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South Burnaby Cenotaph

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
The South Burnaby Cenotaph is located in Bonsor Park at the corner of Nelson Avenue and Imperial Street. The cenotaph commemorates those lost in the First World War, Second World War and the Korean War.
Associated Dates
1988
Other Names
Bonsor Park Cenotaph
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Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Bonsor Park Cenotaph
Geographic Access
Nelson Avenue
Associated Dates
1988
Description
The South Burnaby Cenotaph is located in Bonsor Park at the corner of Nelson Avenue and Imperial Street. The cenotaph commemorates those lost in the First World War, Second World War and the Korean War.
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Marlborough Area
Organization
Army, Navy and Air Force Veterans in Canada, Pompier Unit #314
Community
Burnaby
Cadastral Identifier
P.I.D. No. 027-719-375
Boundaries
The property (Bonsor Park) is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6749 Nelson Avenue.
Area
3570.00
Contributing Resource
Landscape Feature
Structure
Ownership
Public (local)
Street Address
6749 Nelson Avenue
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Forest Grove School

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1986
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
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Forest Grove Drive
Associated Dates
1986
Heritage Value
The Forest Grove subdivision in Burnaby was developed during the early 1980s and resulted in a rapidly growing population that required a school facility to support this "instant" community. Forest Grove Elementary was the second largest elementary school in the city when it opened and 374 pupils were recorded in its first year.
Planning Study Area
Lake City Area
Street Address
8525 Forest Grove Drive
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Metrotown

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1986
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
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Kingsway
Associated Dates
1986
Heritage Value
Although the idea for Metrotown was first expressed in the 1970s, the building itself opened in 1986 and was soon served by the Expo Line of the new SkyTrain system. In the ensuing twenty years, the complex developed into three distinct but adjoining malls - Metropolis at Metrotown, Metrotown Centre, and Station Square. Today, Metrotown serves as the city’s commercial and retail anchor. The mall also includes two large office towers, which by 2001 were home to the head offices for Shaw Cable and TransLink.
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Maywood Area
Street Address
4700 Kingsway
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Johnson & Mary Skinner Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
Other Names
Timms House
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Timms House
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This house was originally built by Fraser Arm pioneer and postmaster Johnson Alfred Skinner (1864-1941) and his wife, Mary Emma Skinner (née Bailey, 1862-1929). Johnson, who was from Sussex, worked as a horticulturalist. This is an unusual variation on the Craftsman style, with a side gabled roof and a half-width front verandah. Local mason John Pickard completed the distinctive battered cobblestone masonry, including the foundation, chimney, verandah columns and the porte-cochère. The house was later occupied and remodeled by the Timms family.
Locality
Fraser Arm
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
Ownership
Private
Street Address
5634 Marine Drive
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Greenwood Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1911
Other Names
Albert & Emma Greenwood Residence
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Other Names
Albert & Emma Greenwood Residence
Geographic Access
Victory Street
Associated Dates
c.1911
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
Typical of the Arts and Crafts style, this house has a front gabled roof with triangular eave brackets and a front verandah with twinned square columns on tapered piers. It is notable for its stained glass windows and early ‘ripple’ float glass. Asbestos shingles were at one point added over the original siding, but are being removed by the owner, exposing the cedar shingles. The house is believed to have been built and occupied by Albert and Emma Greenwood.
Locality
Alta Vista
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Sussex-Nelson Area
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4569 Victory Street
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Captain William Eyres Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1910
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Canada Way
Associated Dates
c.1910
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This home was built by Captain William J. Eyres. In 1912, it was reported in The British Columbian: “Captain Eyres of Seattle is remodelling the front of his house on Douglas Road and otherwise improving it.” The house was later sold to William A. Mawhinney, who subsequently built houses at 6011 Buckingham Avenue and 7616 Burris Avenue. This spacious, high-quality Craftsman bungalow remains in excellent condition. It features a cross-gabled roof with multiple half-timbered front gables with large exposed purlins, in contrast to the shingle cladding on the rest of the house. At the front corner is a glazed sun-room. The entrance porch features tripled square columns. The property still has a beautiful garden, but once included large vegetable gardens, an orchard, and a large chicken house.
Locality
Burnaby Lake
Historic Neighbourhood
Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Morley-Buckingham Area
Area
1709.65
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
6079 Canada Way
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Colonial Finance Company House

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Cambridge Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
3890 Cambridge Street and 3896 Cambridge Street are nearly identical twins. These modestly-sized pattern book residences each feature a side gabled roof with a central dormer and a central entrance, as well as interesting Craftsman-style detailing such as the bracketed verandah columns, triangular eave brackets and exposed rafter tails. Though the original exterior siding has been covered by a later stucco cladding, the house maintains its original double-hung windows with elaborate multi-paned upper sashes. Built as a revenue property, it was owned by the Colonial Finance Company in 1915.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3890 Cambridge Street
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Colonial Finance Company House

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Cambridge Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
3890 Cambridge Street and 3896 Cambridge Street are nearly identical twins. These modestly-sized pattern book residences each feature a side gabled roof with a central dormer and a central entrance, and an open front verandah. Both houses have later coverings over their original siding; 3890 Cambridge was stuccoed, and this house received more recent vinyl siding, indicating the periodic pressure on homeowners to “upgrade” through the use of new, applied products. Built as a revenue property by the Colonial Finance Company, this house was owned by David Caldwell, the manager of the Caldwell & Carson real estate company in 1915.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Street Address
3896 Cambridge Street
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George & Mary Buxton Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Buxton Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
George Searby Buxton (1867-1955), an English-born carpenter, built this Arts and Crafts dwelling and resided here with his wife and local teacher Mary Isabel Buxton (née Nattriss, 1865-1941). George and Mary are both buried in the picturesque St. Helen’s Anglican Church cemetery in Surrey. The house retains this style’s characteristic elements such as half-timbering, an oriel window and turned verandah supports, as well as its distinctive windows, which are casements in the lower portion of the frame and a fixed multi-paned sash in the upper. The original siding has been covered with a later coat of stucco. The house survives in well-maintained condition.
Locality
Central Park
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Marlborough Area
Area
868.85
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4807 Buxton Street
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Henry Adams Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1913
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Buxton Street
Associated Dates
c.1913
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
Carpenter Henry J. Adams constructed this side-gabled, shingle-clad bungalow circa 1913, with his neighbour, George S. Buxton (1867-1955), who was also a carpenter. The house is distinguished by its beautifully-detailed wraparound verandah, which is supported by square, tapered columns, and its distinctive semicircular window in the projecting front gable. Other details include a subtly flattened arched opening under the gable, leading to the central front entry.
Historic Neighbourhood
Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Marlborough Area
Area
864.56
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4826 Buxton Street
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Hugh & Mary McCallum Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
Street View URL
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Regent Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
Typical of the Arts and Crafts style, the house has its original front gabled roof, triangular eave brackets, full open front verandah and pointed bargeboards. The house has received some alterations, including the addition of asbestos shingles over the original siding. It is one of the few surviving early homes of the Broadview subdivision which was established in 1911. This was the long-term home of Hugh McCallum Senior (1873-1960), a steam engineer from Scotland, and his wife Mary (née Baxter, 1875-1958). Hugh continued to live in the house after Mary’s death.
Locality
Broadview
Historic Neighbourhood
Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
West Central Valley Area
Area
623.09
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3838 Regent Street
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J.R. & Frances Dawson Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
Street View URL
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Cambridge Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This beautifully-detailed house displays a highly sophisticated mix of fashionable Arts and Crafts elements. The asymmetrical design has stacked inset verandahs on one side, with the ground floor verandah wrapping around the side of the house. The second floor verandah has an arched opening, supported by short versions of the ground floor columns and accessed by French doors with geometric patterned, multi-paned glazing. A semi-circular lunette window lights the attic, and banked windows with leaded transoms are used on the front façade. Decorative details include triangular eave brackets and square verandah columns with distinctive bracketted capitals. The house has survived in original condition except for a later asbestos siding that was applied over the original shingle siding, and the enclosure of the side verandah. The home was owned by J.R. Dawson and Frances Abigail Dawson (née Thompson, 1853-1938) from 1915 until Frances’ death in 1938.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
566.71
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3746 Cambridge Street
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J.S. & Mina Reid Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1913
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Frances Street
Associated Dates
c.1913
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
The gable-on-hipped roofline is this house’s most unique feature. The home is a typical plan of the Foursquare type with the addition of an inset second-storey verandah. The full open front verandah has square columns and closed balustrades. A coloured glass transom was used above the living room window assembly. By 1915, the house was owned by J.S. and Mina Reid (1874-1969).
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
377.10
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3851 Frances Street
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John & Hattie Standish Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1912
Street View URL
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Edmonds Street
Associated Dates
c.1912
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This square, two-storey house displays vertical proportions, with a pyramidal roof and central dormer. It features narrow double-hung windows, lapped siding on the first storey, and shingle siding on the second divided by a belt course, and has retained a high degree of original integrity. It was built for John Albert Standish (1862-1913), a farmer who left this home to his wife, Hattie and their children after his death.
Locality
Edmonds
Historic Neighbourhood
Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Edmonds Area
Area
367.94
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
7408 Edmonds Street
Street View URL
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Joseph & Anne Gartlan Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1913
Street View URL
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Oxford Street
Associated Dates
c.1913
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This house was owned by Joseph Paul Gartlan (1877-1967), a steam shovel engineer for the B.C. Electric Company from 1906 to 1943, and his wife, Annie Claudia Gartlan (née Wood, 1891-1933). Joseph was a long-time resident of the house, remaining until his death in 1967. Typical of the Edwardian era, this bungalow has a side gabled roof with a large front gable over the balcony, an open front verandah with square tapered columns, and a mix of narrow lapped wooden siding, square shingles and diamond shingles in the gable peak.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
374.03
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
4111 Oxford Street
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Peter & Alma Newstrom Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1915
Street View URL
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Oxford Street
Associated Dates
c.1915
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This bungalow was built and owned by Peter John Newstrom (1861-1947), who later worked as a bricklayer, and his wife Alma Mary (1865-1935). The Newstroms arrived in Canada from Sweden about 1912 and were long-term residents of this home; Peter lived in the house after the death of his wife, until his own death in 1947. Typical of the Craftsman style, the house has a side gabled roof with large front gabled dormer, scroll-cut bargeboards, open front verandah and granite rubble-stone foundation and tapered piers. It retains its original glazed front door assembly.
Locality
Vancouver Heights
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
Area
566.71
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
3865 Oxford Street
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Richard & Ada Neville Residence

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Description
Residential building.
Associated Dates
c.1918
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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Nelson Avenue
Associated Dates
c.1918
Description
Residential building.
Heritage Value
This Craftsman bungalow was built for the Neville family. Richard Neville (1884-1950) served as a Burnaby councillor in 1924 and is remembered as the man who gave the CCF party (now the NDP) land on Maple Avenue on which to build Jubilee Labour Hall. He worked as a tile layer for the O’Neill Company and was married to Ada Neville (née Cook, 1885-1970). Ada Neville still lived in this house at the time of her death. Typical of the Craftsman style, the house has a side gabled roof with large front gable dormer, triangular eave brackets, an open arched front verandah and a textural mix of siding including cedar shingle on the main floor and lapped siding at the foundation.
Locality
Alta Vista
Historic Neighbourhood
Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Sussex-Nelson Area
Area
936.00
Contributing Resource
Building
Ownership
Private
Street Address
6935 Nelson Avenue
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Crabtown

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1912-1957
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1912-1957
Heritage Value
North Burnaby's waterfront was the location of a unique squatter's community known as Crabtown. Although its origins are obscure, it is believed that the first shacks were built before 1912. When the depression of 1913-1917 began, the shacks became permanent homes for impoverished workers. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the community grew larger. Crabtown was not a slum, but a neighbourhood - the community even rallied together to build a water supply system and trails up the steep bluff with steps and banisters so children could go to school safely. In 1957, the National Harbours Board decided that Crabtown was encroaching on Federal property and evicted all 130 residents. Within a few months, residents were relocated and 114 homes were levelled.
Historic Neighbourhood
Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Burnaby Heights Area
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Shell Oil Company

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
ca. 1930-1993
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Kensington Avenue
Associated Dates
ca. 1930-1993
Heritage Value
After considering several sites in the Greater Vancouver area, the Shell Oil Company chose 70 acres in North Burnaby with frontage of one third of a mile on Burrard Inlet. Shell proposed to build a four-million dollar plant that would employ up to 2000 - providing some relief in the middle of Burnaby's economic crisis of the Depression years. The site became known as the Shellburn Refinery and was in operation until 1993.
Historic Neighbourhood
Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Westridge Area
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Riverside School

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Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Associated Dates
1953-1983
Repository
Burnaby Heritage Planning
Geographic Access
Marine Drive
Associated Dates
1953-1983
Heritage Value
The south-east corner of Burnaby featured homes that were scattered in a rural setting. Previously, Riverway East and then Clinton Elementary School had served this neighbourhood, but a more central location was preferable to the School Board to limit bussing of students, so Riverside School was opened in 1953. There were 84 students registered in its first year, but by the late 1970s, enrolments across the City had declined and a number of schools, including Riverside, were closed.
Historic Neighbourhood
Fraser Arm (Historic Neighbourhood)
Planning Study Area
Big Bend Area
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