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'The Gables'
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark516
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- 'The Gables' is a one and one-half storey plus basement residence with a distinctive cross-gambrel roof. The foundations and first storey facade are constructed of granite rubble-stone with raised pointing, and the remainder of the house is clad in cedar shingles. It is now part of the Tudor Grove …
- Associated Dates
- 1920
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- John & Christina Mackie House
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- John & Christina Mackie House
- Geographic Access
- Arbroath Street
- Southoaks Crescent
- Associated Dates
- 1920
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 10314
- Enactment Date
- 15/01/1996
- Description
- 'The Gables' is a one and one-half storey plus basement residence with a distinctive cross-gambrel roof. The foundations and first storey facade are constructed of granite rubble-stone with raised pointing, and the remainder of the house is clad in cedar shingles. It is now part of the Tudor Grove residential complex.
- Heritage Value
- The residence is valued as the house of John Mackie (1879-1937) and Christina Mackie (1881-1959) and is significant as the last house remaining from the original Highland Park subdivision. The area was first laid out in 1902, and then remarketed by C.L. Merritt and Company in 1911 as 'Gilley Park - the Suburb Beautiful.' Located on the B.C. Electric Railway interurban line, this was one of many middle-class commuter suburbs in Burnaby promoted during the Edwardian era. These suburbs were reflective of the City Beautiful Movement, a process of urbanization that sought to create morally, socially and aesthetically uplifting civic environments. The site is significant as a rare example of a modest residence incorporating high quality Arts and Crafts stylistic elements. Unusual for a house of this moderate scale, the foundation, first storey walls and chimney are constructed of rough-dressed granite. John Mackie was a stone mason, and it is assumed that he undertook the work himself. The cross gambrel roof is an unusual feature, relatively uncommon in B.C., from which the house derives its name, ‘The Gables.’
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of 'The Gables' include its: - location in the original Highland Park subdivision - vernacular residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by the one and one-half storey plus basement height, inset porch and symmetrical, rectangular plan - cross-gambrel roof with closed eaves and returned lower edges, clad with cedar shingles - Arts and Crafts influence as exemplified in its use of natural materials such as rough-dressed granite rubble-stone foundation, first storey walls and chimney, and cedar shingle siding on the upper storey - other elements of masonry construction, such as the granite window-box brackets, granite stair cheeks and granite interior chimney with rustic cap - wooden-sash windows - house name, ‘The Gables,’ carved into a granite block on the left-hand pier of the front porch
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 002-837-765
- Boundaries
- 'The Gables' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6445 Arbroath Street, Burnaby.
- Area
- 5453.12
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 6445 Arbroath Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
St. Francis de Sales Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97045
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gary Stewart, of Holland Home Services, washing the tall second storey windows of St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church on Balmoral Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2577
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Gary Stewart, of Holland Home Services, washing the tall second storey windows of St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church on Balmoral Street.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a July 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Gary Stewart, of Holland Home Services, appears to be scrubbing the sky as he cleans the windows on St. Francis de Sales Church on Balmoral St."
- Geographic Access
- Balmoral Street
- Street Address
- 6610 Balmoral Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Student with Edmonds Town Centre banner
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97599
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anthony Lazazzera, a grade three student at St. Francis de Sales School, posing with a banner he designed. The banner reads: "Edmonds Town Centre" and features a drawing of a sunflower.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2915
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Anthony Lazazzera, a grade three student at St. Francis de Sales School, posing with a banner he designed. The banner reads: "Edmonds Town Centre" and features a drawing of a sunflower.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Anthony Lazazzera, 8, a Grade Three student at St. Francis de Sales School, with the banner he designed that will hang from light standards in Burnaby's Edmonds area. Anthony says it took him "about 15 minutes" to come up with the design, which was inspired by a recent trip his family took to Italy. "We saw lots of sunflowers and we took lots of pictures of them," he says."
- Geographic Access
- Balmoral Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
- Edmonds Area
Images
Walker family children
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription35370
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the William Walker family children. Back, left to right: James Walker and Helen Walker. Middle, left to right: John Walker and Edith Walker. Front: Maurine Walker. The Walker children are in front of the Walker family home, 2463 Hudson Street (later changed to 6469 Arbroath Street…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1922 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Pioneer Tales subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 204-227
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1988-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the William Walker family children. Back, left to right: James Walker and Helen Walker. Middle, left to right: John Walker and Edith Walker. Front: Maurine Walker. The Walker children are in front of the Walker family home, 2463 Hudson Street (later changed to 6469 Arbroath Street). William Walker, their father, built this house.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Arbroath Street
- Street Address
- 6469 Arbroath Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area