William & Esther Burdick Residence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark656
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Residential building.
- Associated Dates
- 1925
- Other Names
- RYVERBRAE
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- RYVERBRAE
- Geographic Access
- Buller Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1925
- Description
- Residential building.
- Heritage Value
- This home was built in 1925 by William Leslie Burdick (1878-1937) and Esther Robina Burdick (née Armstrong, 1875-1964) who came to Burnaby from Manitoba to retire. Burdick was a prominent Winnipeg real estate agent; he retired in 1923, and contracted “Sleeping Sickness” the following year, which likely prompted a move to the more temperate west coast. Burdick became Reeve of Burnaby in 1929 and pressed for the development of the Deer Lake area as a great park featuring such amenities as a racetrack and water sports. During his tenure, this Craftsman-style home was regarded as a Burnaby showplace. He died in 1937 and Esther lived in this house until her own death in 1964. While the exterior of the house has been altered by a later coat of stucco over the original siding, it retains many original features such as its full-width verandah with tapered granite columns and piers, and stone-clad foundations and chimney.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Area
- 1136.25
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 7530 Buller Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Vincent & Edna Dodd Residence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark650
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Residential building.
- Associated Dates
- 1941
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Clinton Street
- Associated Dates
- 1941
- Description
- Residential building.
- Heritage Value
- Designed to simulate a Norman cottage, the most distinctive feature of this eclectic bungalow is its round entrance tower with a conical shaped roof. Other distinctive features include rolled roof edges clad with steam-bent shingles to resemble a thatched roof, and round-arched windows surrounded with initiation voussoirs. The traditional character reflects the Storybook Cottage movement popular in the years between the two World Wars. It was built for Vincent Esmond Dodd (1913-1985), a plumber and electrician, and his wife Edna Mary Dodd (née Engeseth). Edna continued to live in the house after Vincent’s death in 1985.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Area
- 613.16
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 6270 Clinton Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Digney Speedway
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark693
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- MacPherson Avenue
- Irmin Street
- Associated Dates
- 1948
- Heritage Value
- Andy Digney built the speedway in South Burnaby in 1948. He was approached by the B.C. Midget Auto Racing Association, who were looking for a good location to race the smaller, racing cars, popular at the time. Digney owned property in the vicinity of present-day Metrotown that was centrally located and easily accessible via the interurban railway. Motorcycles were also raced in the early days of the track. In 1949, when the popularity of midget racing declined, Digney started racing roadsters. However, he struggled to find local drivers, and it was expensive to bring in drivers from elsewhere. In 1951 Digney found a winner: jalopy racing. Local men would buy 1930s cars and strip them down, remove the glass, and weld the doors shut. By early 1952 over forty cars were showing up for jalopy races. By the early 1950s the Speedway was well established, with coverage in the sports pages and on radio. The track closed down in 1958 when Andy retired.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Clinton School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark709
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Clinton Street
- Associated Dates
- 1948
- Heritage Value
- With the increasing settlement on the south slope between Kingsway and Marine Drive following World War Two, the old two-room school of Riverway East was considered inadequate so in 1948, the Clinton Elementary School opened. Clinton was to be the prototype of post-war elementary schools in Burnaby. It had no basement, no second storey and no high stairways. Classrooms were built in line and easily added as needed. Clinton had additions in 1950, 1951, 1957, 1964, 1965, 1967 and 1973.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Street Address
- 5858 Clinton Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Glenwood School
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark842
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Associated Dates
- 1956
- Heritage Value
- Glenwood Elementary School was built in 1956 to replace Riverway East School. Additions to the school were made in 1966 and 1969. Decreasing enrolment led to the school closure by 1980, but it was re-opened 1994.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Street Address
- 5787 Marine Drive
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Clinton-Glenwood Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark841
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- The primarily single-family subdivision and development in the Clinton-Glenwood Neighbourhood occurred during the building boom of the 1950s. Later development fell under the guidelines established in the Royal Oak Community Plan (adopted in 1999) and resulted in an increase in the number of multi-family units.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
Images
Burnaby South Secondary School and The B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark844
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Rumble Street
- Associated Dates
- 1993
- Heritage Value
- The original Burnaby South High School was replaced in 1993 and the new Burnaby South Secondary School and BC Provincial School for the Deaf was built at this location. This school was built with the latest technology and modern equipment to ensure it was fully accessible and offers integrated academic, social and recreational activities for its students.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Street Address
- 5455 Rumble Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View