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The New West 'house' that almost wasn't
How Century House came to be as it celebrates its 65th birthday on Sunday, July 23
Ria Renouf
July 18, 2023
Left to right: Duncan “Dunc” Russell, recreation commission chair; his wife Frances; then-lieutenant-governor Frank Ross; and Princess Margaret at the ribbon cutting of Century House in 1958. Century House by Jack David Scott, p. 2.
Could you imagine New West’s Century House being anything but what it is today—a band shell, a swimming spot, or an extended care centre?