Address: 3069 Carroll Street
Built: 1911
1912 householder: Ellsworth D. Punderson, building contractorThis attractive, well-maintained Edwadrian bungalow was designed by an architect, Arthur Murrell, for Victoria building contractor Lewis W. Goddard. A building permit for the residence was issued on 28 August 1911, authorizing the construction of a 5 room dwelling at a cost of $1,800. The house has a bellcast, hipped roof with a corbelled brick chimney and a front gabled extension over a partially recessed front porch. The extension is supported by chamfered posts. The gable is half timbered and originally there was a decorative finial at the apex. There are box bays on either side of the porch. The door has side lights and the transom windows have coloured art glass panes. There is a diagonal fireplace in the dining room.
This house may have been built as an investment property, because Goddard never lived here. But in 1912 it was the home of another building contractor, Ellsworth D. Punderson. He was probably the brother of J. L. Punderson, a local realtor, and doubtless they were active in Victoria's building boom. But Punderson only lived here for a few years and he may have left the city when the boom ended. This was briefly the home of Frederick Hudson, a steward at the Angela Hotel on Langley Street. But for many years – from 1918 to the 1950s – this was the Casilio family home.
Dominic Casilio was born in Aquela, Italy, in 1885 and immigrated to Canada in 1910. His wife, Rebecca Demarco, was also born in Italy. He was employed by the Canadian Puget Sound Lumber & Timber Company in 1919, but for many years he worked as a longshoreman for the British Columbia Coast Steamship Service. The BCCSS was a subsidiary of the CPR and it operated the passenger steamships, such as the Princess Kathleen and Princess Marguerite, that connected Victoria with Vancouver and Seattle. He was responsible for handling the ships' cargo. He died in Victoria in 1957 at the age of 72 years and is interred in the Royal Oak Burial Park in Saanich. He was survived by his widow and at least one son.