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Burnaby Central School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1958

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Associated Dates: 1958

Heritage Value: Burnaby Central School became the third high school to be built in Burnaby (following Burnaby North and Burnaby South). The increased school enrolments due to the rapidly growing population in Burnaby meant that the School District required this third high school to be placed between the other two. In its first year, 719 students attended Burnaby Central.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Street Address: 4939 Canada Way

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Burnaby Municipal Hall

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1956

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Associated Dates: 1956

Heritage Value: When staff outgrew the municipal buildings at Edmonds and Kingsway, a debate erupted over where to build a new municipal hall. North Burnaby residents argued against the Kingsway and Edmonds site as it was too removed for their needs, but South Burnaby residents were not prepared to accept a hall in North Burnaby. The debate was finally resolved when it was suggested that the new civic centre for the municipality be in the exact geographic centre of Burnaby. Fortunately, this meant that the new hall was to be built near Deer Lake, in the beautiful Central Valley setting. Burnaby voters accepted this decision and approved the $625,000.00 it would take to build the new structure and the official opening ceremony was held June 22, 1956 when then Reeve Charles MacSorley received the keys to the hall from the contractor.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Street Address: 4949 Canada Way

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Burnaby Winter Club

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1956

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Associated Dates: 1956

Heritage Value: Skating on Deer Lake and Burnaby Lake was the inspiration to form the Burnaby Winter Club in the 1950s. In 1958, the volunteer group opened an indoor ice facility, still operating today at 4990 Canada Way. Originally, the facility boasted 8 sheets of curling ice, that were used to capacity by the more than 500 family and individual members in the heyday of the Club. The Winter Club was a social centre: in addition to curling, it was a popular place for banquets and dances, and a place for families to spend time together. In the 1960s, the eight sheets of curling ice were reduced to five, to make room for a sheet of hockey ice for the members’ children. Volunteer coaches were committed to excellence, and the Club produced many professional hockey players. By 1964, the Club’s first future NHL player was playing: Pee Wee player Jack McIlhargey.

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Street Address: 4990 Canada Way

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Captain William Eyres Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: c.1910

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Associated Dates: c.1910

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This home was built by Captain William J. Eyres. In 1912, it was reported in The British Columbian: “Captain Eyres of Seattle is remodelling the front of his house on Douglas Road and otherwise improving it.” The house was later sold to William A. Mawhinney, who subsequently built houses at 6011 Buckingham Avenue and 7616 Burris Avenue. This spacious, high-quality Craftsman bungalow remains in excellent condition. It features a cross-gabled roof with multiple half-timbered front gables with large exposed purlins, in contrast to the shingle cladding on the rest of the house. At the front corner is a glazed sun-room. The entrance porch features tripled square columns. The property still has a beautiful garden, but once included large vegetable gardens, an orchard, and a large chicken house.

Locality: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Area: 1709.65

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 6079 Canada Way

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Geoffrey & Kathleen Burnett Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1914

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Associated Dates: 1914

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 13841

Enactment Date: 28/05/2018

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: With its long, narrow plan and hipped, cross-gabled roof, this impressive residence was designed for local surveyor and civil engineer Geoffrey Kirby Burnett, who married Kathleen Wallen (1888-1978) in 1916. It was designed by New Westminster architects R.W. Coventry Dick & Son. Beautifully conceived in the British Arts and Crafts style, it features a steeply-gabled roof over the side entry porch, with square timber columns. Other decorative details include half timbering in the gables, first storey casement windows with leaded transom lights and decorative window hoods on the side elevation.

Locality: Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Richmond Park Area

Architect: R.W. Coventry Dick & Son

Area: 903.70

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7037 Canada Way

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Lonsdale Guardhouse Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1914

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Canada Way

Associated Dates: 1914

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: The house was built by Lonsdale L. Guardhouse, who was employed with the real estate company of Merithew & Ramsay in 1912. The British Columbian reported in November 1913 that: "Mr. L.L. Guardhouse, a well-known New Westminster man has recently let the contract for a home on Douglas Road near Edmonds Street. This Building is to be erected after the bungalow style and will cost when completed about $4,000." This Craftsman style pattern-book residence is notable for its unusual roofline, which features gently curved eaves. The house remains in excellent original condition and retains its lapped and shingled siding. Other notable features of the house include its pre-cast concrete block foundation–simulated to look like cut stone–and a rustic red-brick chimney. The front verandah has been altered through the removal of its floor structure. Many houses at the time were built from Craftsman-style pattern book designs, which were readily available in magazines and brochures. This house has a twin located in New Westminster at 315 Fifth Avenue.