He is most noted, though, as being on the first town council after Yarmouth's incorporation in 1890. In 1916 George Sanderson and his wife Fannie sold the house to their son Claude L. Sanderson. Claude Sanderson was educated at Acadia and Dalhousie Universities and received his L.L.B. in 1905. He practiced law for fifty-nine years and was Dean of Local Barristers and a member of the Council of Nova Scotia Barristers Society. Situated on its original site on the South East corner of Alma and Carleton Streets this house has been well maintained and his surrounded by well kept lawns.
Early photos show no major changes to the architecture.
Joseph Sleeth, in later years, became a deputy Sheriff and then the town jailer.