12 records – page 1 of 1.
Jacob & Margaret Wysong House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/landmark507
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Civic Address
- 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Description
- The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a two and one-half storey, wood-frame Arts and Crafts house with a hipped roof and hipped dormers. Symmetrical in massing, it is distinguished by its masonry verandah columns, foundations and chimneys. It is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanle…
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
2 Images
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Civic Address
- 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- By-law No. 11978
- Enactment Date
- 17/10/2005
- Description
- The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a two and one-half storey, wood-frame Arts and Crafts house with a hipped roof and hipped dormers. Symmetrical in massing, it is distinguished by its masonry verandah columns, foundations and chimneys. It is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street in the Edmonds neighbourhood of South Burnaby.
- Heritage Value
- The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is significant for illustrating the early development of the Edmonds neighbourhood, a speculative subdivision that was created and marketed during the pre-First World War real estate boom. The area’s proximity to New Westminster, coupled with extensive views and two newly developed streetcar lines, ensured that Edmonds attracted a wave of suburban development. The scale of this house is atypical of the usual suburban lots, and reflects the prominence of this location and its spectacular views. Set on a large lot, the Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a grand estate home that is one of the earliest, and most prominent, in South Burnaby. This is also an exceptional example of Arts and Crafts architecture, displaying the use of native materials that was a hallmark of the style. The first owners were Jacob Wysong and his wife Margaret. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912. The stonework is exceptional, and the use of rough-cut granite and fieldstone, with overall shingle cladding, recalls the rustic vernacular common in Western park lodges, and evokes a country lifestyle in harmony with nature. The hipped roof was designed with a flat top that acted as a lookout tower that provided views of the surrounding landscape.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the Jacob and Margaret Wysong House include its: - prominent corner location in the Edmonds neighbourhood of South Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two and one-half storey plus raised basement height, symmetrical plan, hipped roof with flat top, hipped dormers, and hipped roof over the full open front verandah with a central front gable - masonry elements such as rough-cut granite and fieldstone foundations, verandah columns, stair cheeks, and external and internal chimneys - wooden-frame construction including original cedar shingling on dormers and facing verandah, shingling on remainder of house under later stucco cladding, and surviving original dimensional trim facing verandah and on dormers - Arts and Crafts features such as the use of natural materials, open soffits and angled roof overhang - windows including: double-hung 18-over-1 wooden sash windows; multi-paned casement windows; French doors to verandah; and front door with glazed sidelights - associated landscape features including surrounding mature trees, hedges and perimeter plantings
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Person
- Jacob Wysong
- Margaret Wysong
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Edmonds
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. 000-497-801
- Boundaries
- The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6325 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 1087.62
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Documentation
- City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Jacob and Margaret Wysong House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36547
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-001
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" in 3/4 view located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-001
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" in 3/4 view located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-002
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. This photograph was taken from the other side of Sperling Avenue, on the diagonal. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-002
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. This photograph was taken from the other side of Sperling Avenue, on the diagonal. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Wysong House for sale
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36550
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-004
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" with a for sale sign on the front steps, located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-004
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" with a for sale sign on the front steps, located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Front steps of the Wysong House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36551
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-005
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy and his dog sitting on the front steps of the "Wysong House", located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1925]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-005
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a boy and his dog sitting on the front steps of the "Wysong House", located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-007
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph detailing the massing on the "Wysong House", located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-007
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph detailing the massing on the "Wysong House", located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-009
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Jacobsen, the second owner, standing at the side of the "Wysong House" under a large fruit tree. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-009
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.5 x 12.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Jacobsen, the second owner, standing at the side of the "Wysong House" under a large fruit tree. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Wysong House and windmill
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36549
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-003
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. This photograph of the side of the house, with the edge of the windmill just visible on the left, was taken from Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-003
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. This photograph of the side of the house, with the edge of the windmill just visible on the left, was taken from Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Wysong House from a distance
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36552
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-006
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" from across Sperling Avenue, with trees on either side, and long grass obscuring its view. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-006
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the "Wysong House" from across Sperling Avenue, with trees on either side, and long grass obscuring its view. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
The back of the Wysong House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36554
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-008
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Jacobson, the second owner of the "Wysong House" sitting on a bench at the back of the house. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-008
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mr. Jacobson, the second owner of the "Wysong House" sitting on a bench at the back of the house. The house is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Mrs. Jacobson at the window
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/permalink/archivephoto36556
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Item No.
- 294-010
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Jacobsen sitting on the window ledge of the open second story window at the "Wysong House". She and her husband were the second owners of this home which is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 19…
1 Image
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1960]
- Collection/Fonds
- Wysong Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Item No.
- 294-010
- Accession Number
- BHS992-32
- Storage Location
- AV Storage
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.5 x 17.5 cm print
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Mrs. Jacobsen sitting on the window ledge of the open second story window at the "Wysong House". She and her husband were the second owners of this home which is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912.
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Burnaby - 6325 Sperling Avenue
- Burnaby - Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Book
- Burnaby's Heritage
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Notes
- South Burnaby
JACOB & MARGARET WYSONG HOUSE
6325 Sperling Avenue
1912
The Wysong House was constructed and occupied
in 1912 by local contractor Jacob Wysong and his wite,
Margaret. It was reported in The British Coiumbian Weekiy
in November, 1912:
“...built well up on the large hill overlooking the
1 Digital Chapter
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Book
- Burnaby's Heritage
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Publication Date
- 2007
- Notes
- South Burnaby
- Original Book
- Catalogue record for source book
Digital Book
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