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Alta Vista Baptist Church
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark557
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Church building.
- Associated Dates
- 1936
- Other Names
- Royal Oak Community Church
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Royal Oak Community Church
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1936
- Description
- Church building.
- Heritage Value
- This Baptist congregation originally held services in a tent at the corner of McGregor Avenue and Portland but they soon were able to build a small church. A membership drive by Pastor Arthur James Bowbrick (1875-1961) was so successful that the congregation was able build this fine structure, prominently located at the corner of Victory Street. Although it has been altered with later additions and stucco over the original siding, the original windows and the rooftop belfry remain.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Sussex-Nelson Area
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 7175 Royal Oak Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark579
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Associated Dates
- 1935
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1935
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Heritage Value
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park was founded and designed by Albert F. Arnold, who wanted to design a memorial park “which would be a place of perpetual beauty and which would banish the ‘graveyard’ taint from such places forever.” The 145 acres of Forest Lawn were designed as a garden, which overlooks Vancouver and has a magnificent view of the mountains. Called “God’s Acres,” with white-shelled walks and piped sacred music, the design allowed a natural setting to offer solace to grieve. Bronze memorial plaques were used rather than headstones, which would have marred the garden effect. Arnold acted as a consultant to memorial parks all over Canada and the United States and many of his innovations have become standard practice in North American cemeteries. Equipped with its own greenhouses, the park has more than a million plants of all types. The chapel, which sits on the lower southern slopes, is a sophisticated modernist structure that was designed by renowned local architects McCarter & Nairne.
- Locality
- Burnaby Lake
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
- Architect
- Albert F. Arnold McCarter & Nairne
- Area
- 449910.00
- Contributing Resource
- Landscape Feature
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 3789 Royal Oak Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
James & Agnes Smith Residence
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark601
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Residential building.
- Associated Dates
- 1907
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1907
- Description
- Residential building.
- Heritage Value
- During the Edwardian era, the western provinces were experiencing unprecedented population growth, and in response, in 1904 the Vancouver-based B.C. Mills, Timber and Trading Company patented a modular prefabricated building system that could be adapted to provide everything from modest one-room cottages to churches, schools and banks. Wall panels were assembled from the short mill ends of lumber and siding, until then just waste material that piled up in the millyard. These panels were bolted together on site, with the joints between the panels covered by distinctive vertical battens. Wall panels were assembled at the mill, pre-painted, and packaged with the other components and the instructions necessary to assemble the building. The disassembled building was then shipped to the waiting customer. As western settlements became established, labour and materials were more freely available and local construction companies could be more competitive in their costs. By 1910, this prefabricated system was rendered obsolete. The Smith Residence is a beautifully-preserved example of a B.C. Mills house, and is one of the models that featured a gambrel roof and a full open front verandah. This house was built by local contractor Mr. MacLean for James Smith, a ship’s engineer on the Empress of Japan, and his wife, Agnes. Agnes Smith continued to live here after her husband’s death and sold the house and property in the late 1920s with two of the acres being purchased by her daughter, Grace and husband Henry Pletcher to build a neighbouring house.
- Locality
- Central Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
- Area
- 1147.85
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 6186 Royal Oak Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Additions to Schedule for Proposed Major Trunk Roads Bylaw re Improvements to Willingdon Avenue, Royal Oak Avenue and Acquistion of Right of Way on Willingdon and Widening of Smith Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64527
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55664
- Meeting Date
- 31-Mar-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55664
- Meeting Date
- 31-Mar-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Application to Have Portion of Royal Oak Avenue Gravelled
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport56840
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72567
- Meeting Date
- 10-May-1933
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72567
- Meeting Date
- 10-May-1933
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Certificates of Sufficiency for Sidewalks on Royal Oak Avenue, Grimmer Street, Princess Street, Nelson Avenue, Marlborough Avenue, Fern Avenue, and Unnamed Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62390
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55102
- Meeting Date
- 6-Jul-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55102
- Meeting Date
- 6-Jul-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
England family home on Royal Oak Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumdescription12230
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary England fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary…
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection/Fonds
- Mary England fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : b&w ; 600 dpi
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Craftsman style house located at 1906 Royal Oak Avenue near Victory Street in Burnaby (address was changed to 7353 Royal Oak Aveue after 1958). The house was built in 1914 and was the home of Alfred Henry and Mary England (nee Gooding). Alfred H. England died suddenly in 1917. Mary England continued to live in the house before settling in a house that she had built on Griffiths Avenue in 1930.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Victory Street
- Accession Code
- BV020.9.2
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- May be restricted by third party rights
- Date
- [between 1927 and 1930] (date of original) , copied 2020
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Clinton-Glenwood Area
- Scan Resolution
- 600
- Scan Date
- 12-Feb-20
- Scale
- 100
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
Images
Estimate re Sidewalk Construction on Royal Oak Avenue, Grimmer Street and Princess Street,
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport63983
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55244
- Meeting Date
- 26-May-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55244
- Meeting Date
- 26-May-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Installation of Concrete Sidewalks on Portions of Royal Oak Avenue, Grimmer Street and Princess Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport63893
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55057
- Meeting Date
- 27-Apr-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55057
- Meeting Date
- 27-Apr-1931
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Installation of Water Mains on Fourteenth Avenue, Maxwell Street, Balmoral Street, Rumble Street, Clydesdale Street and Royal Oak Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64867
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 56051
- Meeting Date
- 14-Jul-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 56051
- Meeting Date
- 14-Jul-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Laying of 4" Main on Harwood Street from Royal Oak Avenue to 3330 Harwood Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport62134
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54916
- Meeting Date
- 19-Oct-1931
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 54916
- Meeting Date
- 19-Oct-1931
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Laying of Water Main on Irving Street from Royal Oak Avenue to 630 Feet Westerly
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport63950
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55214
- Meeting Date
- 18-May-1931
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55214
- Meeting Date
- 18-May-1931
- Format
- Council - Committee Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Repairs for House at 1604 Royal Oak Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport56628
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72354
- Meeting Date
- 7-Nov-1934
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72354
- Meeting Date
- 7-Nov-1934
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request for Gravelling the Sidewalks on Royal Oak Avenue from Murrin Station to the Forest Lawn Cemetery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54863
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70966
- Meeting Date
- 1-Nov-1939
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70966
- Meeting Date
- 1-Nov-1939
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Request for Lease of Certain Tax Sale Lands in Vicinity of Royal Oak Avenue and Byrne Road
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport55714
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72085
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jan-1934
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 72085
- Meeting Date
- 10-Jan-1934
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Resolution Requesting Provincial Government to Take Care of Royal Oak Avenue between S.W. Corner of DL 84 and NE corner of DL 81
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport64275
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55453
- Meeting Date
- 10-Feb-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 55453
- Meeting Date
- 10-Feb-1930
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Royal Oak Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36987
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 12.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Royal Oak Avenue looking north from the Price's property near Dover Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1930] (date of original), copied 1992
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Centennial Anthology subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 8.2 x 12.2 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 315-445
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1994-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Royal Oak Avenue looking north from the Price's property near Dover Street.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Roads
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Oakmount Crescent
- Dover Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Oakalla Area
Images
Sidewalk on Royal Oak Avenue
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport54824
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70927
- Meeting Date
- 12-Jul-1939
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 70927
- Meeting Date
- 12-Jul-1939
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
Waiver of the Town Planning Bylaw to Permit the Erection and Operation of a Retail Store at the Southwest Corner of Royal Oak Avenue and Rumble Street
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/councilreport56860
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71629
- Meeting Date
- 31-May-1933
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Report ID
- 71629
- Meeting Date
- 31-May-1933
- Format
- Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report
- Collection/Fonds
- City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds
Documents
James Smith house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34808
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 14.0 cm mounted on 17.7 x 22.cm cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the James Smith house, 6186 Royal Oak Avenue. A woman and two girls are seated on the porch stairs. The accession description states that the house is a B.C. Mills Prefab erected in 1907 by Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1907]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Grace Pletcher subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10.0 x 14.0 cm mounted on 17.7 x 22.cm cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 137-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1985-06
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the exterior of the James Smith house, 6186 Royal Oak Avenue. A woman and two girls are seated on the porch stairs. The accession description states that the house is a B.C. Mills Prefab erected in 1907 by Mr. and Mrs. Smith.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Annotations on the back of the cardboard read, "With love from Agnes" and "Mrs H Rolfe / Charles Rd. / South Portland / Maine."
- Geographic Access
- Royal Oak Avenue
- Street Address
- 6186 Royal Oak Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Windsor Area