4598 Moss St.

4598 Moss St.

From SkyTrain Explorer by John Atkin: "The large featureless house at 4598 Moss, at the lane, dates from 1912 and was home to Fred Switzer a millwright with the Hastings Shingle Manufacturing Company". That company, "the largest shingle mill in the world", operated in British Columbia and Washington State and was owned by lumberman Robert and James McNair. The McNair family had extensive interests in many aspects of the forest industry."

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