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Bell's Drygoods Store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark537
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Bell’s Drygoods Store is a typical commercial false front, single storey, wood-frame building that has been relocated to the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Associated Dates
- 1922
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Whitechurch Hardware Store
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Whitechurch Hardware Store
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1922
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 9807
- Enactment Date
- 23/11/1992
- Description
- Bell’s Drygoods Store is a typical commercial false front, single storey, wood-frame building that has been relocated to the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Heritage Value
- The value of the Bell’s Drygoods Store lies in its significance as one of the last remaining intact false front retail structures of its time to survive in Burnaby. Additionally, it remains as one of East Burnaby’s few surviving early commercial buildings and is representative of other typical commercial structures of the period. Originally located on Sixth Street in East Burnaby, in a small commercial district that served residents located along the streetcar line between New Westminster and Edmonds, its proximity to the streetcar served to draw customers into the store. This store also served as the location of the East Burnaby Post Office, one of a number of local post offices located throughout the municipality during the early twentieth century. Clifford Tuckey constructed the building in 1922, with a small lean-to structure on the back housing a kitchen and bedroom. The store was sold soon afterwards to William and Flora Bell, who then lived and worked here for a number of years. It represents a traditional relationship of the owner’s home to the store during this period, indicating the modest means of the owners and their commitment to running the business. The building was later sold to Maurice and Mildred Whitechurch, who ran it for many years as a hardware store. In 1974, the structure was relocated to its present site at the Museum. The heritage value for this structure also lies in its interpretive value within the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. Between 1993 and 1996 the building was restored to its 1925 appearance.
- Defining Elements
- The character defining features of Bell’s Drygoods Store include its: - rectangular form and simple massing - commercial false front parapet - front gable roof with cedar shingle cladding - horizontal lapped wooden siding - recessed main central entrance flanked by large storefront display windows - V-joint tongue-and-groove wood interior paneling - interior separation between commercial and residential space
- Locality
- Deer Lake Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Organization
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Function
- Primary Current--Museum
- Primary Historic--Shop
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. No. 011-030-356 Legal Description: Parcel 1, District Lot 79 and District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Reference Plan 77594
- Boundaries
- Burnaby Village Museum is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 38,488.63
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Landscape Feature
- Structure
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Documentation
- Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
Images
Douglas Road School class
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37693
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 cm print on contact sheet 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in grades one and two at Douglas Road School standing on the steps of their school in rows. The teacher standing at the back is Annie Adair and Elsie Dawkins is on the far right in the first row.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1925 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.5 x 5 cm print on contact sheet 20 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-281
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students in grades one and two at Douglas Road School standing on the steps of their school in rows. The teacher standing at the back is Annie Adair and Elsie Dawkins is on the far right in the first row.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
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Douglas Road School class photograph
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription66699
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students sitting and standing in rows outside Douglas Road School. Annie Adair, is standing behind her students, towards the centre. Standing in the back row, left to right, are; John Waplington, Albert Dawkins, Bob Pontifex, Jean [last name unknown], Eva Scott, [unidentified], Leona …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- William Martin family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16. 5 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 525-005
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2006-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students sitting and standing in rows outside Douglas Road School. Annie Adair, is standing behind her students, towards the centre. Standing in the back row, left to right, are; John Waplington, Albert Dawkins, Bob Pontifex, Jean [last name unknown], Eva Scott, [unidentified], Leona Smith, Ying Jung, Bernice Woods, Montague "Monty" Moore and Carl Banning. Seated in the middle row are; [unidentified], Betty Turner, Nancy [last name unknown], Betty Blott, Winona Woods, Margaret Turner, Cora [last name unknown], Greg Waplington, Ella Larson, Mary Lee, Margaret Martin (later Greenall) (later Andrusiak), Scott Johnston, Bobby Foster. Seated in the front row are; [unidentified], Jack Lort, Douglas Henderson, Clive Cunningham, [unidentified], John Moore, Jack Scott, [unidentified], George Tyre, [unidentified], Victor Donnell and Ken Blott.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Names
- Adair, Annie T.
- Waplington, John
- Dawkins, Albert
- Pontifex, Bob
- Scott, Eva
- Smith, Leona
- Woods, Bernice
- Moore, A.G. "Al"
- Moore, Montague Hutchings "Monty"
- Banning, Carl
- Turner, Betty
- Blott, Betty
- Woods, Winona
- Turner, Margaret
- Waplington, Greg
- Larsen, Ella
- Lee, Mary
- Andrusiak, Margaret Martin Greenall
- Johnston, Scott
- Foster, Bobby
- Lort, Jack
- Henderson, Douglas
- Cunningham, Clive
- Moore, John Gifford
- Scott, Jack
- Tyre, George
- Donnell, Victor
- Blott, Ken
- Jung, Suey Ying "Laura"
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Kingsway West School Choir, [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-381.jpg?width=280)
Kingsway West School Choir
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36923
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School) choir. Identified: (back row, left) Miss A. Adair (conductor); (back row, far right) Mr. W.S. Wallace (principal).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.9 x 12.7 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-381
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Kingsway West School (originally named West Burnaby School) choir. Identified: (back row, left) Miss A. Adair (conductor); (back row, far right) Mr. W.S. Wallace (principal).
- Subjects
- Organizations - Choirs
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption on photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Sussex Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
![Kingsway West School Choir, [192-?] (date of original), copied 1992 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/315/315-381.jpg)
Picnic at Horseshoe Bay
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1951
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1939
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia (Kodatone) ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill and Flora Bell, May Walker Long and Bruce Walker sitting at a table outside in a garden at Horseshoe Bay.
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia (Kodatone) ; 7 x 9.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Bill and Flora Bell, May Walker Long and Bruce Walker sitting at a table outside in a garden at Horseshoe Bay.
- Subjects
- Recreational Activities - Picnics
- Accession Code
- BV005.69.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1939
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 11-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "PLEASE RETURN TO: May Long 14428 - 18A Ave White Rock BC V4A 8S6 / ~1939 Horseshoe Bay Bill and Flora Bell with May Long (nee Walker) & Bruce Walker"
Images
receipt
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact33408
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV985.5294.1
- Description
- Whitechurch Hardware - Receipt -- [1968]. Handbill for Whitechurch Hardware Store at 7665 6th Street in Burnaby. The receipt was for January 11th, 1968. The total owing was $4.71 and it was paid in cash. The receipt was number 30 within the series.
- Object History
- William and Flora Bell built this dry goods store on Sixth Street in East Burnaby circa 1918. This street was a small commercial district that served residents located along the streetcar line between New Westminster and Edmonds. This store also served as the location of East Burnaby Post Office, one of many subpost offices located throughout the municipality during its early days. This building remains as one of South Burnaby's few surviving early commercial buildings and features a "false front" and recessed main entrance. The building was later sold to Maurice and Mildred Whitechurch, who ran it for many years as a hardware store named Whitechurch Hardware Store. In 1974 the building was moved to the Burnaby Village Museum.
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts - Receipts
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact14382
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV984.19.1
- Description
- Sign, enamelled, "Martin and Senour Co. Paint", from the Whitechurch Hardware Building
- Object History
- This sign is from a hardware store that previously operated out of Bell's Dry Goods on 6th Avenue in Burnaby until 1972.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Sign
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
sign
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact86154
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV974.96.2
- Description
- Exterior hanging sign; "Whitechurch Hardware" name.
- Object History
- The Bell's Dry Goods building was built in 1922 by Clifford Tuckey with a small lean to structure on the back housing a kitchen and bedroom. The building was located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in Burnaby. William Bell (1884-1952) and Flora Bell (nee Connell) (1889-1953) immigrated to Burnaby from Scotland between 1917 and 1918. In about 1924, the building was purchased by William and Flora Bell. Flora operated "Bell's Dry Goods" store out of the building and the couple lived at the back of the store. William worked as a driver for a local lumber mill. Bell's Dry Goods was in operation in this one storey building between 1925 and 1937 with the building address, 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street). In 1927, they moved to a house located on Thirteenth Avenue while they converted the back of the store to include the East Burnaby Post Office. In 1937, the Bells moved the one storey "Bell's Dry Goods" building a little further north and built a two storey building on the corner. Flora continued to operate Bell's Dry Goods on the ground level of the new building until 1941 and the couple lived upstairs. The new two storey building assumed the address of 1314 Sixth Street (later 7695 Sixth Street) and the older one storey building obtained a new address of 1316 Sixth Street (later 7685 Sixth Street). The East Burnaby Post Office continued to operate at 1314 Sixth Street until about 1954. On December 1, 1937, Maurice Whitechurch moved his Whitechurch Hardware store into the one storey building which he rented out from the Bells. In 1943, Maurice Whitechurch purchased the building from the Bells and Whitechurch Hardware store continued to operated at this location until the Spring of 1973. In June 1973, Mr. Fergie Will bought the store and the building was donated to Heritage Village (Burnaby Village Museum). In August 1974, the building was relocated to Heritage Village and opened as a carpentry shop exhibit in 1975. The building underwent several repairs and restorations over the years. After it was moved to Heritage Village, a lean to was built on the back of the building by museum staff. The lean to was demolished between 1993 and 1994 after the building was put on a new foundation. In 1995, it underwent a series of structural repairs to restore it to Bell's Dry Goods store, opening on August 6, 1996.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E
- Object Term
- Sign, Identification
- Subjects
- Communication Artifacts
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Second Street Area
Images
Students at Douglas Road School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription78
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1925
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students on the steps of Douglas Road School with their teacher, Annie Adair, standing in the centre at the very back. The boy standing on the extreme left at the back row is identified as Arthur Blomberg and the boy standing 4th from the left in the middle row is Harold Moore. The ot…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 16 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students on the steps of Douglas Road School with their teacher, Annie Adair, standing in the centre at the very back. The boy standing on the extreme left at the back row is identified as Arthur Blomberg and the boy standing 4th from the left in the middle row is Harold Moore. The other students are not identified.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Teachers
- Geographic Access
- Canada Way
- Street Address
- 4861 Canada Way
- Accession Code
- BV989.28.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Date
- 1925
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 01-Jun-09
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies photograph as no. 42
- Notes on recto of photograph read: "Douglas Rd. school / Teacher Anne Adair / ARTHUR BLOMBERG / HAROLD MOORE" and "1925"
Images
William and Flora Bell
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription1204
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- 1946
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William and Flora Bell standing together in a parking lot at an unidentified location. Flora is wearing an overcoat over a dress, glasses and a hat. William is wearing a three-piece suit with a hat and has an overcoat draped over his left forearm. The Bells were the proprietors of Bel…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.5 x 6 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of William and Flora Bell standing together in a parking lot at an unidentified location. Flora is wearing an overcoat over a dress, glasses and a hat. William is wearing a three-piece suit with a hat and has an overcoat draped over his left forearm. The Bells were the proprietors of Bell's Dry Goods store located on the northwest corner of Sixth Street and Thirteenth Avenue in East Burnaby and in operation between 1926 and 1941.
- Names
- Bell, Flora
- Bell, William
- Accession Code
- BV995.11.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- 1946
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 07-May-24
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Note in blue ink on recto of photograph reads: "Mr. + Mrs. Bell. 1946"
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