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Seaforth Schoolhouse

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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

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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

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Exterior view of the Seaforth Schoolhouse, 2013.. Oblique view from northeast. thumbnail

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Confederation Park's new playground

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1927

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 23.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large gathering of adults and children at Confederation Park for the opening ceremony for the new playground. A man on a pedestal is speaking and a crowd of people are surrounding him. There are six women in front of the gazebo wearing tags attached to the front of their dresses tha…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 23.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a large gathering of adults and children at Confederation Park for the opening ceremony for the new playground. A man on a pedestal is speaking and a crowd of people are surrounding him. There are six women in front of the gazebo wearing tags attached to the front of their dresses that spell out "CANADA". There are three dogs in the foreground playing, and a Union Jack is flying in the upper right corner of the photograph.

Subjects: Recreational Devices - Playgrounds; Geographic Features - Parks; Persons - Crowds; Events - Openings

Geographic Access: Confederation Park; Willingdon Avenue

Street Address: 250 Willingdon Avenue

Accession Code: HV972.51.15

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: No known restrictions

Date: 1927

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 2023-04-04

Photographer: Charlton and Rathburn

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Embossed inscription beneath photograph reads: "Charlton and Rathburn. / Vancouver. B.C."; Handwritten inscription on verso of photograph reads: "Playground opening / Confederation Park / opening of Playground / Confederation Park / about 1927 / JCD on platform speaking"; 1 b&w copy print accompanying

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Confederation Park's new playground, 1927 thumbnail

North Burnaby 1st Annual Picnic

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: 1 Jul. 1926

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 41.5 cm, mounted on card 21 x 41.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Burnaby First Annual Picnic at Crescent Beach, British Columbia. Men, women, and children are seated and standing in rows on the beach. Two wooden buildings are partly visible in the background.

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 41.5 cm, mounted on card 21 x 41.5 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the North Burnaby First Annual Picnic at Crescent Beach, British Columbia. Men, women, and children are seated and standing in rows on the beach. Two wooden buildings are partly visible in the background.

Subjects: Recreational Activities - Picnics; Geographic Features - Beaches

Accession Code: HV975.13.1

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Date: 1 Jul. 1926

Media Type: Photograph

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 1/29/2010

Scale: 100

Photographer: Charlton and Rathburn

Notes: Continuation of title: "Cresent Beach July 1st, 1926"; Signature of photographer on recto of print: "Charlton and Rathburn / Vancouver. B.C."; 2 b&w copy prints accompanying