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Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
THURSTON
HOUSE
3762 Thurston Street
1912
The house was built for John Albert Thurston (1874-1944)
and his wife, Sarah Sedona Thurston (1879-1961). Typical
of the entrepreneurial spirit of the age, John Thurston,
a manager for the Leckie Shoe Company Limited in
Vancouver, was involved in real estate
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.
Digital Books
Bylaw Number: 9792 - Zoning Bylaw 1965, Amendment Bylaw No 45, 1992
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw14587
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 9792
- Final Adoption
- 1993 Sep 07
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 9792
- Final Adoption
- 1993 Sep 07
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 9836 - Heritage Site Designation Bylaw 1993
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw14543
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 9836
- Final Adoption
- 1993 Jan 11
- Format
- Bylaws - Repealed
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 9836
- Final Adoption
- 1993 Jan 11
- Format
- Bylaws - Repealed
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Bylaw Number: 9934 - Heritage Site Designation Bylaw
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/bylaw14445
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 9934
- Final Adoption
- 1993 Aug 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- Legislative Services
- Bylaw Number
- 9934
- Final Adoption
- 1993 Aug 09
- Format
- Bylaws - Adopted
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
J.A. Thurston House 'Altese'
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark511
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The J.A. Thurston House is a very large, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Arts and Crafts style house. It is located on the south side of Thurston Street, near Kingsway and the SkyTrain (formerly the interurban tramline route), within the Metrotown area of Burnaby and is now part of…
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- John A. & Sarah Thurston House
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- John A. & Sarah Thurston House
- Geographic Access
- Thurston Street
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 9934
- Enactment Date
- 09/08/1993
- Description
- The J.A. Thurston House is a very large, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Arts and Crafts style house. It is located on the south side of Thurston Street, near Kingsway and the SkyTrain (formerly the interurban tramline route), within the Metrotown area of Burnaby and is now part of a large apartment complex.
- Heritage Value
- The J.A. Thurston House demonstrates Burnaby's real estate and construction boom along the interurban tramline in 1911. The house was built for John Albert Thurston (1874-1944) and his wife Sarah Sedona Thurston (1879-1961). Typical of the entrepreneurial spirit of the age, John Thurston, a manager for the Leckie Shoe Company Limited in Vancouver, was also involved in real estate development, and purchased a twenty-one lot subdivision consisting of 3.2 hectares bound by the interurban tramline right-of-way to the south, Boundary Road to the west and Smith Street (now Thurston Street) to the north. Additionally, the J.A. Thurston House is an excellent, high quality example of an Arts and Crafts style dwelling, with numerous notable design elements such as the battered piers, the elaborate second storey dormer and stained glass windows with landscape and seascape motifs. The enormous scale of the house reflects a time when large families were common and domestic servants were needed to run the household. Indicative of the labour-saving devices and luxury features being introduced at the high end of the housing market, it was equipped with a built-in vacuum system, refrigeration, servant summoning devices and a round safe built into a fireplace mantle. The J.A. Thurston House also represents the proliferation during the Edwardian era of homes built from pattern books and standardized designs as a means to expedite the construction process and offer competitive costs.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the J.A. Thurston House include its: - location on Thurston Street, in the old Central Park district - residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its two and one-half storey plus above-ground basement height and regular, rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts style details such as the picturesque roofline, deep open eaves with exposed purlins, narrow lapped wooden siding on the first storey and cedar shingle siding on the upper storeys - broad and unusually steep side gabled roof, clad with cedar shingles - deeply-recessed full open front verandah with complementary recessed balcony in second storey dormer, incorporating both a gabled roof and shed roof - twinned and triple square bracketed columns on the verandahs and balcony - decorative battered verandah piers, supported on exposed beams - irregular fenestration, including: double-hung wooden-sash windows; picture windows; casement windows; and several stained glass windows with landscape and seascape motifs - tall brick external chimney on east facade - original interior features such as fireplaces, and wooden trim and floors
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Garden Village Area
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 018-224-113
- Boundaries
- The J.A. Thurston House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 3762 Thurston Street, Burnaby.
- Area
- 3880
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 3762 Thurston Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Rezoning Reference #8/92 3754 and 3762 Thurston Street Lots 7 and 8 Exc. S. 20' (Expl. Plan 6892) DL 35, Plan 1198
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport10127
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 4053
- Meeting Date
- 5-Oct-1992
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 62
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 4053
- Meeting Date
- 5-Oct-1992
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 62
- Item No.
- 4
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds