Sometimes we receive questions about the story behind the houses that Langley Heritage Society has helped restore. Most recently we received a query from Kamloops about the Loucks Family home on 0 Avenue. Fortunately LHS member Maureen Pepin had already prepared a profile a while ago! Thanks Maureen. "William Markley Loucks was born in Ontario in 1865 and settled in Langley about 1908 after working in Atlin, B.C. and trying his luck in the Yukon gold fields. He and his wife, Wilhelmina (Minnie) Pillath, were married in 1907 and after the birth of their first son, Frederick Williams, bought a property on Zero Avenue between 272nd and 276th Streets where they lived in a log cabin while their larger house was built on the hill. The house is particularly noted for its curved wraparound verandah with turned columns and decorative newel posts as well as the wonderful view looking [...]