Millette House

These two-century-old houses were built on the same original Lot No. 12, which was 300 feet deep by 90 feet wide. Early owners included Jacob and Hiram Marston, Angus Urquhart and Thomas W. Lee.
In 1903, Mr. Félix Millette Jr. purchased the two houses, the second of which was a so-called carriage house, used for storing and repairing horse carriages.
Félix Millette converted this part into a house and added a summer kitchen. In 1904, his son J.F.O. Romain and his wife Marie Cousineau moved into this small house, where they lived for the rest of their lives.
This property was self-sufficient with extensive gardens and a stable for a cow, a pig, and chickens. Marie provided flowers from her garden for the Virgin's grotto and the altar of the Catholic church. The first house, facing King Street, became a revenue unit, rented out for the next 86 years. At the death of Jude, son of Romain Millette, these houses passed to Gilberte (Richer) and Rhéal Desrosiers and later were sold to their son J-C Desrosiers. Gilberte and Jean-Claude are both descendants of Félix Millette.
The current owners have retained the original style of the bicentennial houses.