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Second Street School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: School building.

Associated Dates: 1928

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: 2nd Street

Associated Dates: 1928

Description: School building.

Heritage Value: The Second Street School was originally established at this location as a two-room schoolhouse in 1913 to relieve the overcrowding of Edmonds School during the pre-First World War building boom. The old school was converted into an auditorium when this handsome school building was constructed in 1928. The new school, built by local contractors Ward-Leverington Ltd., included four classrooms, a library, a room for the principal, and a room for the teachers. The original brick façade has been retained although it has been painted; other intact original features include the bellcast octagonal roof ventilator and the protruding front entrance. The Burnaby School Board architect at this time was the talented firm of McCarter & Nairne, who also designed the Douglas Road School. John Y. McCarter (1886-1981) and George Nairne (1884-1953) formed their partnership in 1921 after serving overseas during the First World War. The partners began designing houses and small apartment buildings, and larger commissions soon followed, including Vancouver’s first skyscraper, the Marine Building (1928-30).

Locality: East Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Second Street Area

Architect: McCarter & Nairne

Area: 15777.66

Contributing Resource: Building

Street Address: 7502 2nd Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Second Street School, 2013.. View from the east.. thumbnail

Historic view of the Second Street School, 1929. (Front elevation. Historic Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID BVM BV997.21.20. thumbnail

Windsor Street School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: School building.

Associated Dates: 1924

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Associated Dates: 1924

Description: School building.

Heritage Value: This school was built to replace Kingsway East School, which became part of Burnaby South High School. Architects Bowman & Cullerne designed the school in 1924; additions were made in 1927. The school features a distinctive double-height gabled entrance, a broad hipped roof and an octagonal rooftop ventilator. The Windsor Street School was designed by the architectural firm of Bowman & Cullerne, who specialized in school design. The firm’s projects include Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and Nelson Avenue School (1927).

Locality: Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Windsor Area

Architect: Bowman & Cullerne

Area: 3716.12

Contributing Resource: Building

Street Address: 6166 Imperial Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Windsor Street School, 2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

Helen Street subseries

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192?]-[194?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Description Level: Subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Scope and Content: Photographs of the members of the Street family and the Street family home.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: [192?]-[194?]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Historical Society fonds

Series: Community Archives Collection series

Subseries: Helen Street subseries

Physical Description: Photographs

Description Level: Subseries

Accession Number: BHS1989-06

Scope and Content: Photographs of the members of the Street family and the Street family home.

History: Ernest George Street was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England on March 3, 1880 and immigrated to Canada in 1900. He married Ella Jane Bryson on March 17, 1909 in Saskatoon. The couple had one son, Frank Bryson Street, born in Young, Saskatchewan on March 17, 1909. Frank Bryson Street married Helen Margret Pound at Ocean Falls, BC on July 21, 1938. The couple had two sons: Frank Sheridan Street born April 20, 1940 and Ernest David Street born April 27, 1942.

Media Type: Photograph

Creator: Street, Helen

Notes: Title based on creator of subseries

Floden House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Floden House is a gambrel roofed, one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Dutch Colonial Revival residence, located at the head of the T-intersection of Fourth Street and Edmonds Street in a residential area of East Burnaby.

Associated Dates: 1929

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Eric B. & Carrie Floden House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Eric B. & Carrie Floden House

Geographic Access: 4th Street

Associated Dates: 1929

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 11358

Enactment Date: 27/05/2002

Description: The Floden House is a gambrel roofed, one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Dutch Colonial Revival residence, located at the head of the T-intersection of Fourth Street and Edmonds Street in a residential area of East Burnaby.

Heritage Value: Built in 1929 for Swedish emigrant Eric Birger Floden (1896-1971) and his Norwegian wife, Carrie (1899-1943), the Floden House is a valued representation of local middle-class housing from the 1920s, at a time of increasing prosperity just prior to the onset of the Great Depression. Eric Birger Floden was the head sawyer at Shook Mills in New Westminster, and his family occupied the house until 1964. Additionally, the Floden House is significant as an example of a residential pattern book design from the 1920s. With a reviving economy after the First World War, pattern books were widely used to expedite residential design and construction. It was built by Floden's brother in-law, Nels Olund, a talented contractor of the Fraser Valley who was experienced in building gambrel roof barns. The Floden House is also valued as an example of the Dutch Colonial Revival style, and is typical of period revival houses built in the 1920s that reflected the modern ideals of economy and good design as well as an ongoing pride in past traditions. It was presumed at the time that a well-built house would display a traditional and readily-identifiable style as a hallmark of good taste. The use of the various Colonial Revival styles had gained new popularity during the late 1920s at the time of the American Sesquicentennial. A local landmark, the house originally stood at 7997 18th Avenue and was moved two blocks to its current location by the City of Burnaby when it purchased and rehabilitated the house to save it from demolition, indicating the City's commitment to heritage conservation.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Floden House include its: - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey plus basement height, rectangular plan and distinctive roof form - Dutch Colonial Revival style details such as its side gambrel roof, front and rear shed dormers, attic fanlights, decorative shutters and regular fenestration - roof configuration, with overhanging eaves on the front facade with returns on the side facades, and clipped eaves on the side facades - asymmetrical front entry with small entry porch with lattice surrounds - front projecting bay window - wide lapped horizontal cedar siding - irregular fenestration, with original double-hung 6-over-1 wooden-sash windows - secondary side entry with balcony over - internal red brick chimney with concrete chimney caps

Historic Neighbourhood: East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Edmonds Area

Builder: Nels Olund

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 009-931-490

Boundaries: The Floden House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7244 Fourth Street, Burnaby.

Area: 804.13

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7244 4th Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view, 2013. Front elevation. thumbnail

George & Rose Nuttall Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1921

Other Names: HILLCREST

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: HILLCREST

Geographic Access: McGill Street

Associated Dates: 1921

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This house was built for local plumber contractor George Nuttall (1883-1970) and his wife Rose Ann Nuttall (née Clagg, 1881-1955). George continued to live in the house after Rose’s death, until his own death in 1970. Although typical of the Craftsman style and form with its side-gabled roof, triangular eave brackets and front gabled dormer, this house has a number of special details, such as its beautiful art glass transom windows. The front verandah supports are massive stucco columns that contain stained glass lanterns with the house name, Hillcrest, and address.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Area: 566.71

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 3756 McGill Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the George & Rose Nuttall Residence, 2013.. North elevation.. thumbnail

John & Jessie MacLean Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: c.1926

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Pandora Street

Associated Dates: c.1926

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This cottage illustrates the traditionalism of the interwar years, when domestic ideals were expressed through modest homes displaying period revival influences. Reflecting the influence of the British Arts and Crafts movement, it features a symmetrical plan, a side jerkin-headed roof, a gabled front dormer and twin-coursed shingle siding, and retains its original wooden-sash windows with unusual multi-paned upper sash. It was built for John R. and Jessie MacLean. The house was recently restored by the owners.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Area: 566.71

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 3827 Pandora Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the John & Jessie MacLean Residence, 2013.. South elevation.. thumbnail

Masonic Cemetery

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Cemetery site.

Associated Dates: 1924

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Halifax Street

Associated Dates: 1924

Description: Cemetery site.

Heritage Value: Tucked into a sloping site in a zone that is now transitional between light industrial and residential uses, the Masonic Cemetery is a beautifully landscaped oasis. Two outstanding features of this cemetery are the Woodward mausoleum, constructed in 1924, and the 1930s entrance gates. These substantial gates are constructed of random-coursed granite, and mark the cemetery’s main entrance off Douglas Road. An elaborate granite mausoleum, built for the prominent Woodward family, is located on axis with the main entry, at the brow of the slope. The Egyptian Revival style of the mausoleum was inspired by the opening of Tutankamun’s tomb just two years earlier, a discovery that sparked world-wide Egyptomania. The Woodward’s department store dynasty was founded by Charles Woodward (1852-1937), who visited Vancouver in 1891 and bought two lots for a store. Woodward’s drug department opened in 1895. In 1901, he took an option on a lot at the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets and incorporated as Woodward’s Department Stores, which opened in November 1903. The family continued to run the business until 1993, when it went bankrupt and was sold to the Hudson’s Bay Company. A number of the Woodward family are interred here.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Area: 60137.87

Contributing Resource: Building; Landscape Feature

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 4305 Halifax Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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View of main entrance to Masonic Cemetery off Douglas Road, 2013.. Entrance gates.. thumbnail

Woodward mausoleum, 2013. (South elevation. Exterior Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Nelson Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: School building.

Associated Dates: 1927

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Irmin Street

Associated Dates: 1927

Description: School building.

Heritage Value: Nelson Avenue School was established in 1912 to serve the Alta Vista district of Burnaby. Architects Bowman & Cullerne designed this Classical Revival style school which was built as the annex to the original school building in 1927 and was a twin structure to the original Windsor Street School building. It once featured a columned porch but has been altered with a coat of stucco over the original main floor siding and replacement windows. It still retains its distinctive hipped roof with a domed octagonal roof ventilator. Harold Cullerne (1890-1976) joined J.H. Bowman (1864-1943) in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. The firm specialized in school design, and their project list includes Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and Windsor Street School (1924).

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Architect: Bowman & Cullerne

Contributing Resource: Building

Street Address: 4850 Irmin Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Nelson Avenue School,2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

Ocean View Burial Park - Mausoleum

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Cemetery site.

Associated Dates: 1928

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Associated Dates: 1928

Description: Cemetery site.

Heritage Value: In 1928, the design for the Ocean View Abbey was provided by San Francisco architect Wallace H. Hubbert, who specialized in the design of mausoleums. This was the first large-scale mausoleum and columbarium constructed in British Columbia. Although planned to be a much larger structure initially, only one wing was completed in 1931 before the Great Depression halted further additions. Hubbert was born in San Francisco in 1891 and attended the San Francisco Architectural Club. From 1914-15, he worked for famed architect Bernard Maybeck, and during the Depression years he temporarily closed his solo practice and worked for Miller & Pflueger from 1935-1939. He died in San Francisco in 1948. Hubbert was responsible for the designs of the Sunset Mausoleums in Berkeley and Eureka, Evergreen Mausoleum in Oakland and others in Merced and Santa Monica.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Suncrest Area

Architect: Wallace H. Hubbert

Area: 359280.00

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 4000 Imperial Street

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Exterior view of the Ocean View Abbey, 2013.. Front elevation.. thumbnail

View of the Ocean View Abbey, 1976. (Historic view.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID 556-137. thumbnail

Rosser Elementary School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: School building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Other Names: NORTH BURNABY HIGH SCHOOL

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: NORTH BURNABY HIGH SCHOOL

Geographic Access: Pandora Street

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: School building.

Heritage Value: Originally built as North Burnaby High School, this eight-room school became Rosser Avenue School in 1945. It has been altered with replacement windows, the application of stucco over the original siding and an addition, but has retained its historical form, including a hipped roof with half-timbered gables and a domed roof ventilator. The Rosser Elementary School was designed by the architectural firm of Bowman & Cullerne, who specialized in school design. The firm’s projects include Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Windsor Street School (1923), and Nelson Avenue School (1927).

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Architect: Bowman and Cullerne

Area: 10579.94

Contributing Resource: Building

Street Address: 4375 Pandora Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Rosser Elementary School, 2013.. West elevation.. thumbnail

Historic view of Rosser Elementary School, 1923. (Exterior of Burnaby North High School. Drawing.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID 033-002. thumbnail

'The Gables'

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: 'The Gables' is a one and one-half storey plus basement residence with a distinctive cross-gambrel roof. The foundations and first storey facade are constructed of granite rubble-stone with raised pointing, and the remainder of the house is clad in cedar shingles. It is now part of the Tudor Grove …

Associated Dates: 1920

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: John & Christina Mackie House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: John & Christina Mackie House

Geographic Access: Arbroath Street; Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates: 1920

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 10314

Enactment Date: 15/01/1996

Description: 'The Gables' is a one and one-half storey plus basement residence with a distinctive cross-gambrel roof. The foundations and first storey facade are constructed of granite rubble-stone with raised pointing, and the remainder of the house is clad in cedar shingles. It is now part of the Tudor Grove residential complex.

Heritage Value: The residence is valued as the house of John Mackie (1879-1937) and Christina Mackie (1881-1959) and is significant as the last house remaining from the original Highland Park subdivision. The area was first laid out in 1902, and then remarketed by C.L. Merritt and Company in 1911 as 'Gilley Park - the Suburb Beautiful.' Located on the B.C. Electric Railway interurban line, this was one of many middle-class commuter suburbs in Burnaby promoted during the Edwardian era. These suburbs were reflective of the City Beautiful Movement, a process of urbanization that sought to create morally, socially and aesthetically uplifting civic environments. The site is significant as a rare example of a modest residence incorporating high quality Arts and Crafts stylistic elements. Unusual for a house of this moderate scale, the foundation, first storey walls and chimney are constructed of rough-dressed granite. John Mackie was a stone mason, and it is assumed that he undertook the work himself. The cross gambrel roof is an unusual feature, relatively uncommon in B.C., from which the house derives its name, ‘The Gables.’

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of 'The Gables' include its: - location in the original Highland Park subdivision - vernacular residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by the one and one-half storey plus basement height, inset porch and symmetrical, rectangular plan - cross-gambrel roof with closed eaves and returned lower edges, clad with cedar shingles - Arts and Crafts influence as exemplified in its use of natural materials such as rough-dressed granite rubble-stone foundation, first storey walls and chimney, and cedar shingle siding on the upper storey - other elements of masonry construction, such as the granite window-box brackets, granite stair cheeks and granite interior chimney with rustic cap - wooden-sash windows - house name, ‘The Gables,’ carved into a granite block on the left-hand pier of the front porch

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 002-837-765

Boundaries: 'The Gables' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6445 Arbroath Street, Burnaby.

Area: 5453.12

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 6445 Arbroath Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

Images

Exterior view, 2013. Oblique view. thumbnail

William & Annie Mawhinney Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Burris Street

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This bungalow was built by local farmer William Alexander Mawhinney (1870-1953) and Annie J. Mawhinney (1871-1956). This was one of several houses built in the immediate vicinity by members of the Mawhinney family between 1909 and 1930. William Mawhinney first came to Burnaby to help his brother Isaiah establish his fruit farm. In about 1930, William and Annie Mawhinney built a new house at 6011 Buckingham Avenue. This home is architecturally notable for its unusual front-gabled dormer, which is divided into parallel ridges at its peak. Though the original exterior wall siding has been covered by a later coat of stucco, it otherwise remains in largely original condition including double-hung windows with multi-paned upper sashes, front door with full-length sidelights and a decorative built-in window box.

Locality: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Area: 891.70

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7616 Burris Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the William & Annie Mawhinney Residence, 2013.. Front elevation.. thumbnail

William & Edith Blott Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Laurel Street

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This elegant house is a prominent local landmark, with a bellcast hipped roof, deep bracketed eaves and Doric porch columns. The use of the various Colonial Revival styles had gained new popularity during the 1920s at the time of the American Sesquicentennial, as is evident in the symmetrical façade composition and detailing. It was the home of William Alexander Blott (1878-1962), a shipper at the Broder Canning Company and later a real estate agent, and his wife Edith Carruthers Blott (née Shaw, 1890-1972), who were married in 1913. It is one of the few remaining larger estate homes along the formerly rural Douglas Road.

Locality: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Area: 1023.73

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5558 Laurel Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of William & Edith Blott Residence, 2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

Authorization for Grading for Sidewalks on Hastings Street North Side, Gray Avenue East Side, Victory Street North Side, Portland Street South Side, Dundas Street, Venables Street South Side, McGill Street, Triumph Street North and South Side, Inverness Street North and South Sides, Gray Avenue West Side, Cambridge Street North Side, Trinity Street North and South Side, McGill Street South Side, Hazel Street North Side, Wilson Avenue West Side and Maple Avenue West Side

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 57458

Meeting Date: 19-Mar-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 57458

Meeting Date: 19-Mar-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 57458

19-Mar-1928 Meeting Minutes

Estimate of Work for (a) Ward 1- Buller Avenue, Gilley Avenue (b) Ward 2 - Walker Avenue, Chatham Avenue, Nursery Street, Haszard Street, Cumberland Road (c) Ward 3 - Cliff Avenue, Phillips Avenue (d) Ward 4 - Cliff Avenue, Regent Street, Norland Street, Delta Avenue, Sprott Street (e) Ward 5 - Delta Avenue, Broadview, Hastings Street (f) Ward 6 - Glen Street, Elsom Street, Patterson Avenue

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport68890

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 59829

Meeting Date: 3-Jul-1922

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 59829

Meeting Date: 3-Jul-1922

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 59829

3-Jul-1922 Meeting Minutes

Petitions for Local Improvement Works (a) 4' Sidewalk on Georgia Street and Esmond Street (b) 4' Sidewalk of Keefer Street (c) Ornamental Street Lights on Hastings Street (d) Ornamental Street Lights on Hastings Street

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56544

Meeting Date: 26-Nov-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 56544

Meeting Date: 26-Nov-1928

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Hastings Grove Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: During the height of the real estate boom between 1909 and 1913, Vancouver developer Frederick Munson plotted the subdivision of more than 150 acres of land on Curtis Street east of Sperling Avenue, on the newly logged slopes of remote Burnaby Mountain. Burnaby opened up Curtis Street to facilitate access to Hastings Grove and Munson agreed to pay one-third of the cost but never did. He also paid only $1000.00 down on the agreed price of the land. When he failed to make further payments, the mortgage holders foreclosed and re-sold the properties. People who had bought lots from Munson lost not only the land they though they owned, but also the money they had paid for it. Hastings Grove was a disaster. The converted automobile - which served as the bus - stopped running. The few houses and most of the lots reverted to the Municipality because of non-payment of taxes and are now part of Burnaby Mountain Park. The only remaining building is the old Hastings Grove Store which still stands as an apartment building.

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Lochdale Area

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Lochdale Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: "Picturesquely situated on the south-westerly slope of the highest hill on the Burrard Peninsula is a district that in many ways resembles the early pioneer settlements…its centre is at the intersection of east Hastings Street and Sperling Avenue. Only a few years ago a dense forest covered this area and the settlers were few and some distance apart. After the war working men began to enter the Lochdale woods in quest of cheap home-sites. Today there are more than 400 residents in the district who combine to make a happy contented industrious community living on the edge of a big city yet enjoying the life offered by the country...The Community Hall is the centre of all social activities. Dances, concerts and other forms of entertainment are all there...Curtis Street runs from Sperling Avenue up to the hill, locally known as Hastings Grove. From the top on a clear day there is a view for miles around." ~ From the Sunday Province, March 8, 1925.