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The book of household management : comprising information for the mistress, housekeeper, cook, kitchen-maid, butler, footman, coachman, valet, upper and under house-maids, lady's-maid, maid-of-all-work, laundry-maid, nurse and nurse-maid, monthly, wet, and sick nurses, etc. etc. : also, sanitary, medical, & legal memoranda ; with a history of the origin, properties, and uses of all things connected with home life and comfort
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1697
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV984.9.1
- Call Number
- 648 BEE
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co.
- Publication Date
- 1901
- Physical Description
- xxxix, 1112 p. : ill (some col) some fold out.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Home economics
- Great Britain--Social conditions--19th century
- Cooking
- Cooking, English
- Cookbooks--1900-1909
- Notes
- Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary), 1836-1865.
- Includes index.
Financing a Nurses' Home and Training School at the Royal Columbian Hospital
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport44075
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 43222
- Meeting Date
- 12-Mar-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 43222
- Meeting Date
- 12-Mar-1956
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Our baby : for mothers and nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3427
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV994.3.1
- Call Number
- 649.1 HEW
- Edition
- 11th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Thomson Stationery Co., Ltd.
- Gaskell-Odlum-Stabler, Ltd.
- Publication Date
- 1908
- Printer
- John Wright and Co.
- Physical Description
- viii, 168 p. ; 19 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Infants--Care
- Infants--Health and hygiene
- Notes
- Includes index.
- Features advertisements on inside front cover previous to the main text and 32 pages (including the inside back cover page) following the index. Many of these have black and white illustrations.
- "Eleventh edition, 60th Thousand."
- Author writing under her husband's name, full name: Hewer, Annie M. (Annie Martha).
The practical guide to health : a populare treatise on anatomy, physiology, and hygiene, with a scientific description of diseases, their causes and treatment : designed for nurses and for home use
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary190
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.133.34
- Call Number
- 613 ROS
- Place of Publication
- Mountain View, Calif.
- Publisher
- Pacific Press Publishing Association
- Publication Date
- c1908
- Physical Description
- 637 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Medicine, Popular
- Hygiene
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates: Rossiter, Frederick M., (Magee), 1870-1913
- Includes index.
Practical points in nursing for nurses in private practice, with an appendix containing rules for feeding the sick; recipes for invalid foods and beverages; weights and measures; dose list; and a full glossary of medical terms and nursing treatment
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1471
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3702.1
- Call Number
- 610 STO
- Edition
- 3rd ed. rev.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- London
- Publisher
- W. B. Saunders Co.
- Publication Date
- 1909
- Physical Description
- 466 p.: ill
- Inscription
- "Let all thy converse be sincere / Thy conscious as the noon day clear. / He that helpeth himself is greater than / he that taketh a city" -handwritten in ink inside back cover "I cut [&] probe where a 8 go / enjoying every quiver / gold can come, loves can go / but still cut on for ever" -handwritten in pencil inside back cover. True Loves a gift which God has given / To man alone beneath the heaven / It is the secret sympathy / The silver link, the silken tie / Which heart to heart [&] mind to mind / in body [&] in soul can bind" -handwritten in pencil inside back cover.
- Notes
- Author's given name : Stoney, Emily M. A. (Emily Marjory Armstrong)
Public Health Nurses - Annual Spring Tea
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport42434
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38011
- Meeting Date
- 27-Jan-1958
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 38011
- Meeting Date
- 27-Jan-1958
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Victorian Order of Nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41211
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37864
- Meeting Date
- 2-Nov-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 43
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37864
- Meeting Date
- 2-Nov-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 43
- Item No.
- 5
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Victorian Order of Nurses
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport41348
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37746
- Meeting Date
- 17-Aug-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 30
- Item No.
- 18
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 37746
- Meeting Date
- 17-Aug-1959
- Format
- Council - Manager's Report
- Manager's Report No.
- 30
- Item No.
- 18
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Victorian Order of Nurses annual reports
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65436
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) annual reports from Burnaby and Windsor Ontario, as well as one from the Director and Chief of the VON.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1952-1958
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-048
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) annual reports from Burnaby and Windsor Ontario, as well as one from the Director and Chief of the VON.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription97234
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Physical Description
- 143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1912-1978
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 143 cm of textual records (14 boxes) and 74 photographs (23 med. sepia prints; 15 small sepia prints; 6 small b&w prints; 7 med b&w print; 21 med. col. prints).
- Description Level
- Fonds
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- Records consist of newspaper clippings, photographs, reports, minute books, correspondence, financial records, newsletters, promotional materials, membership lists, bylaws and scrapbooks related to the history and work of the VON (Victorian Order of Nurses) in Burnaby.
- History
- The Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women (and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen) was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
Victorian Order of Nurses newsletters
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65435
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) newsletters.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1952
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-047
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) newsletters.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses newspaper clippings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65428
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings and a poster of newspaper mats pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1951-1969
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-040
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings and a poster of newspaper mats pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) Burnaby Branch.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses newspaper clippings
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65543
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1950-1977
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-082
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of newspaper clippings pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses organizational documents
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65537
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) organizational documents, including their constitution, personnel polices and board member manual.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1954-1964
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-076
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) organizational documents, including their constitution, personnel polices and board member manual.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses pamphlets
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65544
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty promotional pamphlets pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Included in the file is a pamphlet entitled "Historical May Day / Pictures from the files of the / Columbian."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1950-1963]
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Material Details
- Pamphlets are written in French or English
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-083
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of twenty promotional pamphlets pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses. Included in the file is a pamphlet entitled "Historical May Day / Pictures from the files of the / Columbian."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription57845
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), including newsletters and type-written excerpts of their history. Also included in the file is a photocopied letter that describes a humorous Christmas dinner.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1958-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-001
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-26
- Scope and Content
- File consists of papers pertaining to the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON), including newsletters and type-written excerpts of their history. Also included in the file is a photocopied letter that describes a humorous Christmas dinner.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
- Included in the file is a photograph identification key for item no. 153-002 and another one for an unlocated photograph
Victorian Order of Nurses promotional papers
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription65541
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) promotional papers; includes press release formatting and an editorial entitled “Beyond Charity."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1955-1962
- Collection/Fonds
- Victorian Order of Nurses fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 file of textual records
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- MSS021-080
- Accession Number
- 2010-09
- Scope and Content
- File consists of Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) promotional papers; includes press release formatting and an editorial entitled “Beyond Charity."
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Notes
- Title based on contents of file
Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription128
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [194-]-1973
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Victorian Order of Nurses subseries
- Physical Description
- Photographs and textual records
- Description Level
- Subseries
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-26
- BHS1995-01
- Scope and Content
- Subseries consists of papers and photographs related to the history and work of the Victorian Order of Nurses in Burnaby.
- History
- The Victorian Order of Nurses for Canada is a non-profit charitable organization created for the purposes of home care and social services established in 1898 to perpetuate the memory of Victoria the Good. Lady Aberdeen, founding president of the National Council of Women and wife of Canadian Governor General Lord Aberdeen, was a great believer in the need for a nursing service in Canada, particularly for the less fortunate and recommended the organization be established. The Burnaby Branch of the Victorian Order of Nurses (VON) was established in 1912 with Miss Colhoun as its first nurse.
- Media Type
- Textual Record
- Photograph
- Creator
- Victorian Order of Nurses
- Notes
- MSS021, PC153
- Title based on contents of subseries
Duncan & Margaret McGregor Estate 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark518
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested ar…
- Associated Dates
- 1902
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Marine Drive
- Associated Dates
- 1902
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 12183
- Enactment Date
- 11/12/2006
- Description
- Overlooking the rich farmland of the Fraser River floodplain, 'Glen-Lyon' is an Edwardian era rural estate, with a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame mansion, set in a pastoral and formal landscape with an associated barn and early log pond, located near a ravine and forested area adjacent to Marine Drive in South Burnaby.
- Heritage Value
- ‘Glen-Lyon’ is valued as an excellent example of a privately-owned Edwardian era country estate built at the turn of the nineteenth century. The property retains significant heritage features including the Edwardian era mansion with rustic Arts and Crafts features, and elements of a working agricultural landscape. The property was originally the Royal City Mills logging camp, and in 1900 was purchased by Duncan Campbell McGregor (1853-1929) and Margaret Jane McGregor (1875-1960), who named their estate ‘Glen-Lyon’ after Duncan McGregor’s birthplace in Perthshire, Scotland. The McGregors were active in municipal affairs and social activities, and played a significant role in the early development of Burnaby. Duncan McGregor served as a city councillor from 1909 to 1912 and was elected reeve of Burnaby in 1913. Margaret McGregor was instrumental in the formation and fundraising activities of the Victoria Order of Nurses in Burnaby. Additionally, the site is historically significant for its association with early social welfare and correctional reform. The estate was sold in 1926 to an inter-denominational religious organization called the Home of the Friendless, which used it as their B.C. headquarters. The organization was charged with several cases of abuse and neglect in 1937, after which a Royal Commission was formed that led to new legislation to regulate and license all private welfare institutions. 'Glen-Lyon' was sold to the provincial government, and was dedicated in 1939 by the Lt.-Gov. E.W. Hamber for use as the New Haven Borstal Home for Boys and Youthful Offenders (later renamed the New Haven Correction Centre). The Borstal movement originated in England in the late nineteenth century, as an alternative to sending young offenders and runaways to prisons by providing reformatories that focused on discipline and vocational skill. This site’s role as the first North American institution devoted to the Borstal School philosophy was historic, and influenced corrections programs across Canada. The site retains significant features from its development in 1939 as the Borstal School, including a large gambrel-roofed barn designed by Chief Provincial Architect Henry Whittaker of the Department of Public Works that is the only remaining structure of its kind in Burnaby. Between 1941 and 1945 the mansion housed the Provincial School for the Deaf and Blind when the Borstal School was closed temporarily as a war measure during the Second World War.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of 'Glen-Lyon' Mansion include its: - location on a sloping site with expansive southern exposure, adjacent to Marine Drive - residential form, scale and massing of the house as exemplified by its two and one-half storey height, above-ground basement and rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts elements of the house such as its stone foundation, multi-gabled roof line with steep central hipped roof, symmetrical cross-gables, side shed dormers, bellcast upper walls sheathed in cedar shingles and lower walls sheathed in narrow clapboard - original exterior features of the house such as the full width front verandah with square columns, central staircase on the southern elevation, original doors and stained glass windows; and the irregular fenestration such as double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, bay windows, and projecting windows in the gable ends - original interior features of the house such as the U-shaped main stair designed around two symmetrically placed Ionic columns, and interior trim on the main floor including boxed beams and fireplaces - gambrel-roofed barn with roof vent with finial, sliding hay loft and access doors, small multi-pane windows, and lapped wooden siding - associated landscape features such as the original garden plantings with some exotic and many native specimen trees; the original log pond and its concrete Marine Drive causeway and culvert; rockeries and a rose garden
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Big Bend Area
- Architect
- Henry Whittaker
- Function
- Primary Historic--Estate
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-004-661
- Boundaries
- 'Glen-Lyon' is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4250 Marine Drive, Burnaby.
- Area
- 230873.18
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Names
- McGregor, Duncan C. (1853-1929)
- Whittaker, Henry
- Home of the Friendless
- Borstal School
- New Haven Correction Centre
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Buildings - Public - Detention Facilities
- Buildings - Residential
- Street Address
- 4250 Marine Drive
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Woodward Cottage
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark496
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Set far back from Sperling Avenue, Woodward Cottage is a one-storey, wood-frame house with a raised foundation and gabled roofline. It is located within a picturesque lakefront neighbourhood and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct.
- Associated Dates
- 1904
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1904
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Council Resolution
- Enactment Date
- 26/05/2003
- Description
- Set far back from Sperling Avenue, Woodward Cottage is a one-storey, wood-frame house with a raised foundation and gabled roofline. It is located within a picturesque lakefront neighbourhood and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct.
- Heritage Value
- Woodward Cottage, built in 1904, is valued as the oldest house within the Deer Lake neighbourhood, whose construction marked the beginning of Deer Lake's transition from a rural farming community to a residential suburb. At the turn of the nineteenth century, Deer Lake was recognized for its tranquility and beautiful scenery, which, in turn, attracted New Westminster and Vancouver residents to relocate to the area and build family homes. The first owner, Maud Sarah Woodward (1865-1958), originally from England, was a pioneer nurse of Vancouver. In 1903, she purchased this property from her two close friends, Louis and Annie Hill, who were among Deer Lake's first residents. Maud and her sister, Harriet Julia Woodward (1879-1969), were prominent figures in the Deer Lake community and together they established the first post office in Burnaby, which operated out of this house. Due to the lack of any local facilities, in September 1904 Harriet Woodward established a private primary school here for the local children, which continued after 1908 as a kindergarten. The cottage was enlarged several times to accommodate the expanding post office until 1912, when the Woodwards began construction of a new, larger house. Woodward Cottage is also valued for its origins as an innovative prefabricated structure. In 1904, the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company patented a modular system in response to unprecedented population growth in the western provinces. This system could be adapted to provide everything from modest one-room cottages to schools, churches and banks. Short mill ends of lumber and siding, which had previously been discarded, were assembled into three or four-foot wide wall panels that could be bolted together. The vertical joints between the panels were covered by narrow battens, which gave these buildings their distinct appearance. The wall panels for the house were assembled at the mill, prepainted and packaged with various other components and the necessary instructions to assemble the building, and shipped via railway to its waiting customer. Woodward Cottage is one of the earliest surviving examples of this ingenious prefabricated system. In the 1930s, the cottage was raised and turned to allow for a new foundation to be built. Despite later additions and alterations, the original cottage form is still recognizable. Woodward Cottage is currently owned by the City of Burnaby and is part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, Burnaby's most significant collection of historic sites.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of Woodward Cottage include its: - secluded lakefront site, set far back from Sperling Avenue, within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one-storey height and gabled roofline - original wood-frame construction and modular wall panels, extant under later stucco cladding - internal red-brick chimney - associated landscape features, including mature deciduous trees
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Organization
- Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Deer Lake
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. 011-454-440
- Boundaries
- Woodward Cottage is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5141 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 6596
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Public (local)
- Documentation
- City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View