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Description: The Andy Johnson House is a large, one and one-half storey plus above-ground basement wood-frame mansion on a rubble-stone granite foundation with a red terra cotta pantile roof and an octagonal corner turret. The building stands in a prominent location on a corner lot on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s…

Associated Dates: 1912

Formal Recognition: Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Andrew M. & Margaret Johnson House 'Glenedward'

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Andrew M. & Margaret Johnson House 'Glenedward'

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Associated Dates: 1912

Formal Recognition: Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Council Resolution

Enactment Date: 26/05/2003

Description: The Andy Johnson House is a large, one and one-half storey plus above-ground basement wood-frame mansion on a rubble-stone granite foundation with a red terra cotta pantile roof and an octagonal corner turret. The building stands in a prominent location on a corner lot on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s main transportation and commercial corridors, and stands adjacent to the Burlington Square Development.

Heritage Value: The Andy Johnson House 'Glenedward' is a valued representation of a prominent upper middle-class family dwelling from the pre-First World War era. Andrew M. Johnson (1861-1934), an early Vancouver pioneer, and his wife Margaret built this house in 1912, in an imposing style favoured by the newly wealthy of the prewar boom period. Born in Norway, Andrew Johnson arrived in Vancouver just months after the Great Fire of 1886 and went into partnership with J. (Ollie) Atkins in a transportation company that became the Mainland Transfer Company, eventually the largest of its kind in Vancouver. Johnson also operated Burnaby's historic Royal Oak Hotel, once located on the opposite corner from his estate. Additionally, the Andy Johnson House is significant for the high-quality design and construction of both the house and its landscaped setting. Designed in the British Arts and Crafts style, the house exhibits a rare degree of opulence in building materials, including imported terra cotta roof tiles, oak and walnut interior millwork, and stained glass manufactured by the Royal City Glass Company. The rubble-stone foundations and perimeter walls were obtained from two massive granite glacial erratic boulders found on the property. The house has been relocated closer to the corner, but the encircling stone walls, the gate posts and gates manufactured by the Westminster Iron Works and some of the original plantings have been retained. A grouping of three giant Sequoias, other mature deciduous trees and massings of shrubbery indicate the type of landscape setting considered appropriate for an estate house in the early years of the twentieth century.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Andy Johnson House include its: - corner location on Kingsway at Royal Oak Avenue - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by the one and one-half storey height, above-ground basement, octagonal corner turret and rectangular plan - British Arts and Crafts details such as the use of natural indigenous materials, half-timbering in the gables and dormers, picturesque roofline, cedar shingle siding, extended eaves, native granite rubble-stone foundation with red-coloured mortar, and granite piers and chimneys - additional exterior features such as the central front entrance, elaborate wrap-around verandah, porte-cochere and balcony at second storey lighted with original cast iron electric lanterns - red terra cotta pantile roof cladding - fenestration, such as double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows with stained glass and leaded lights in the upper sash - original interior features such as fireplaces, wainscoting finished with oak and walnut millwork, and three-quarter sawn oak flooring - associated landscape features including three giant Sequoias. granite walls, granite gate posts and wrought iron gates

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Marlborough Area

Builder: J.C. Allen

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Eating or Drinking Establishment

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 003-004-538

Boundaries: The Andy Johnson House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby

Area: 1424.21

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Names: Johnson, Andrew Martin "Andy"; Westminster Iron Works Company

Street Address: 5152 Kingsway

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Around the world cruise 1924

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 1924

Call Number: 910 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV975.126.6

Call Number: 910 CAN

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: Canadian Pacific

Publication Date: 1924

Printer: Southam Press Ltd.

Physical Description: 40 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada; Ocean liners--Canada; Tourism

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

The Art of Railroading

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Alymer-Small, Sidney

Publication Date: 1908

Call Number: 385 ALY

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 385 ALY

Author: Alymer-Small, Sidney

Place of Publication: Chicago, IL

Publisher: Railway Publications Society

Publication Date: 1908

Series: The Prior Self-Educational Railway Series

Printer: Frederick J. Drake & Co.

Physical Description: 924 p. : ill. 6 cm thick

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Design and construction; Railroads; Electric railroads

Subjects: Transportation

Notes: Electrical Railroading / Electricity as applied to railroad transportation

A textbook on electric lighting and railways

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: International Correspondence Schools

Publication Date: c1915

Call Number: 621.3 INT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV978.6.6

Call Number: 621.3 INT

Author: International Correspondence Schools

Place of Publication: Scranton, Penn.

Publisher: International Textbook Co.

Publication Date: c1915

Series: I.C.S. reference library

Physical Description: 1 vol. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Inscription: "Charles Campbell" [handwritten on pre-pages in red ink]

Library Subject (LOC): Electrical engineering--Study and teaching; Electric railroads; Electrical engineering

Subjects: Transportation

Notes: Includes index.

The book of trains

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Publication Date: 1900

Call Number: 420 WIL

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV980.2.151

Call Number: 420 WIL

Author: Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Place of Publication: [S.l]

Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons

Publication Date: 1900

Printer: Press of the Publishers

Physical Description: 96 p., [5] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.

Inscription: "Douglas J. Lunn Xmas - 1928" [handwritten in ink on front endpapers]

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads; Juvenile literature

Subjects: Transportation

Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games : transportation volunteer handbook

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: 2012

Call Number: 796 BCS

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 796 BCS

Publisher: BC Seniors Games Society

Publication Date: 2012

Physical Description: 28 p. : col. ill. ; 28cm.

Library Subject (LOC): BC Seniors Games

Notes: "Celebrating 25 years"

Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Edition: Rev. ed.

Publication Date: 1994

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282826

Call Number: 971.133 BUR COPY 3

Edition: Rev. ed.

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 1994

Physical Description: 531 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.); Biography

Notes: Includes index.; 3 copies held: copy 3.

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Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Luxton, Donald, 1954-; Wolf, Jim

Edition: Rev.

Publication Date: 2011; c2007

Call Number: 971.133 LUX COPY 1

. CULTURAL HISTORY These criteria consider the site’s direct association with a person, group, institution, event or activity that is of historical significance, and its association with broad patterns of local area history, including development and settlement patterns, early or important transportation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

ISBN: 0969282893

Call Number: 971.133 LUX COPY 1

Edition: Rev.

Author: Luxton, Donald, 1954-; Wolf, Jim

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: 2011; c2007

Physical Description: 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Architecture; Historic buildings; Buildings; Historic sites

Subjects: Buildings; Buildings - Heritage

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; 2 copies held: copy 1.

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Buses, trolleys & trams

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Dunbar, Charles, 1900-1993

Publication Date: c1967

Call Number: 388 DUN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 388 DUN

Author: Dunbar, Charles, 1900-1993

Contributor: Maddren, Nicholas

Place of Publication: London, [U.K.]

Publisher: Hamlyn

Publication Date: c1967

Physical Description: 141 p. : ill. (part col.) ; 29 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Street-railroads; Transportation

Subjects: Transportation; Transportation - Buses

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Book

Call Number: 971.133 MCG COPY 4

Author: McGeachie, Pixie, 1921-

Place of Publication: Burnaby, B.C.

Publisher: Century Park Museum Association

Publication Date: 1976; c1975

Physical Description: 108 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History

Notes: 4 copies held: copy 4.

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Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publication Date: 1896

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.35

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1896

Physical Description: 70 p. : map ; 24 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada--Timetables; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: "Corrected to November 2nd, 1896" --Title page.

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Publication Date: 1891

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.137

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1891

Physical Description: 70 p. : map ; 22 cm.

Inscription: "H. Crasell Dougherty January 19th 1892 W. 20 J 21 F 22 Sun 24 Mon 25" [handwritten in pencil on p.3]

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada--Timetables; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: "Corrected to October 19th, 1891" --Title page.

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Edition: Eastbound ed.

Publication Date: 1907

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: HV973.26.139

Call Number: 385.06571 CAN

Edition: Eastbound ed.

Author: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Place of Publication: [Montreal]

Publisher: [Canadian Pacific Railway]

Publication Date: 1907

Physical Description: 100 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Inscription: "F. Bettschen 1261 Powell St. Mrs. Price 470 Hastings St. Mr Sanderson 323 4th Ave New Westminster" [handwritten in pencil on last page]

Library Subject (LOC): Railroads--Canada--Timetables; Canada--Description and travel

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Canadian Pacific Railway Company

Notes: "Corrected to July 16th, 1907" --Title page.

Central Park Tramline

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1891

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1891

Heritage Value: In the 1890s, local entrepreneurs launched electric railways in Vancouver, New Westminster, and Victoria, eager to cash in on the promise of future growth in the major cities of the time. In the Lower Mainland, two companies started building electric rail in 1890: the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway, who eventually built streetcar service and installed electric lighting in New Westminster. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Local entrepreneurs Henry V. Edmonds, David Oppenheimer, Benjamin Douglas, and Samuel McIntosh, were the directors, all of whom had extensive real estate holdings in the area. Interurban service launched on June 3, 1891, travelling along 12 miles of track from New Westminster to eastern Vancouver, running through Burnaby – which was then an unincorporated area. Installing the single-track line from Vancouver to New Westminster through uneven, forested terrain was a mammoth undertaking. The clearing of the 100-foot right of way and laying the track called for a large work force, some of whom were Chinese "gandy dancers" who had worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway lines. The line was eventually taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897, who remained the owners until the line was finally closed on October 23, 1953 and replaced with the modern bus system. The construction of the SkyTrain along the old route in 1986 reintroduced passenger rail to this historic transportation corridor.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Publication Date: [2022]

Call Number: 971.1 CHI

transportation was not as convenient. The success of Chinese sellers was upsetting to some, and several local governments imposed discriminatory taxes or trade licenses to discourage Chinese from entering the industry. HOW DOES PRODUCE GET FROM A FARMER’S FIELD TO YOUR KITCHEN? FROM FARM TO TABLE Produce truck

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Digital Reference Collection

Material Type: Digital Resource

Accession Code: BV022.8.1

Call Number: 971.1 CHI

Contributor: City of Burnaby

Place of Publication: Burnaby, BC

Publisher: City of Burnaby

Publication Date: [2022]

Physical Description: 36 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps, ports

Library Subject (LOC): Burnaby (B.C.)--History; Burnaby (B.C.)--Social Life and Customs; Chinese Canadians--British Columbia--Burnaby--History; Chinese--British Columbia--History; Pharmacy--Canada; Pharmacy--United States; Pharmaceutical museums; Directories

Object History: Chinese Canadians have contributed to Burnaby’s growth for over a century. The long and intertwining histories between Chinese Canadians, Indigenous people and other communities have shaped the founding of Burnaby and British Columbia. This resource guide was created because their life experiences and important contributions to Burnaby’s development are not widely known.

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Code of operating rules

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada; Department of Commercial Transport for the Province of British Columbia

Edition: Revision of 1964

Publication Date: 1964

Call Number: 385 BOA 1964

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV012.18.17

Call Number: 385 BOA 1964

Edition: Revision of 1964

Author: Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada; Department of Commercial Transport for the Province of British Columbia

Place of Publication: [S.l]

Publisher: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Publication Date: 1964

Physical Description: 110 p. ; 16 cm

Library Subject (LOC): Transportation; Railroad law--Canada; Railroads; Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Subjects: Transportation

Names: Carson, Norman Thomas "Tom"; British Columbia Electric Railway Company; British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Notes: "Approved and prescribed by the Board of Transport Commissioners for Canada by General Order No. 113537 dated the 17th day of February, 1964"; "Approved and prescribed by the Department of Commercial Transport for the Province of British Columbia by Certificate 1149 dated the 27th day of April, 1964"; "EFFECTIVE 1st August, 1964"; "The rules in this book have the same numbers as the corresponding rules in "Uniform Code of operating Rules" approved by General Order of the Board of Transport Commissioners No. 873 dated 15th day of November, 1961."

Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Author: National Institute of Practical Mechanics

Publication Date: c1911

Call Number: 385 NAT

Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection: Special Collection

Material Type: Book

Accession Code: BV006.24.45

Call Number: 385 NAT

Author: National Institute of Practical Mechanics

Contributor: International School of Engineering

Place of Publication: Chicago

Publisher: International School of Engineering

Publication Date: c1911

Printer: Allied Printing

Physical Description: 492 p., xix : ill. : 18 cm.

Library Subject (LOC): Trainmen--Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Trainmen; Railroads--Design and construction; Railroads

Subjects: Transportation

Notes: "A series of text books prepared especially and exclusively for instruction on locomotive engineering by motive power superintendents, master mechanics, traveling engineers and mechanical experts associated with the International School of Engineering" -- Title page; "Locomotive boilers and engines, their construction, care, operation and management, firemen's duties, heat, fuel combustion, injectors, lubrication, and the setting of valves. Also complete description of walschaert and other valve gears, their defects and how to remedy them" -- Title page; Includes index.

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Across Canada : annotated guide via Canadian Pacific Railway, the greatest transportation system in the world

Agreement between British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and Divisions 101-134 & 109 of the Amalgamated Transit Union relating to wages and working conditions

Air-brake pumps : triple valves and brake valves, air-brake troubles, operating and testing trains, foundation brake gear, air signal-system, high-speed brake, no. 6 E T locomotive brake, P C passenger brake equipment, L N passenger brake equipment, type K freight triple valves, train control

Andy Johnson House

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Around the world cruise 1924

The Art of Railroading

A textbook on electric lighting and railways

The book of trains

Burnaby 2012 BC Seniors Games : transportation volunteer handbook

Burnaby centennial anthology : stories of early Burnaby

Digital Books

Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures

Digital Books

Buses, trolleys & trams

Bygones of Burnaby : an anecdotal history

Digital Books

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

Canadian Pacific Railway, annotated time table, with information as to C.P.R. transcontinental routes

Central Park Tramline

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Chinese Canadian history in Burnaby resource guide

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Code of operating rules

Complete practical railroading : a complete series of text-books on modern railway transportation