Date: 	Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:37:25 -0700
From: 	roeddehouse <roeddehs@roeddehouse.org>



July 20, 2007
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
CONTACT:  Shirley McGrew, Museum Office Manager, 604-684-7040, 
roeddehs@roeddehouse.org
 
 
HISTORIC ROEDDE HOUSE CELEBRATES BRAND NEW COAT OF OLD COLOURS
 
At the Roedde House Museum in the West End’s Barclay Heritage Square,
“everything new is old again”, to flip a familiar saying.  The House is 
now sporting
a crisp, new exterior coat of “Victorian Peridot”, accented with 
“Pendrell Green” and “Pendrell Red”, colours which are very close to the 
original painting away back in 1893, revealed through research and a lot 
of scraping.  The new paint work was undertaken by the City of Vancouver 
through the Vancouver Heritage Foundation and the True Colours 
Programme, featuring custom paints from the Benjamin Moore Collection.
 
To celebrate its new, old look, the Roedde House Museum will hold a B.C. 
Day Open House with Free Admission, from Noon to 4 pm on Monday, August 
6, 2007.
Everyone is invited to tour this beautifully restored and authentically 
furnished Victorian family home.    The whole family will enjoy a 
glimpse into life at the turn of the last century, when Barclay Street 
was a dirt road and the West End was still a partial  wilderness, when 
children had simple games and pastimes and no computers or TV, and mom 
worked very hard in a kitchen with a wood-burning stove and no appliances!
 
Tea and cake will be served and volunteers will be on hand to tell 
visitors all about the Roedde family, the Victorian architecture, and 
the story of the House’s restoration.
 
Other than this special Open House, the Roedde House Museum’s Summer 
Hours are
Tuesday to Friday, 10am – 5 pm, Saturday, 10am – 3 pm, and Sunday, Tea 
and Tour, 2pm – 4pm.   Roedde House is located in Barclay Heritage 
Square (bounded by Barclay, Nicola, Haro and Broughton), a unique park 
site that includes nine historic houses, dating from 1890 to 1908, 
retained in their original settings.  Call 604-684-7040 or go to 
www.roeddehouse.org <http://www.roeddehouse.org/>  for further 
information.