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St. John the Divine Anglican Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark514
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- St. John the Divine Anglican Church is a landmark wood-frame Gothic Revival church, with Gothic windows and spire. It is located on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s main commercial thoroughfares, near the SkyTrain transit line and across the street from Central Park.
- Associated Dates
- 1905
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Associated Dates
- 1905
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Council Resolution
- Enactment Date
- 09/06/2003
- Description
- St. John the Divine Anglican Church is a landmark wood-frame Gothic Revival church, with Gothic windows and spire. It is located on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s main commercial thoroughfares, near the SkyTrain transit line and across the street from Central Park.
- Heritage Value
- St. John the Divine Anglican Church is valued as a symbol of the traditions of early Burnaby pioneers and as the oldest surviving church building in the city. Established in 1899, St. John was the first church in the community and was located at a prominent intersection of the old Vancouver-Westminster Road (now Kingsway) and the British Columbia Electric Railway’s interurban station at Central Park. This prominent intersection of the road and rail developed as the town centre of the Central Park district. The first St. John church was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt at the same location in 1904-05. This church is additionally significant for its association with prominent local architect Joseph Henry Bowman (1864-1943) who emigrated from England in 1888. Bowman was a member of the parish, and designed both the first church and its subsequent replacement. Bowman’s prolific career embraced many stylistic changes and technological advances, and this church is a surviving example of one of his rare religious commissions. The design of the new church's nave and vestry was based on the Gothic Revival style of Christ Church Anglican in Surrey, B.C., which had been the former church of St. John’s incumbent Rev. William Bell. Evolving over time as the congregation grew, the church received a number of early additions, and in 1953 was substantially renovated and enlarged through a new design by Vancouver architect Ross Lort. The original church nave was separated from the tower and turned to allow for a large addition. The congregation relocated to a new church in 1998, and at that time removed the church's memorial windows, leaving behind a number of the original art glass windows installed in the 1920s. The church building was renovated in 2004-05, and surviving original elements were retained and restored, including of the original church tower and interior chancel ceiling. A valued feature of the building is the original cast iron church bell that remains in the tower. It was purchased by the children of the congregation in 1912, and in 1924 was rededicated on Armistice Day as a memorial to Burnaby resident Lt. James Donald McRae Reid, who died in the First World War.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of St. John the Divine Anglican Church include its: - location on the north side of Kingsway, opposite Central Park - ecclesiastical form, scale and massing as expressed by the offset tower and tall, gabled roof - tower with its original horizontal wooden drop siding, bellcast square roof with octagonal drum above and bellcast octagonal spire - cedar shingle roof cladding - metal cross at peak of spire - Gothic Revival details such as: Gothic lancet windows with leaded stained glass panels; Gothic entrance door at the base of the tower; pointed-arch louvers in the tower; and exterior gable end scissor-trusses - interior features such as wooden scissor-trusses with diagonal fir tongue and groove panelling on the ceiling above, fir tongue-and-groove panelling on the wall of the nave, and original cedar and fir pews and altar rails - cast iron bell in tower
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Architect
- Joesph Henry Bowman
- Function
- Primary Historic--Place of Worship
- Primary Current--Place of Worship
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-398-871
- Boundaries
- St. John the Divine Anglican Church is comprised of a single institutional lot located at 3891 Kingway, Burnaby.
- Area
- 3486.66
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 3891 Kingsway
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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Survey and Subdivision plans in New Westminster District Group 1 – Burnaby
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription6991
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [1905-1917]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 12 plans : 6 black ink on paper + 2 black & col. ink on paper + 4 graphite on paper
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan drawn in graphite with markings in black ink "Surveyed for Mr. W. Wilson / Paterson Stat. B.C.E.R." . …
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Map collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 12 plans : 6 black ink on paper + 2 black & col. ink on paper + 4 graphite on paper
- Material Details
- Scales [between 1:360 and 1:3168]
- Index number on edge of board reads: "22"
- Scope and Content
- Item consists of a large board of six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on one side and six New Westminster District subdivision plans mounted on the other side. Side A: 1. Plan drawn in graphite with markings in black ink "Surveyed for Mr. W. Wilson / Paterson Stat. B.C.E.R." . Plan includes subdivision of lots situated between B.C.E. Railway and Vancouver Road (Kingsway). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Subdivision plan (no title) drawn in black ink with annotations in graphite. Plan covers District Lots 2, 4 and 6, west of North Road. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Plan of "Portion of Municipality" with intials "RB" [sic] (handwritten in blue crayon). Plan covers the area north east of the City of New Westminster including District Lots 11, 13, 14, 12, 1 and 2. Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4."Plan / of Subdivision of / N.W.1/4 Lot 175 / Group 1 New West. Dist. / B.C. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in. " Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. and initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon) (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. "Subdivision / of a Portion of / Lot 15 Group 1 / New Westminster Dist. / Scale 4 chs = 1 in". Plan provides numbered sudivisions - Lots 1 to 15 of District Lot 15 in red ink. (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. Plan of "Central Park & / Vicinity" Plan includes subdivisions of District Lot 153 east of Central Park District Lot 151 and subdivision of District Lot 36 and 49 west of Boundary Road (Vancouver). Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. and initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon). (Geographic location: Burnaby) Side B: 1. Subdivision plan (no title) drawn in black ink. Plan identifies lots between Vancouver Road (Yale Road is crossed out and replaced with Vancouver Road) and B.C.E. Railway. "Scale 2 chs = 1 in" (Geographic location: Burnaby) 2. Plan of "Subdivision Lot 1 / Lot 69 Gr. 1 / Scale 30' = 1 " " Plan identifies Boundary Road, Still Creek and a Road Allowance between District Lot 118 and District Lot 69. Plan was "Surveyed for Burnaby Mun. Council / March 11th 1908 / G.K.B." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 3. Plan drawn in black ink (no title) showing a subdivision in Lot 25 with names "Newcomb", "Debeck" and "Armstrong" along with roads identified as Third Street, Cumberland Street, Armstrong Street and Cariboo [sic] Street and including Lots 27, 11 and 13.Plan is stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C. and initialed : "RB" [sic] (in blue pencil crayon). (Geographic location: Burnaby) 4. Handrawn subdivision plan in graphite titled: "Lot 13, Gr.1" with intials "RB" [sic] (handwritten in blue crayon). Plan is bordered by Armstrong Street (Lot 11, G.1), Cumberland St. (Lot 25, G.1) and Tenth Avenue (City Boundary). The plan is singed by "Albert J. Hill / P.L.S." and one of the subdivided lots is identified with the name: "W. Karrymann". (Geographic location: Burnaby) 5. Handrawn sketch in graphite titled: "Lot 88, Gr.1" with intials "RB" [sic] (handwritten in blue crayon). Plan appears to be a draft of a subdivision plan of a portion of District Lot 88 along Cumberland Road. The plan is signed: "16/7/17 _W.F. Draper [sic] / B.C.L.S." (Geographic location: Burnaby) 6. "Plan / of Subdivision / of Blocks 61, 62 and 2 / Lot 30 / Group 1 / N.W. Dist. / Scale 1ch = 1 in". Plan is intialed by: "PB" with a note: "Also see board 2 / for duplicate" (handwritten in blue crayon). (Geographic location: Burnaby)
- Creator
- Hill, Albert James
- Geographic Access
- Boundary Road
- Kingsway
- Cumberland Street
- Accession Code
- HV977.93.22
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- [1905-1917]
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Scan Resolution
- 300
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Scale is measured in chains and feet. (One chain equals 792 inches)
- The term "Lot" can also refer to a "District Lot”
- Some plans are stamped: "Albert J. Hill, Civil Engineer / and / Provincial Land Surveyor, / New Westminster, / B.C." and intialed: "RB" [sic]
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