This Arts & Crafts style house at 1081 Holmes Street in Duncan, B.C. was built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood MacMillan (died 1953, aged 71), who was Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1916.

1081 Holmes Street, built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
1081 Holmes Street, built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan 

At the time this house was built, Matthias MacMillan was working at Cowichan Merchants Ltd., owned by Temple Lodge, No.33 members Thomas Pitt and Andrew Hans Peterson with a third partner, William Penn Jaynes.

1081 Holmes Street, built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
1081 Holmes Street, built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
1081 Holmes Street, built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
1081 Holmes Street, built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
1081 Holmes Street (porch detail), built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
1081 Holmes Street (porch detail), built circa 1912 for Matthias Kirkwood McMillan
Matthias Kirkwood MacMillan ( -1953), Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1916
Matthias Kirkwood MacMillan (died 1953), Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1916 (photo copyright Temple Lodge, No.33)

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