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Woodward Cottage

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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

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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

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Exterior view of the Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage, 2013.

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Historic view of the Maud & Harriet Woodward Cottage, 1906. (Oblique view. Exterior Photo). Copyright: Burnaby Village Museum. thumbnail

1-Apr-1901 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Apr-1901

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1-Apr-1905 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Apr-1905

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1-Aug-1903 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Aug-1903

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1-Aug-1908 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Aug-1908

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1-Dec-1900 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Dec-1900

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1-Dec-1906 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Dec-1906

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1-Feb-1902 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Feb-1902

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1-Feb-1905 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Feb-1905

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1-Feb-1908 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Feb-1908

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1-Jun-1907 Regular Council Minutes

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Meeting Date: 1-Jun-1907

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1-Mar-1902 Regular Council Minutes

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1-Nov-1902 Regular Council Minutes

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1-Oct-1904 Regular Council Minutes

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1-Sep-1900 Regular Council Minutes

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1-Sep-1906 Regular Council Minutes

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1st Div 1907 West Burnaby School

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1907]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.2 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Division class for 1907 at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are two rows of students standing and one row of seated students. there is a male teacher standing on the left side of the group just beside a bicycle that is leaning against the build…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 13 x 8.2 cm

Material Details: Handwritten in the photograph is "1st Div 1907 / West Burnaby School". The reverse side of the photograph is printed in a postcard format.

Scope and Content: Photograph of the First Division class for 1907 at West Burnaby School (later renamed Kingsway West School). There are two rows of students standing and one row of seated students. there is a male teacher standing on the left side of the group just beside a bicycle that is leaning against the building.