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Joseph and Annie Cannon completed the home they called “Miramichi,” or Happy Retreat, in 1927. Sadly Joseph died while his home, anchored into the rugged hillside that overlooks the John’s River Valley to the
Southwest, was still comparatively new, however, his devoted wife, Annie Ludlow Cannon would continue to call her magnificent mansion in the mountains home until her death in 1965. Yet today, close to five decades since she lived there, Miramichi remains, not one of, but the most prominent of Blowing Rock’s historical seasonal homes still in private hands.
Eventually, the historic home was placed on the market and today its new owners don’t even want to hear any discussion about its being remodeled. “Restoration” is the word Mark Kirkpatrick uses now to describe what his Mountain Construction Enterprises is doing at Miramichi. “When I first met the new owners it didn’t take long for me to clearly understand they had no interest in a remodel. Their intent was restoration of the home to its original grandeur.”
 Kirkpatrick assembled a group of highly skilled craftsmen who won’t compromise any modern fixture or workmanship if it detracts from what was there when the house was turned over to its new owners in 1927.
“I’m convinced that the new owners are as intent on doing this for the preservation of the history of the village as they are for their own personal lifestyle,” Kirkpatrick says. “I look at this job as an honor with a lot of responsibility—probably more historical than physical. We all feel that we are saving part of the soul, part of the history of Blowing Rock.
- Reprinted from The Blowing Rocket, July 29, 2006
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