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Action Line Housing Society subseries

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Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Description Level
Subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of one photograph of Overlynn Mansion.
Repository
City of Burnaby Archives
Date
[1930]
Collection/Fonds
Burnaby Historical Society fonds
Series
Community Archives Collection series
Subseries
Action Line Housing Society subseries
Physical Description
1 photograph
Description Level
Subseries
Accession Number
BHS1992-42
Scope and Content
Subseries consists of one photograph of Overlynn Mansion.
History
Overlynn Mansion was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909. Peter was the manager of G.F. & J. Galt Company and he pioneered the development of the Vancouver Heights area in North Burnaby, believing it was one of the most picturesque districts in Greater Vancouver. He developed his own estate with the hope that this would be an incentive to lure buyers to the subdivision. The house remained as the Peter home until 1936, when the estate was sold to the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, a Catholic order which had moved to Vancouver Heights in 1927 to operate a school. The mansion became their convent and new girls' school known as Seton Academy. The mansion's original conservatory was demolished and a two-storey addition was constructed. In 1970 when the school closed, Overlynn was purchased by Action Line Housing Society which developed the senior's development on the property. It was designated by Burnaby Council in 1995 and was the first heritage building in B.C. to have its interior features protected.
Media Type
Photograph
Creator
Action Line Housing Society
Notes
Title based on contents of subseries
PC301
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Elementary composition

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Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Author
Alexander, William John, 1855-1944
Mowat, A.
Edition
Rev. ed.
Publication Date
1922
Call Number
428 ALE Copy 1
Repository
Burnaby Village Museum
Collection
Special Collection
Material Type
Book
Accession Code
HV971.133.44
Call Number
428 ALE Copy 1
Edition
Rev. ed.
Author
Alexander, William John, 1855-1944
Mowat, A.
Place of Publication
Toronto, Ont.
Publisher
W. J. Gage & Company, Limited
Publication Date
1922
Printer
The Educational book company, Limited
Physical Description
xii, 220 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Inscription
"W-10k" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pen on endpaper (front). "Winifred Gea" -- handwritten in pencil on flyleaf. "Walter Bews Drugs & Stationery Kodaks Books and Magazines Films etc. Revelstoke, B.C." -- stamped on flyleaf.
Library Subject (LOC)
English language--Composition and exercises
Notes
Includes index.
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