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Kingsway East School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark546
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The Kingsway East School is a two-storey wood-frame Arts and Crafts styled building. The school, and the adjacent cenotaph and memorial tennis courts, comprise Burnaby South Memorial Park.
- Associated Dates
- 1913
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Alan Emmott Centre
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Alan Emmott Centre
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Associated Dates
- 1913
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 9807
- Enactment Date
- 23/11/1992
- Description
- The Kingsway East School is a two-storey wood-frame Arts and Crafts styled building. The school, and the adjacent cenotaph and memorial tennis courts, comprise Burnaby South Memorial Park.
- Heritage Value
- This school structure completed in 1913, the oldest surviving public education building in the city, was intended to be the auditorium and gymnasium for Burnaby’s first high school. However, because of the 1913 recession and the outbreak of the First World War, it was utilized as the Kingsway East Elementary School for the Edmonds District until 1921. Burnaby South High School opened here in 1922, and after it relocated this building was used for a variety of school purposes until it became redundant. The school was rehabilitated for community purposes in 2002-03 and renamed the Alan Emmott Centre to honor a former Mayor of Burnaby. The impressive scale of the Kingsway East School is indicative of the relative size of the community and its growing demand for schooling at the time of construction, illustrating the value that early community residents placed on education. Built to plans of the Burnaby School Board architect, Joseph Henry Bowman (1864-1943), it also indicates the individual values and design control exercised by the school board during this era. It is also significant for its Arts and Crafts style, allied to the typical Craftsman residential vocabulary, which was employed locally for school buildings of the Edwardian era. By using a common architectural vocabulary, this allowed the institution to reflect the values and aspirations of the local community. The Arts and Crafts style also demonstrated an allegiance to British educational antecedents and a demonstration of loyalty to the Mother Country.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Function
- Primary Historic--Primary School
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. No. 016-367-154 Legal Description: Lot 1, District Lot 96, Group 1 New Westminster District, Plan 86581
- Boundaries
- The Kingsway East School is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6650 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby.
- Area
- 6,070.00
- 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
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
![Back of Kingsway East School, [between 1914 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/325-029.jpg?width=280)
Back of Kingsway East School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37157
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back of Kingsway East School and surrounding fields.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Disney family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 325-029
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the back of Kingsway East School and surrounding fields.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Kingsway East School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Disney, John Harold "Jack"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Mission Avenue
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Back of Kingsway East School, [between 1914 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/325-029.jpg)
![Kingsway East School, [between 1914 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/325-028.jpg?width=280)
Kingsway East School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37156
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front entrance and side yard at Kingsway East School.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1914 and 1919]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Disney family subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 325-028
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1996-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the front entrance and side yard at Kingsway East School.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Kingsway East School
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Disney, John Harold "Jack"
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Mission Avenue
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
![Kingsway East School, [between 1914 and 1919] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/316/325-028.jpg)
Kingsway East School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription11121
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- April 27, 1915
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Kingsway East School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" / "Lot 10, of the Subdivision of Lot "D" of... Lot 96, Group 1, New Westminster District"
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Ronald G. Scobbie collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 survey plan : blueprint on paper ; 56 x 54 cm
- Material Details
- Scale: 40 feet = 1 inch
- Scope and Content
- Survey plan of "Kingsway East School Site" "Burnaby Municipality" / "Lot 10, of the Subdivision of Lot "D" of... Lot 96, Group 1, New Westminster District"
- Subjects
- Buildings - Schools
- Names
- Kingsway East School
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Mission Avenue
- Street Address
- 6650 Southoaks Crescent
- Accession Code
- BV003.83.1
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Date
- April 27, 1915
- Media Type
- Cartographic Material
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Scan Resolution
- 440
- Scan Date
- 22-Dec-2020
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of plan
- handwritten on back, "1753"
- signed "Geoffrey Burnett"; notarized, signature illegible
- "Oath of I, Geoffrey K. Burnett...did personally superintend the survey..." "Survey was completed on the 27th day of April 1915.
