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Seaforth Schoolhouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark541
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The Seaforth Schoolhouse is a one-storey wood-frame rectangular plan building with a projecting entry porch, located in the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Associated Dates
- 1922
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1922
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 8148
- Enactment Date
- 03/01/1984
- Description
- The Seaforth Schoolhouse is a one-storey wood-frame rectangular plan building with a projecting entry porch, located in the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Heritage Value
- The heritage value of the Seaforth Schoolhouse lies in its representation of a one-room school once located in one of the city’s rural districts. The school was constructed due to the demand of increasing population after the First World War, in what was then known as the Lozells District, so isolated at the time that parents were concerned about the danger to their children from wild bears and cougars that roamed the area. The school was named after its sponsor, the Seaforth Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire. Bowman and Cullerne, the architects for the Burnaby School Board, designed the one room schoolhouse. It was constructed by local contractor, Alphonse J. Toebaert, following the standards of British Columbia public school architecture, which specified the plan and orientation of the building. It indicates the values and the design control of school boards of the time, and the central role of the provincial government in setting educational standards. The heritage value of this school also lies in its interpretive value within the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public, illustrating the changes in the local school system over time. The school was moved to Burnaby Village Museum in 1983, and was opened to the public after extensive restoration in 1987. Both the interior and exterior have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction. The North Vancouver School Board donated most of the early desks, and the remainder of the interior artifacts are from the museum’s own collection.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the Seaforth Schoolhouse include its: - rectangular plan - hipped roof with cedar shingle cladding - hipped-roof entry porch - typical school fenestration of the era, with a bank of double-hung 6-over-6 wooden-sash windows on one facade - cedar shingle cladding - original and authentic interior elements such as interior mouldings, blackboards and desks
- Locality
- Deer Lake Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Organization
- Seaforth Chapter of the Imperial Order of Daughters of the Empire
- Burnaby School Board
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Architect
- Bowman and Cullerne
- Builder
- Alphonse J. Toebaert
- Function
- Primary Historic--One-Room School
- Primary Current--Museum
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. No. 011-030-356 Legal Description: Parcel 1, District Lot 79 and District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Reference Plan 77594
- Boundaries
- Burnaby Village Museum is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 38,488.63
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Landscape Feature
- Structure
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Documentation
- Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Images
Motor : April 1950, vol. 93, no. 4
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6857
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Adair, Neal G.
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Call Number
- 629.2 HEA vol. 93 no. 4
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.101
- Call Number
- 629.2 HEA vol. 93 no. 4
- Author
- Adair, Neal G.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Hearst Magazines
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 238 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "J.H. ROBINS 3525 DOVER ST BURNABY BC" [Handwritten in blue ink on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Equipment and supplies
- Automobiles
- Automobiles--Exhibitions
- Object History
- The tools included in this donation belonged to Samuel Robins. Samuel and his wife Sarah Ann Robins moved to Burnaby in 1918. Robins could not find work in England in 1912 so he set off for New Zealand to find work. The ship he was to have sailed upon was delayed, but he needed to arrive in New York in time for the train to connect for the ship to New Zealand, so he sailed on the Olympic -- the sister ship to the Titanic. Upon arrival in New York he wired Sarah Ann grandmother that he had arrived safely. Samuel was a stonemason who worked on many projects in the Lower Mainland, including constructing houses in Shaughnessy and he also worked in the Vancouver City Hall. The family lived on Dover Street. His granddaughter believes that he brought his tools with him when he came to Canada.
- Notes
- Roy surveyed for advertisements
Motor : August, 1950, vol. 94, no. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6859
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Adair, Neal G.
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Call Number
- 629.2 HEA vol. 94 no. 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.99
- Call Number
- 629.2 HEA vol. 94 no. 2
- Author
- Adair, Neal G.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Hearst Magazines
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 184 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "J.H. ROBINS 3525 DOVER ST BURNABY BC" [Handwritten in blue ink on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Equipment and supplies
- Automobiles
- Automobiles--Exhibitions
- Object History
- The tools included in this donation belonged to Samuel Robins. Samuel and his wife Sarah Ann Robins moved to Burnaby in 1918. Robins could not find work in England in 1912 so he set off for New Zealand to find work. The ship he was to have sailed upon was delayed, but he needed to arrive in New York in time for the train to connect for the ship to New Zealand, so he sailed on the Olympic -- the sister ship to the Titanic. Upon arrival in New York he wired Sarah Ann grandmother that he had arrived safely. Samuel was a stonemason who worked on many projects in the Lower Mainland, including constructing houses in Shaughnessy and he also worked in the Vancouver City Hall. The family lived on Dover Street. His granddaughter believes that he brought his tools with him when he came to Canada.
- Notes
- Roy surveyed for advertisements
Motor : February 1950, vol. 93 no. 2
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6858
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Adair, Neal G.
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Call Number
- 629.2 HEA vol. 93 no. 2
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Textual Record
- Accession Code
- HV972.35.102
- Call Number
- 629.2 HEA vol. 93 no. 2
- Author
- Adair, Neal G.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Hearst Magazines
- Publication Date
- 1950
- Physical Description
- 200 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
- Inscription
- "J.H. ROBINS 3525 DOVER ST BURNABY BC" [Handwritten in blue ink on front cover]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Automobiles--Equipment and supplies
- Automobiles
- Automobiles--Exhibitions
- Object History
- The tools included in this donation belonged to Samuel Robins. Samuel and his wife Sarah Ann Robins moved to Burnaby in 1918. Robins could not find work in England in 1912 so he set off for New Zealand to find work. The ship he was to have sailed upon was delayed, but he needed to arrive in New York in time for the train to connect for the ship to New Zealand, so he sailed on the Olympic -- the sister ship to the Titanic. Upon arrival in New York he wired Sarah Ann grandmother that he had arrived safely. Samuel was a stonemason who worked on many projects in the Lower Mainland, including constructing houses in Shaughnessy and he also worked in the Vancouver City Hall. The family lived on Dover Street. His granddaughter believes that he brought his tools with him when he came to Canada.
- Notes
- Roy surveyed for advertisements