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Vancouver Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: Vancouver Heights remained an important residential and commercial centre in Burnaby throughout the 1925-1954 period. The area had its own Board of Trade and the North Burnaby Library was created to serve the residents. In 1949, the Hastings streetcars stopped running, but the area retained its reputation as one of the best shopping districts in the city.

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Vancouver Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1905-1924

Heritage Value: On December 13, 1912, The British Columbian Weekly described the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood as follows: "The northern portion of the municipality in the vicinity of Boundary Road has during the past three years made tremendous strides towards settlement. At that time Mr. James Herd and Mr. Peters were the only residents of the district...Soon, however, the timber was removed, streets laid out and other conveniences such as water, light and transportation provided... The school population of the district has increased so rapidly that the school has been enlarged twice this year and is at the present time inadequate. About 200 children are attending now. There are three churches in the district and one mission...At present time there are two large blocks containing six stores..."

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

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Vancouver Heights United Church

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Church building.

Associated Dates: 1926

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Ingleton Avenue

Associated Dates: 1926

Description: Church building.

Heritage Value: This building was originally built in 1926 as the Vancouver Heights United Church; a Sunday School was added in 1931, which conformed to the church building’s Romanesque influenced style. This unique Burnaby building has retained its remarkable three-storey tower with buttresses and stepped parapet. It now houses the New Apostolic Church.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Area: 1133.42

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 271 Ingleton Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Vancouver Heights United Church, 2013.. South elevation.. thumbnail

Vincent & Edna Dodd Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1941

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Clinton Street

Associated Dates: 1941

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: Designed to simulate a Norman cottage, the most distinctive feature of this eclectic bungalow is its round entrance tower with a conical shaped roof. Other distinctive features include rolled roof edges clad with steam-bent shingles to resemble a thatched roof, and round-arched windows surrounded with initiation voussoirs. The traditional character reflects the Storybook Cottage movement popular in the years between the two World Wars. It was built for Vincent Esmond Dodd (1913-1985), a plumber and electrician, and his wife Edna Mary Dodd (née Engeseth). Edna continued to live in the house after Vincent’s death in 1985.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Area: 613.16

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 6270 Clinton Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Vincent & Edna Dodd Residence, 2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

View from the northeast, 1976. Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID 556-063. thumbnail

Westridge Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: The Westridge Neighbourhood of Burnaby was created as a new subdivision during the post-World War Two housing boom in Burnaby. Developed by the C.B. Riley Company, it was laid out in a plan contoured to the shapes of the land and was situated to allow residents easy access to main transportation routes.

Historic Neighbourhood: Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Westridge Area

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William & Annie Mawhinney Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Burris Street

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This bungalow was built by local farmer William Alexander Mawhinney (1870-1953) and Annie J. Mawhinney (1871-1956). This was one of several houses built in the immediate vicinity by members of the Mawhinney family between 1909 and 1930. William Mawhinney first came to Burnaby to help his brother Isaiah establish his fruit farm. In about 1930, William and Annie Mawhinney built a new house at 6011 Buckingham Avenue. This home is architecturally notable for its unusual front-gabled dormer, which is divided into parallel ridges at its peak. Though the original exterior wall siding has been covered by a later coat of stucco, it otherwise remains in largely original condition including double-hung windows with multi-paned upper sashes, front door with full-length sidelights and a decorative built-in window box.

Locality: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Morley-Buckingham Area

Area: 891.70

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7616 Burris Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the William & Annie Mawhinney Residence, 2013.. Front elevation.. thumbnail

William & Edith Blott Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Laurel Street

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This elegant house is a prominent local landmark, with a bellcast hipped roof, deep bracketed eaves and Doric porch columns. The use of the various Colonial Revival styles had gained new popularity during the 1920s at the time of the American Sesquicentennial, as is evident in the symmetrical façade composition and detailing. It was the home of William Alexander Blott (1878-1962), a shipper at the Broder Canning Company and later a real estate agent, and his wife Edith Carruthers Blott (née Shaw, 1890-1972), who were married in 1913. It is one of the few remaining larger estate homes along the formerly rural Douglas Road.

Locality: Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Area: 1023.73

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5558 Laurel Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of William & Edith Blott Residence, 2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

William & Esther Burdick Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1925

Other Names: RYVERBRAE

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: RYVERBRAE

Geographic Access: Buller Avenue

Associated Dates: 1925

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This home was built in 1925 by William Leslie Burdick (1878-1937) and Esther Robina Burdick (née Armstrong, 1875-1964) who came to Burnaby from Manitoba to retire. Burdick was a prominent Winnipeg real estate agent; he retired in 1923, and contracted “Sleeping Sickness” the following year, which likely prompted a move to the more temperate west coast. Burdick became Reeve of Burnaby in 1929 and pressed for the development of the Deer Lake area as a great park featuring such amenities as a racetrack and water sports. During his tenure, this Craftsman-style home was regarded as a Burnaby showplace. He died in 1937 and Esther lived in this house until her own death in 1964. While the exterior of the house has been altered by a later coat of stucco over the original siding, it retains many original features such as its full-width verandah with tapered granite columns and piers, and stone-clad foundations and chimney.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Clinton-Glenwood Area

Area: 1136.25

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7530 Buller Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the William & Esther Burdick Residence, 2013.. West elevation.. thumbnail

William L. Burdick, Burnaby Reeve, 1929. (Historic photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. Photo ID 459-014. thumbnail

Willingdon Heights Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1925-1954

Heritage Value: Willingdon Heights was another new subdivision developed in Burnaby during the post-World War Two building boom. A brochure about the development published in 1948 proclaimed "the Willingdon Heights 500 home development project in Burnaby fulfills its promise to provide a self-contained community for former members of the armed services and their families...the largest single veteran housing project in Canada as far as homes for individual ownership is concerned, Willingdon Heights development was planned by the Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation...At this date the earlier built rows of homes have passable roads and the owners are improving lawns and gardens in spare time...eventually additional stores and professional services will be installed and recreational projects will add to the amenities of a community of congenial residents..."

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

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Windsor Street School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: School building.

Associated Dates: 1924

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Imperial Street

Associated Dates: 1924

Description: School building.

Heritage Value: This school was built to replace Kingsway East School, which became part of Burnaby South High School. Architects Bowman & Cullerne designed the school in 1924; additions were made in 1927. The school features a distinctive double-height gabled entrance, a broad hipped roof and an octagonal rooftop ventilator. The Windsor Street School was designed by the architectural firm of Bowman & Cullerne, who specialized in school design. The firm’s projects include Seaforth School (1922, now relocated to Burnaby Village Museum), Burnaby North High School (1923), and Nelson Avenue School (1927).