Carpentier House
NW 4-10-23W,
Griswold area

Designation Date: December 13, 1989
Designation Authority: The R.M. of Woodworth
Present Owner: privately owned

Joseph Carpentier arrived from Québec to the Oak Lake area in 1881, part of the flood of eastern immigrants taking up homesteads throughout the southwest. Like other pioneers, Mr. Carpentier spent the first years clearing land and developing his farm. His first home was a small log structure, and even when he married Adelia Filteau in 1900, they remained in that rough little building. By 1904, however, they were secure enough to fulfil their ambitions for a "real" house. The resulting building is a remarkable piece of work, whose solid fieldstone walls, broad comforting roof and delicate woodwork are a powerful reminder of the pioneers' determination.