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T.O. Townley Estate 'Deerholme'
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark545
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The T.O. Townley Estate, 'Deerholme,' is located on a lake front property on the north shore of Deer Lake Park. The main house is a two-and-one-half storey symmetrical-massed wood-frame Colonial Revival structure, with flanking one-storey wings, a side gable roof and a central front entry.
- Associated Dates
- 1913
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Thomas & Frances Townley Estate, Loftus House
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Thomas & Frances Townley Estate, Loftus House
- Geographic Access
- Price Street
- Associated Dates
- 1913
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 9807
- Enactment Date
- 23/11/1992
- Description
- The T.O. Townley Estate, 'Deerholme,' is located on a lake front property on the north shore of Deer Lake Park. The main house is a two-and-one-half storey symmetrical-massed wood-frame Colonial Revival structure, with flanking one-storey wings, a side gable roof and a central front entry.
- Heritage Value
- 'Deerholme' was built as the retirement estate of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Owen Townley (1862-1935) and his wife, Frances M. Townley. Townley was a pioneer resident of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia: he served as a lawyer, Registrar of Land Titles for New Westminster District and Mayor of Vancouver for one term in 1901. Built in 1913, this is one of the most significant of the Deer Lake estate houses and was the last of grand Edwardian era mansions built on the lots surrounding the lake. The area had been opened up for development two years earlier by the construction of the British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Line. The estate speaks of a gracious way of life achieved by society's elite during the Edwardian era, supported by the use of domestic servants. Grand in scale, architecturally sophisticated and set in a bucolic landscape, this residence demonstrates the social status of the owner in the privileged classes of the rapidly developing social structure of Burnaby. The house is also significant as one of the earliest designs by the son of Thomas and Frances Townley, architect Fred Laughton Townley (1887-1966), who had graduated in architecture in 1911 from the University of Pennsylvania. In this house for his parents, he demonstrated his deft understanding of the American Period Revival styles learned during his schooling in the United States. The prevailing local taste for British-derived architecture dictated that this was a style he was rarely able to use until the Colonial Revival styles became more popular in the 1920s. F.L. Townley was a founding partner in Townley and Matheson, which achieved significant success as one of the most accomplished local architectural firms, culminating in their best-known commission, Vancouver City Hall, 1935-36.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements the define the heritage character of ‘Deerholme’ include its: - integration with its south-sloping lakefront site, which contains many original landscape features (extant rockeries, formal drive, tennis lawn, open fields, and specimen shrubs and trees) - two-and-one-half storey form with flanking one-storey wings - side gable roof with symmetrical shed dormers, three at the front and three at the rear - complex fenestration, including multi-paned wooden-sash double-hung windows, 6-over-1 on the ground floor and 6-over-9 on the second floor, and multi-paned wooden-sash casements in the dormers - pair of prominent exterior brick chimneys on each side elevation, clad with rough-cast stucco up to the roof level, and each with four chimney-pots - rough-cast stucco cladding - design elements typical of the Colonial Revival style, such as composed classical formality, side gable roof and balanced symmetrical massing - exterior architectural elements, such as classical columns, window shutters, fanlight feature window, multi-paned quarter-round windows flanking the chimneys, and projecting square brackets in the gables - superior level of design and craftsmanship throughout, including refined interior woodwork such as fireplaces, interior columned screen between hallway and living room and a staircase with Colonial Revival details - significant mature trees (such as Red Oaks, Silver Maples, and Copper Beech). - original guest house and stables, which survive on an adjacent property at 6176 Price Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Architect
- Fred Laughton Townley
- Function
- Primary Current--Estate
- Primary Historic--Estate
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. No. 002-652-111 Legal Description: Parcel 'C' (Explanatory Plan 12891) , Blocks 4 and 5, District Lot 79 Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536
- Boundaries
- ‘Deerholme’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6110 Price Street, Burnaby.
- Area
- 14,099.52
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Landscape Feature
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Other Collection
- City of Vancouver Archives: T.O. Townley Residence, Original Plans, Add. MSS. 1399, Temporary No. 61, Location 920-D
- Documentation
- Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
- Street Address
- 6110 Price Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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medicinal bottle
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact2615
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV971.163.6
- Description
- Empty rectangular amber glass (brown) bottle with cork stopper. Commercial paper label indicating "40 / Lyolith Tablets / (Tabella Lyolitha Stenhouse) / Gall Stone Remedy / Formula of / Dr. John Stnehouse / Each tablet contains: / Potass. Salicylate, 1 1-2 grs. / Potassium Citrate, 1-2 gr. / Sodium Glyco and / Tauro-cholate, 1 1-2 grs. / Sodium Oleate, 1 1-2 grs. / Phenophthalein, 1-3 gr. / Menthol, 1-10 gr. / LYOLITH are best taken / at bedtime and on rising, / or after each meal, one or / two as may be prescribed / by physician, followed / by a large glass of hot / water. / H.K.WAMPOLE&CO. / LIMITED / PERTH, ONTARIO." "Henry K Wampole Co" appears in red script diagonally across the label.
- Object History
- This item originates from the West End Pharmacy in New Westminster.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- Commercial paper label indicating "40 / Lyolith Tablets / (Tabella Lyolitha Stenhouse) / Gall Stone Remedy / Formula of / Dr. John Stnehouse / Each tablet contains: / Potass. Salicylate, 1 1-2 grs. / Potassium Citrate, 1-2 gr. / Sodium Glyco and / Tauro-cholate, 1 1-2 grs. / Sodium Oleate, 1 1-2 grs. / Phenophthalein, 1-3 gr. / Menthol, 1-10 gr. / LYOLITH are best taken / at bedtime and on rising, / or after each meal, one or / two as may be prescribed / by physician, followed / by a large glass of hot / water. / H.K.WAMPOLE&CO. / LIMITED / PERTH, ONTARIO."
- Measurements
- 8.25 cm height x 3.5 cm width x 2.75 cm depth
- Maker
- H. K. Wampole & Company
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- Ontario
- Site/City Made
- Perth
- Names
- West End Pharmacy
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster
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medicinal box with medicinal tube
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact16784
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- HV980.2.76
- Description
- Rectangular, cardboard box, missing top closing flap. The box is brown with a green label with blue, commerically printed text, on all four long sides. Box contains thin, white medicinal tube, with black, plastic screw cap. Tube features similar paper label, commerically printed, as the above described box. End of tube is worn and discoloured.
- Classification
- Medical & Psychological T&E
- Marks/Labels
- "HEYWORTH'S / PILE / Ointment / GIVES QUICK RELIEF." printed at top of paper label, in blue and brown. Followed by directions for use and effects of the ointment as well as the ingredients. "Net Weight 1 1-2 ounces / Prepared for / JUBILEE DRUG STORE / 2500 Manle Ave. / NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. / Price 75c" printed in blue at the bottom of the label. Back of box features the same label, printed in French, without the ingredient list or location of the pharmacy. "A safe and efficient remedy for internal and external / piles, in the treatment of which disease, healthy and reg- / ular action of the bowels, careful selection of diet and / avoidance of sedentary life are essential factors." printed in blue on green background, in French and English, on left and right side labels. The oiment tube features the same English and French labels, blue text on green paper label, on the back and front of the tube.
- Measurements
- Box: 4 cm height x 5.5 cm width x 13.4 cm length Tube: 4.3 cm width x 12.5 cm length
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- New Westminster
- Names
- Jubilee Drug Store
- Geographic Access
- New Westminster