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Stride Hill Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The residential areas that are located within the Stride Hill Neighbourhood were primarily developed in the 1950s during Burnaby's post-war building boom. The area lying to the south of Byrne Creek Ravine Park was used as a municipal garbage dump until the 1960s and as a landfill site for yard waste disposal until the early 1990s at which point the area was incorporated into the Edmonds Town Centre Plan and the land was made into park and open space.

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Hill Area

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Sussex-Nelson Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The Sussex-Nelson Neighbourhood is located just south of Metrotown and in 1980 was characterised as the most populated of all of Burnaby's Planning Study areas. The area immediately south of Metrotown was initially developed as post-war 1950s housing stock, while the sector south of Rumble was developed after the 1960s and 1970s as single-family housing.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Church building.

Associated Dates: 1930

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Esmond Avenue

Associated Dates: 1930

Description: Church building.

Heritage Value: This church replaced the first Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church, which opened in 1911 and later became the Masonic Hall. This site was purchased in 1928, but the new church was not completed until 1930, due to the financial constraints of the Depression era. B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Bruce dedicated the church on Feb. 16, 1931. The building has retained its Classical Revival form and detailing, including its symmetrical design, columns flanking the recessed main entrance and arched windows with keystone detailing. The Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church was designed by Australian-born architect H.H. Simmonds (1883-1954). After serving in the First World War, Simmonds resumed his local practice, and even during the Depression, his output remained prolific. In the 1920s and 30s, Simmonds was commissioned by the City of Vancouver to replace several pavilions at the Pacific National Exhibition with a consistent grouping of Art Deco buildings including the surviving Livestock Building (1929), Women and Fine Arts Building (1931) and Forum (1933).

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Architect: H.H. Simmonds

Area: 566.79

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 140 Esmond Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Westridge Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: The Westridge Neighbourhood of Burnaby was created as a new subdivision during the post-World War Two housing boom in Burnaby. Developed by the C.B. Riley Company, it was laid out in a plan contoured to the shapes of the land and was situated to allow residents easy access to main transportation routes.

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: Willingdon Heights was another new subdivision developed in Burnaby during the post-World War Two building boom. A brochure about the development published in 1948 proclaimed "the Willingdon Heights 500 home development project in Burnaby fulfills its promise to provide a self-contained community for former members of the armed services and their families...the largest single veteran housing project in Canada as far as homes for individual ownership is concerned, Willingdon Heights development was planned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation...At this date the earlier built rows of homes have passable roads and the owners are improving lawns and gardens in spare time...eventually additional stores and professional services will be installed and recreational projects will add to the amenities of a community of congenial residents..."

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: The convenient location of Willingdon Heights to the Trans Canada Highway, Lougheed Highway and Hastings Street has fostered its development as a primarily residential commuter neighbourhood. Characterised in the post-World War Two period by predominantly single-family developments, the neighbourhood has retained this identity despite some higher density apartment buildings now found there.

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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England House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Mary England Residence is a one and one-half storey, wood-frame, Period Revival cottage with a steeply pitched, cross-gabled roof. Situated on Griffiths Drive within the Edmonds neighbourhood of Burnaby, the Mary England Residence has an original attached garage.

Associated Dates: 1930

Formal Recognition: Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Mary England Residence

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Mary England Residence

Geographic Access: Griffiths Drive

Associated Dates: 1930

Formal Recognition: Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Council Resolution

Enactment Date: 26/05/2003

Description: The Mary England Residence is a one and one-half storey, wood-frame, Period Revival cottage with a steeply pitched, cross-gabled roof. Situated on Griffiths Drive within the Edmonds neighbourhood of Burnaby, the Mary England Residence has an original attached garage.

Heritage Value: The Mary England Residence, built in 1930, is valued as a representation of the period revival styles that were popular in the era between the two World Wars. At this time, it was considered the height of fashion for a house to reflect historical styles, even when combined in an eclectic manner, that expressed a domestic ideal of cozy traditionalism. The Mary England Residence is an exuberant example of this trend. Half-timbering, multi-paned and leaded casement windows and a steeply pitched, cross-gabled roof impart a storybook cottage charm. Its first owner, Mary England, was employed for several years as stenographer at the old Burnaby Municipal Hall. An original attached garage is evidence of the growing presence of automobiles in domestic life of the 1930s. Additionally, the Mary England Residence is a testament to the continued suburban growth of the Edmonds neighbourhood. During the Edwardian era, the area experienced a housing boom. Its proximity to New Westminster, coupled with its regional transportation links, made it an attractive area for middle-class residences. Despite the economic recession of the 1930s, the Edmonds area continued to develop with modest but handsome housing.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Mary England Residence: - location, in the Edmonds neighbourhood of East Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey height with full basement, rectangular plan and steeply pitched cross-gabled roof - Period Revival elements such as rough-cast stucco, half-timbering, minimal eave overhangs, arched entry with glazed wooden front door, and arched-top feature window - mixture of windows including: double-hung, multi-paned wooden sash windows in double assembly; 6-over-1 double-hung wooden sash windows in multiple assembly; multi-paned casement windows; and straight-leaded feature windows - external parged chimney and two internal chimneys - attached front-gabled garage - associated landscape features including mature deciduous trees and fruit trees

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Avenue Area

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

Community: Edmonds

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D.011-115-424

Boundaries: The Mary England Residence is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7276 Griffiths Drive, Burnaby.

Area: 1404.26

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Public (local)

Documentation: City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Street Address: 7276 Griffiths Drive

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Vincent & Edna Dodd Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1941

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Clinton Street

Associated Dates: 1941

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: Designed to simulate a Norman cottage, the most distinctive feature of this eclectic bungalow is its round entrance tower with a conical shaped roof. Other distinctive features include rolled roof edges clad with steam-bent shingles to resemble a thatched roof, and round-arched windows surrounded with initiation voussoirs. The traditional character reflects the Storybook Cottage movement popular in the years between the two World Wars. It was built for Vincent Esmond Dodd (1913-1985), a plumber and electrician, and his wife Edna Mary Dodd (née Engeseth). Edna continued to live in the house after Vincent’s death in 1985.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Area: 613.16

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 6270 Clinton Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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William & Annie Mawhinney Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: c.1930

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Buckingham Avenue

Associated Dates: c.1930

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: Local farmers William Alexander Mawhinney (1870-1953) and Annie Josephine Mawhinney (née Sutcliff, 1871-1956) built this residence as their retirement home. It was the last of several houses built in the immediate vicinity by members of the Mawhinney family between 1909 and 1930. Born in Ireland, William Mawhinney first came to Burnaby to help his brother Isaiah establish his fruit farm. Due to his farm management experience, in 1908 William became foreman of the Avalon estate at Deer Lake that was owned by F.J. Hart. When he retired in 1930, William had fifty years of experience as a fruit and grain farmer.This house is situated on its lot at an angle, rather than parallel to the street, to take advantage of the view of wooded Buckingham Creek that runs through the northeast section of the property. Complementing the picturesque character of the property is this charming cottage-style residence, which is an excellent example of an interwar Storybook Cottage. During the years between the two World Wars, domestic styles in North America were resolutely historicist. In order to display good taste, it was expected that a house would have an identifiable period revival style. As economics dictated that houses of the time were generally modest, they often assumed a cottage appearance that provided a romantic ideal of traditional domesticity. The American Sesquicentennial reinforced this historicist trend, and the most popular Hollywood movies of the time were swashbuckling costume dramas. With its distinctive roughcast stucco and half-timbering, this house is an excellent example of this housing trend. The rolled roof edges, with steam-bent cedar shingles, simulate a traditional thatched roof. Other picturesque features include a front porch with round-arched openings, battered wall buttresses, an oriel window and diamond-paned leaded casement windows.

Locality: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Area: 1848.00

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 6011 Buckingham Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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New instructions on how to fight fire bombs

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 358.3 CAN v.2

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV988.47.20

Call Number: 358.3 CAN v.2

Author: Canada. Office of the Director of Civil Air Raid Precautions

Place of Publication: Ottawa

Publisher: Edmond Cloutier

Publication Date: 1942

Physical Description: 4 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Canada--Civil defense; Incendiary bombs; Fire extinction

Subjects: Documentary Artifacts; Documentary Artifacts - Leaflets; Wars; Wars - World War, 1939-1945; Emergency Measures - Civil Defence

Notes: Version 2 of 2

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History of Burnaby and vicinity

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Publication Date: 1947

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection; Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV017.17.1

Call Number: 971.133 GRE Copy 2 Ver. 1

Author: Green, George, 1872-1955

Place of Publication: [S.l.]

Publisher: [s.n.]

Publication Date: 1947

Printer: Shoemaker , McLean & Veitch

Physical Description: 233 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "Presented To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author George Green Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown] "BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Name Access: Green, George

Notes: Autographed by author; "By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."; Copy 2 of 2

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Digital Books

Mathematics for technical schools

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Warren, J. M.; Rutherford, W. H. (William Herbert), 1876-

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1936; c1921

Call Number: 510 WAR

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV000.33.2

Call Number: 510 WAR

Edition: Rev. ed.

Author: Warren, J. M.; Rutherford, W. H. (William Herbert), 1876-

Place of Publication: Toronto

Publisher: Copp, Clark

Publication Date: 1936; c1921

Physical Description: v, 404 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Inscription: "NEW HAVEN / CORRECTIONAL CENTRE / 4250 MARINE DRIVE / BURNABY 1, B.C." - stamped in black ink on inside of front and back covers.

Library Subject (LOC): Mathematics

Notes: "Reprinted 1937, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945."; "Authorized by the Minister for Education for boy's classes in industrial and technical courses"

Notes on map reading, 1929 (reprinted with amendments (nos. 1 to 4), 1939)

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1942

Call Number: 623.71 GRE

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV993.17.12

Call Number: 623.71 GRE

Place of Publication: Ottawa, Ont.

Publisher: Great Britain. War Office

Publication Date: 1942

Printer: Edmond Cloutier

Physical Description: 95 p. : maps (some col.) ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Military maps; Military topography

Notes: "Notified in army orders for September, 1929" -- cover; by command of the army council, Sir Herbert (James) Creedy (1878-1973).; Includes index.