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Masonic Cemetery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark622
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Associated Dates
- 1924
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- 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
Images
Ocean View Burial Park - Mausoleum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark630
- 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
Images
Approval of Offer from the Vancouver Masonic Cemetery Association for 20 Years re Cemetery Site on Block 2, DL 120
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport68972
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60011
- Meeting Date
- 28-Aug-1922
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 60011
- Meeting Date
- 28-Aug-1922
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Amendment of Cemetery By Law re Lesser Burial Depths
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport81181
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 91171
- Meeting Date
- 20-Jun-1921
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 91171
- Meeting Date
- 20-Jun-1921
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application for Approval of Proposed Cemetery Site DL 119
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69601
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73397
- Meeting Date
- 16-Feb-1925
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73397
- Meeting Date
- 16-Feb-1925
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of City of Vancouver for Approval of Cemetery Site
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport67180
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 59585
- Meeting Date
- 9-May-1927
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 59585
- Meeting Date
- 9-May-1927
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of City of Vancouver for Approval of Cemetery Site in DL 143 and 148
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport66537
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58755
- Meeting Date
- 1-Nov-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58755
- Meeting Date
- 1-Nov-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application of Jewish Community for Cemetery Site in DL 172
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport66641
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58940
- Meeting Date
- 6-Dec-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58940
- Meeting Date
- 6-Dec-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Authorization to Oil Roads in Ocean View Cemetery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69933
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73964
- Meeting Date
- 3-Aug-1925
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73964
- Meeting Date
- 3-Aug-1925
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Permission for Ocean View Cemetery to Sprinkle Between 7 to 9 am and 7 to 9 pm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport66151
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58335
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jun-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 58335
- Meeting Date
- 21-Jun-1926
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Proposed Cemetery Site in DL 119
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport69889
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73939
- Meeting Date
- 20-Jul-1925
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 73939
- Meeting Date
- 20-Jul-1925
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds