Ocean View Burial Park - Chapel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark628
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1936
- Description
- Church building.
- Heritage Value
- Subsequent work at Ocean View was designed by local architects Sharp & Thompson through the 1950s, including the stone-faced Garden Chapel, built in 1936 as a replica of a Norman church. Prominent stone gates also replaced the original gates at the corner entrance. George Sharp (1880-1974) and Charles Thompson (1878-1961) formed Vancouver’s longest surviving architectural firm in 1908. They were born, educated and articled in London, before arriving in Vancouver via different routes. In 1912, the firm won the competition for the new University of British Columbia.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Architect
- Sharp & Thompson
- Area
- 359280.00
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
Images
Ocean View Burial Park - Landscape
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark629
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Associated Dates
- 1919
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1919
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Heritage Value
- Burnaby’s landmark Ocean View Burial Park was British Columbia’s first non-sectarian cemetery created as a for-profit business enterprise. Organized by a group of local investors headed by Lieut. Col. G.H. Dorrell, the Ocean View Cemetery Company offered a place for burials that was not owned or associated with a civic government, religious or fraternal organization. The cemetery’s design was the vision of Albert F. Arnold, an officer of the Canadian Financiers Trust Company, who was “...always depressed by the lack of beauty in so many places of internment and inevitable neglect that finally reduced them to long-grassed places of unhappy memories.” One local newspaper described the landscape of the cemetery: "The design includes ornamental trees and shrubs, beautiful flower beds and smooth winding walks and drives, with a total absence of the usual somewhat ostentatious reminders of the harvest garnered by the grim reaper."
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Architect
- Albert F. Arnold
- Area
- 359280.00
- Contributing Resource
- Landscape Feature
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Ocean View Burial Park - Mausoleum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark630
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1928
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Heritage Value
- In 1928, the design for the Ocean View Abbey was provided by San Francisco architect Wallace H. Hubbert, who specialized in the design of mausoleums. This was the first large-scale mausoleum and columbarium constructed in British Columbia. Although planned to be a much larger structure initially, only one wing was completed in 1931 before the Great Depression halted further additions. Hubbert was born in San Francisco in 1891 and attended the San Francisco Architectural Club. From 1914-15, he worked for famed architect Bernard Maybeck, and during the Depression years he temporarily closed his solo practice and worked for Miller & Pflueger from 1935-1939. He died in San Francisco in 1948. Hubbert was responsible for the designs of the Sunset Mausoleums in Berkeley and Eureka, Evergreen Mausoleum in Oakland and others in Merced and Santa Monica.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Architect
- Wallace H. Hubbert
- Area
- 359280.00
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45449
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.26.1
- Description
- Postcard, colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows landscaping, lawn with flowerbeds, shrubs, trees, stone chapel in background; on reverse in blue, "OCEAN VIEW BURIAL PARK" "6790 Patterson Ave., S. Burnaby, B.C." "EVERGREEN GARDEN" "For the interment of cremated remains, in an area of flowers, shrubs and trees. A small bronze name plate marks each individual plot. Garden Chapel (Crematorium) shown in the background."; at lower left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver, B.C."; up centre, "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; at bottom, "C-476"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS", outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused; slight wear on one corner
- Object History
- Purchased from E-Bay, #2163154620.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Ocean View Burial Park Evergreen Garden C-476
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Buildings
- Buildings - Religious
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45450
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.26.2
- Description
- Postcard, colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows Ocean View cemetary's stone chapel and crematorium, flowerbed, trees, drive, lawn; on reverse in blue, "OCEAN VIEW BURIAL PARK" "6790 Patterson Ave., S. Burnaby, B.C." "THE GARDEN CHAPEL AND CREMATORIUM" "A replica of a small Norman church, the Garden Chapel provides an atmosphere of beauty and dignity for cremation services."; at bottom left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver, B.C."; up centre, "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS, LTD."; at bottom, "C-475"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS", outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused; some soiling, slight wear on corners
- Object History
- Purchased from E-Bay, #2163154620.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Ocean View Burial Park C-475
- Subjects
- Documentary Artifacts
- Documentary Artifacts - Postcards
- Buildings
- Buildings - Religious
- Buildings - Religious - Churches
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45451
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.26.3
- Description
- Postcard, colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows drive with flowerbeds, shrubs, trees, lawn behind, fountain; in blue on reverse, "OCEAN VIEW BURIAL PARK" "6790 Patterson Ave., S. Burnaby, B.C." "FLOWER BED -- MAIN ENTRANCE" "One of the many beautiful and unusual floral effects which is a feature throughout the entire Cemetery grounds."; at bottom left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver, B.C."; up centre, "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; at bottom, "C-480"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS", outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused; smudges on address side; one corner creased
- Object History
- Purchased from E-Bay, #2163154620.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Ocean View Burial Park C-480
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact45452
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV003.26.4
- Description
- Postcard, aerial colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows pond, path, shrubs and trees, lawns and flowerbeds around; in blue on reverse, "OCEAN VIEW BURIAL PARK" "6790 Patterson Ave., S. Burnaby, B.C." "GARDEN AND POOL AREA ADJOINING ABBEY MAUSOLEUM" "For the benefit of visitors who may wish to rest and meditate amid surroundings of peace and beauty."; at lower left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver, B.C."; up centre, "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; at bottom, "C-477"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS", outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused; lightly soiled, slight wear on corners [NOTE that location is Postcard Binder 1]
- Object History
- Purchased from E-Bay, #2163154620.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Ocean View Burial Park Garden and Pool Area C-477
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
postcard
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumartifact48902
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Accession Code
- BV005.74.1
- Description
- Postcard, colour photo, glossy; horizontal; shows open gates at main entrance of cemetary, pillars, drive; trees, lawn, flowers visible beyond; on reverse in blue "OCEAN VIEW BURIAL PARK CO." "6790 Patterson Ave., S. Burnaby, B.C." "MAIN ENTRANCE" "Featuring some of the many pleasing floral displays which are established throughout the Cemetery. The entire Cemetery receives Endowed Care. Information supplied upon enquiry regarding prices of plots, cremation and mausoleum entombments."; at lower left, "Colour Photo by Dominion Photo Co., Vancouver, B.C."; up centre is "A Traveltime PRODUCT, MADE IN VANCOUVER, CANADA, BY GRANT-MANN LITHOGRAPHERS LTD."; at bottom, "C-478"; at upper right, "POST CARD" "ADDRESS", outline of rectangle "STAMP"; unused ; card is identical to BV005.74.2
- Object History
- This item was given to the donor when he was doing research for the Cemetery Tour, 2005.
- Classification
- Written Communication T&E - - Writing Media
- Object Term
- Postcard
- Marks/Labels
- Ocean View Burial Park Co. / 6790 Patterson Ave., S. Burnaby, BC / Main Entrance / featuring some of the many pleasing floral displays which are established throughout the cemetery
- Country Made
- Canada
- Province Made
- British Columbia
- Site/City Made
- Vancouver
- Title
- Ocean View Burial Park Co. C-478
- Names
- Dominion Photo Company
Images
Suncrest Neighbourhood
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark839
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1955-2008
- Heritage Value
- The Suncrest Neighbourhood is a small residential area south of Burnaby's Central Park. The Ocean View Burial Park takes up a large area of land in the north-east corner of this neighbourhood and the majority of the housing was built during the 1930-1960 period.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
