Capitol Hill Community Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark563
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Public building.
- Associated Dates
- 1948
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1948
- Description
- Public building.
- Heritage Value
- The Capitol Hill Community Hall was designed by local architect Harold Cullerne (1890-1976). After Cullerne returned from service during the First World War, he joined J.H. Bowman in a partnership that lasted from 1919 to 1934. After Bowman retired in 1934, Cullerne practiced on his own, continuing to work on schools and institutional buildings, such as the Art Deco Hollywood Theatre in Vancouver. In 1944, Cullerne designed a community hall for Capitol Hill; the scheme was delayed, and redesigned before it was finally built after the end of the Second World War. A simple front gabled roof hall structure, this hall is a monument to community spirit, erected by community members on a volunteer basis, and used for community events for over half a century. The hall replaced two earlier structures, both destroyed by fire, that had served the same purpose.
- Locality
- Capitol Hill
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
- Architect
- Harold Cullerne
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Street Address
- 361 Howard Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36396
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. Workmen are relaxing, standing high on a ledge just below the unfinished roof, as community members stand below them, smiling.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12 x 17 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 258-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-21
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. Workmen are relaxing, standing high on a ledge just below the unfinished roof, as community members stand below them, smiling.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Street Address
- 361 Howard Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Construction of the Community Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36397
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The construction workers are all bent over, busily working on the roof and its supports.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 258-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-21
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The construction workers are all bent over, busily working on the roof and its supports.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Street Address
- 361 Howard Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Construction of the Community Hall
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36398
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The construction workers are all taking a break to look at the camera from their positions on the roof, the roof's ledge and the ground. A dog is also at the construction site.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1948
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 14 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 258-003
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1991-21
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the construction of the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The construction workers are all taking a break to look at the camera from their positions on the roof, the roof's ledge and the ground. A dog is also at the construction site.
- Subjects
- Construction
- Buildings - Recreational - Community Halls
- Occupations - Labourers
- Animals - Dogs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Street Address
- 361 Howard Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Pacific Pin Club show
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription96922
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dan Pederson viewing some of his pin collection with a magnifying glass, at the Pacific Pin Club's show and sale at the Capitol Hill Community Hall.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2477
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dan Pederson viewing some of his pin collection with a magnifying glass, at the Pacific Pin Club's show and sale at the Capitol Hill Community Hall.
- Subjects
- Adornment - Lapel Pins
- Exhibitions
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a May 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dan Pederson takes a closer look at some of the 3,000 pins in his collection, at the Pacific Pin Club's first public show and sale at the Capitol Hill Community Centre. Pederson says he started collecting pins in 1984, at the Los Angeles Olympics and he's travelled to various competitions like the Commonwealth, Pan Am and Canada Games to amass his collection. "I like to trade with the actual athletes," he says. "Every pin has a story." The Pin Club has about 44 members from Vancouver Island to Alberta. It started when collectors, who started accumulating pins during Expo 86, started getting together to compare and trade their finds. The club meets monthly."
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Street Address
- 361 Howard Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area
Images
Society for Creative Anachronism
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription95789
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a meeting of the Society of Creative Anachronism at the Capitol Hill Community Hall. Two photographs show a close-up of a participant dressed in medieval knight armour, with a chainmail mask, and the other shows two members of the Society engaged in battle in the Commun…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1621
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a meeting of the Society of Creative Anachronism at the Capitol Hill Community Hall. Two photographs show a close-up of a participant dressed in medieval knight armour, with a chainmail mask, and the other shows two members of the Society engaged in battle in the Community Hall's parking lot. Both are dressed in medieval armour and fighting with swords and shields.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a February 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1621-1 and 535-1621-2: "It's not a remake of the film Gladiator. Richard Bertrand, aka "Sir Kheron" of the Barony of Lions Gate, prepares to go into battle at a meeting of the Society for Creative Anachronism at the Capitol Hill Community Hall. The Society's more than 24,000 members worldwide, study and recreate the arts, sciences, literature and recreation of the European Middle Ages, before 1600 A.D."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1621-3: "Residents in the Capitol Hill area would be excused if they thought they had been transported through time to the medieval age on Saturday, as members of the Society for Creative Anachronism met, and battled, at the Capitol Hill Community Hall. Richard Bertrand, aka "Sir Kheron" of the Barony of Lions Gate, has the upper hand on Crawford Tate, aka "Crawford Lum the Elder," of the Bary of Seagirt. The Society's more than 24,000 members worldwide, study and recreate the arts, sciences, literature and recreation of the European Middle Ages, before 1600 A.D."
- Geographic Access
- Howard Avenue
- Street Address
- 361 Howard Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Capitol Hill Area