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West Burnaby School class

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Date: [1912 or 1913]

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in four rows taken in front of the school building. Most of them have their arms crossed in front of their chests. Their teacher Miss Forrest is standing at the back to the right. In the top row, the stu…

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Repository: Burnaby Village Museum

Collection/Fonds: Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection

Description Level: Item

Physical Description: 1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 16 cm, mounted on card 20 x 25 cm

Scope and Content: Photograph of a class at West Burnaby (later renamed Kingsway West) School sitting and standing in four rows taken in front of the school building. Most of them have their arms crossed in front of their chests. Their teacher Miss Forrest is standing at the back to the right. In the top row, the students (from the left) Elmer McNeill, Fred Dimmick, Harold Mawson, Richmond Allen, Jack Greenwood, Alfred Hicks, Freddy Barker, Edward Geddes, Herbert Mayne and Wilson Forshaw. In the second row are; James Harding, Ralph Kinnis, Robert Dick, Bernard Johnson, Duncan Williams, Willie Hooker, George Hall, Willie Alderson, Willie Coe, Jack Bellsmith, Philip Gibbens and Harry Smith. In the third row are; Douglas Alderson, Stafford Steadman, Doris [illegible], Agnes Maclean, Dorothy Williamson, Mabel Vaughn, Gordon Willmore and David Reynolds. Sitting in the front row are; Melinda Richards, Beulah Allen, Margaret Robertson, [illegible] Geddes, Pauline Capelle, Marvel Simpies, Dorothy Mayne and Anne Hayes.

Subjects: Occupations - Teachers

Names: Kingsway West School; Forrest, Annie Theresa; McNeill, Elmer; Dimmick, Fred; Mawson, Harold; Allen, Richmond; Greenwood, Jack; Hicks, Alfred; Barker, Freddy; Geddes, Edward; Mayne, Herbert; Forshaw, William; Harding, James; Kinnis, Ralph; Dick, Robert; Johnson, Bernard; Williams, Duncan; Hooker, Willie; Hall, George; Alderson, Willie; Coe, Willie; Bellsmith, Jack; Gibbens, Philip; Smith, Harry; Alderson, Douglas; Steadman, Stafford; Maclean, Agnes; Williamson, Dorothy; Vaughn, Mabel; Willmore, Gordon; Reynolds, David; Richards, Melinda; Allen, Beulah; Robertson, Margaret; Capelle, Pauline; Simpies, Marvel; Mayne, Dorothy; Hayes, Anne

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Street Address: 4800 Kingsway

Accession Code: BV999.2.59

Access Restriction: No restrictions

Reproduction Restriction: May be restricted by third party rights

Date: [1912 or 1913]

Media Type: Photograph

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Maywood Area

Scan Resolution: 600

Scan Date: 08-Jun-09

Scale: 100

Notes: Title based on contents of photograph; Note in purple pencil crayon on verso of card mount reads: "Top row. 1st row rt. to left. Wilson Forshaw, Herbert Mayne, Edward Geddes, Freddy Barker, Alfred Hicks, Jack Greenwood, Richmond Allen, Harold Mawson, Fred Dimmick, Elmer McNeill / 2nd row rt. to left. Harry Smith, Philip Gibbens, Jack Bellsmith, Willie Coe, Willie Alderson, George Hall, Willie Hooker, Duncan Williams, Bernard Johnson, Robert Dick, Ralph Kinnis, James Harding / 3rd row. rt. to left. David Reynolds, Gordon Willmore, Mabel Vaughn, Dorothy Williamson, Agnes Maclean, Doris [illegible], Stafford Steadman, Douglas Alderson / 4th row. Anne Hayes, Dorothy Mayne, Marvel Simpies, Pauline Capelle, [illegible] Geddes, Margaret Robertson, Beulah Allen and Melinda Richards."; Note in pencil on verso of photograph reads: "1912 or 1913"

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H.T. Ceperley Estate 'Fairacres' Mansion

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: 'Fairacres' is a large, two-and-one-half storey estate house in the British Arts and Crafts style, located in Deer Lake Park, with four associated original outbuildings.

Associated Dates: 1911

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Henry Tracy & Grace Ceperley Estate; Burnaby Art Gallery

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Henry Tracy & Grace Ceperley Estate; Burnaby Art Gallery

Geographic Access: Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates: 1911

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date: 23/11/1992

Description: 'Fairacres' is a large, two-and-one-half storey estate house in the British Arts and Crafts style, located in Deer Lake Park, with four associated original outbuildings.

Heritage Value: 'Fairacres' is important as a record of the early years of Burnaby, specifically the Deer Lake area, as a place of tranquility and beautiful scenery in which the wealthy and successful in the burgeoning cities of New Westminster and Vancouver chose to retire or to make their family homes. The main house, which anchors in style and setting the outbuildings on the estate, demonstrates the social, cultural, and aesthetic values of local wealthy businessmen and women of the early twentieth century - values such as appreciation of architectural elegance and grand interior spaces, leisure and recreation, formal landscaped gardens and scenic views. Also important is the association with the English-born and trained architect Robert Mackay Fripp (1858-1917), as this was one of his grandest residential commissions. Steeped in the current architectural trends in Great Britain, Fripp designed this sprawling mansion in the Arts and Crafts style, reflected in the architectural detailing and proportions. The style was common at the time and was often used for estate mansions as a symbol of affluence and good, modern taste as well as an affinity for all things British. Quality is displayed inside and out in the finishes and materials, orchestrated by prominent local contractor, James Charles Allen, including imported English materials of specific value such as imported Medmenham tiles in the fireplace surrounds, one of the earliest documented use of these tiles outside the United Kingdom. Detailed features of the interior woodwork were carved by Scottish-born master wood carver George Selkirk Gibson (1867-1942), who was best known for his many commissions for prominent British Columbia architect Samuel Maclure. The outbuildings at 'Fairacres' are an important record of the functioning of a large estate of the time. The Garage and Stables and the Chauffeur’s Cottage accommodated the use of automobiles, horses and carriages, and in concert with the estate's location near the new British Columbia Electric Railway 'Burnaby Lake' interurban line, illustrate the evolving nature of regional transportation and the growing bedroom communities and estates made possible by increasing options for transportation. Other outbuildings accommodated the agricultural activities that helped support the Ceperley estate. The estate was conceived and funded by American-born Grace E. Dixon Ceperley (1863-1917), who had achieved significant wealth through a bequest from her brother-in-law, Vancouver pioneer Arthur Ferguson. Her husband, Henry Tracy Ceperley (1850-1929), also American-born, was a successful and well-respected businessman who made a significant contribution to the development of the City of Vancouver. The construction of 'Fairacres' spawned the transformation of the Deer Lake area from a farming community into a preferred location for elite suburban homes. 'Fairacres' is significant to the City of Burnaby as its first civic heritage conservation project. Acquired in 1966 for conversion to Burnaby’s first art gallery, it was dedicated in 1967 to mark Canada’s Centennial of Confederation.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the ‘Fairacres’ mansion include its: - setting in relation to the gardens, its former market garden, and the vistas to Deer Lake and other grand homes in the area - side gable roof with prominent dormers and cedar shingle cladding - verandah across the eastern (garden) facade, with its view over the landscaped gardens and the distant mountains - porte cochere with its side steps for those arriving by automobile, and central raised step for those alighting from horse-drawn carriages - rich variety of exterior elements that demonstrate the typical Arts and Crafts use of local materials such as cobble stone chimneys and foundations, wide wooden siding and half-timbering - mixture of double-hung and casement wooden-sash windows, many with multi-paned sash - lavish interior spaces, designed for entertaining on a grand scale, including a billiard room with a beamed ceiling and an inglenook fireplace, and generous living and dining rooms arranged off a central hall - quality of the interior materials such as imported Medmenham tiles in fireplace surrounds, window hardware by Hope and Sons, and leaded stained glass - interior wood work including the staircase, and carvings by George Selkirk Gibson - remaining formal Edwardian garden landscape elements, including the cross-axial plan that reflects the relationship of the mansion to its 'outdoor rooms'

Locality: Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Douglas-Gilpin Area

Architect: Robert Mackay Fripp

Builder: James Charles Allen; George Selkirk Gibson

Function: Primary Current--Museum; Primary Historic--Estate

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. No. 004-493-311 Legal Description: Block 3 Except: Part subdivided by Plan 26865, District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536

Boundaries: ‘Fairacres’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6344 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area: 17,065.00

Contributing Resource: Building; Landscape Feature

Ownership: Public (local)

Other Collection: City of Burnaby, Visual Art Collection: Original rendering by R.P.S. Twizell Burnaby Historical Society, Community Archives: Ceperley Photograph Album Burnaby Village Museum, Collection: Carved dining room panels by G.S. Gibson and other hardware items