DUNDURN PLACE
7 ST PAUL ST W.jpg In 1886 Thomas Downey Costley was a planerman for James McIntosh at Shuswap Mill (Riverside Park). He then bought and sold several stables as well as cutting river ice for refrigeration for the CPR. In 1912 the CPR moved its tracks north of Main Street, and Costley sold his stables and property at Victoria Street and First Avenue to them for a good price. He built this impressive home with the proceeds and it became a focus of social activity. His wife, Daisy Goodard, named it after a castle in Hamilton, Ontario. Costley later bought Fish Lake Lodge, a two-story log building, and sold this house in 1925 to the Burris family, who owned it until 1951.

In 1976 Urban Systems Ltd. Bought the property, which had deteriorated into a rooming house, and converted it for office use. It is once again a showplace and a good example of re-cycling a large house for other purposes.

Source: Kamloops Heritage Commission