Belgo House The house was built in 1912 for Grote Stirling, an irrigation engineer, and a politician. Also closely associated with companies and other families that have had a far-reaching impact on Kelowna's history (e.g. Caruthers, Casorso). The heritage value of Belgo House is associated with its prominent original owner, the Hon. Grote Stirling (1875-1953), a civil engineer and politician from England who was the Conservative MP for Yale (which included Kelowna) from 1924-47 and served from 1930-34 as Minister of National Defence in the R.B. Bennett Government. Stirling designed the irrigation system for the Belgo Land Company development. The house is also associated with other businessman who lived here that had a strong impact on Kelowna's development, including E. M. Caruthers, manager of the Land and Agriculture Company of Canada's Belgo properties and Joseph Casorso, who held extensive ranch leases in the area. The property is also significant for its location on one of the earliest roads in Kelowna, and one of the earliest stagecoaches stops in the area was close by. The heritage value of this residence is also associated with its English born and trained architect, P. Edmund Corby (1879-1966), who moved to Canada mid-career and lived in Kelowna between 1912 and 1920. After service during the First World War, Corby moved to Victoria, where he continued to work as an architect and builder until 1943. Belgo House is one of two extant examples of Corby's work in Kelowna; the other is the British North American Tobacco Co. Ltd. Building on Ellis Street. The contractor for this house was a prominent local builder, Michael J. Curts. ✅The set is including original watercolor painting on Arches paper (France) with Daniel Smith paints (USA), Matte black or brown painted wood Museum Style molding (frame), Opti-clear glass, Satin white mat, regular foam board, bumpers, hook.