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Agnes & Elizabeth Michie Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: c.1935

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Yale Street

Associated Dates: c.1935

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This interwar bungalow is beautifully preserved and retains many original features. Symmetrical in design, with two steeply-pitched front gables that flank a central arched gable over the front entrance, it also retains its narrow arched windows and projecting purlins in the front gables. Narrow sidelights flank the front door. The matching front elevation windows are typical of the period, with double-hung sash flanking a plate glass “picture window” with a curved transom; the upper panes are cross-leaded. This house was built by Agnes Michie and Elizabeth D. Michie.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Heights Area

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 3894 Yale Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Agnes & Elizabeth Michie Residence, 2013.. North elevation.. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Agnes & Elizabeth Michie Residence, 2013. (East elevation. Exterior Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Alta Vista Baptist Church

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Church building.

Associated Dates: 1936

Other Names: Royal Oak Community Church

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Royal Oak Community Church

Geographic Access: Royal Oak Avenue

Associated Dates: 1936

Description: Church building.

Heritage Value: This Baptist congregation originally held services in a tent at the corner of McGregor Avenue and Portland but they soon were able to build a small church. A membership drive by Pastor Arthur James Bowbrick (1875-1961) was so successful that the congregation was able build this fine structure, prominently located at the corner of Victory Street. Although it has been altered with later additions and stucco over the original siding, the original windows and the rooftop belfry remain.

Locality: Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 7175 Royal Oak Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Alta Vista Baptist Church, 2013.. East elevation.. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Alta Vista Baptist Church, 2013. (View from the northeast. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Alta Vista Baptist Church, 2013. (South elevation. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Alta Vista 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: As with many areas of Burnaby during this period, the years after World War Two marked a rapid growth in residential development in the Alta-Vista Neighbourhood. Subdivisions like Sussex and Suncrest were built and new schools and amenities were constructed to meet the demands of increased population.

Historic Neighbourhood: Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Sussex-Nelson Area

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Annie Barrett-Lennard Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: c.1935

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Parker Street

Associated Dates: c.1935

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: Built for Annie Barrett-Lennard, this British Arts and Crafts residence has retained many of its original features, such as its stucco and half-timbering exterior with a cat’s slide roof over the front entrance. The steeply-pitched gables, asymmetrical half-massing, leaded windows and pegged joinery are all references to traditional British antecedents.

Locality: Capitol Hill

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Parkcrest-Aubrey Area

Area: 1227.44

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5450 Parker Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Barnet 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: In 1925, the mill at Barnet was under new ownership and was known as the Barnet Lumber Company. It was one of the most successful local employers in Burnaby until the 1930s, when the economic crisis of the Great Depression resulted in a strike at the mill. The City of Burnaby eventually assumed control of the site - including all of the homes - when the company failed to pay its taxes. The City then dismantled the mill and resold the property in two parts - the eastern section would become the Kapoor sawmill and the western portion, the McColl-Frontenac Oil Company.

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

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Bishop Block

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Commercial building.

Associated Dates: 1935

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Hastings Street

Associated Dates: 1935

Description: Commercial building.

Heritage Value: This one-storey commercial block retains its original division into three retail units. An eclectic Spanish Colonial Revival character is imparted by the use of visor roofs, covered in metal pantiles, that extend over the recessed entries. The stepped parapets are more reminiscent of the Art Deco style. Each of the three retail spaces retains their plate glass display windows. This commercial block was owned in 1939 by Mary J. Bishop of Vancouver.

Locality: Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood: Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Willingdon Heights Area

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 3736 Hastings Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of the Bishop Block, 2013.. Front elevation.. thumbnail

Exterior view of the Bishop Block, 2013. (Oblique view. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.
Historic view of the Bishop Block, 2013. (Front elevation. Historic Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby Archives 476-018. thumbnail

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Brentwood 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: In July, 1953, Burnaby's Municipal Council gave approval for the construction of a $12,000,000 residential and shopping development to be called Brentwood Park, located on the northeast corner of Lougheed and Willingdon. Plans called for about 400 homes and a 30-acre shopping centre to be built in this new subdivision - the first large residential subdivision in Burnaby to be developed with sewers and paved streets as well as other services.

Planning Study Area: Brentwood Area

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Broadview 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: Development in the Broadview area slowed during World War Two, but after the war, the area became home to a number of industrial sites. The first major plant to be built here was the Dominion Bridge Company which opened in 1930.

Historic Neighbourhood: Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Cascade-Schou Area

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Burnaby Lake 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: After World War I and the Great Depression of the 1930s, more homes were constructed and subdivisions created in the Burnaby Lake district. The area around Deer Lake gained a reputation for being an "artistic development of commodious homes with park-like grounds."

Historic Neighbourhood: Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Lake Area

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Burnaby North High School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1923-1982

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Willingdon Avenue

Associated Dates: 1923-1982

Heritage Value: Burnaby North and Burnaby South were the first high schools built in the City. Before the high school opened, Burnaby students had to travel to Vancouver if they wished to pursue education beyond an elementary level. In 1921, arrangements were made to use the basement of the Presbyterian Church for instruction of local students. By 1922 the Burnaby North High School opened at its first permanent location (4375 Pandora Street - which is now Rosser Elementary). In 1945, the Willingdon Avenue site was built and was used until a new building was constructed in 1961 on Hammarskjold Drive. From 1962, the school was used as Burnaby Heights Junior High school, but it closed in 1982 and the junior high students went to the new Burnaby North on Hammarskjold.

Historic Neighbourhood: Capitol Hill (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Capitol Hill Area

Street Address: 250 Willingdon Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Burnaby South High School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1922-1988

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates: 1922-1988

Heritage Value: Burnaby South and Burnaby North were Burnaby's first high schools. The first rooms of the school were built in 1922 on the same grounds as the Kingsway East Elementary School. In 1940, a two-storey building was erected and additions were made in 1963, 1967 and 1972. Kingsway East closed in 1925 and its buildings were used by the high school for Industrial Arts and Home Economics. In the early 1990s, a new "urban education centre" (Burnaby South/B.C. School for the Deaf) was opened, replacing the old Burnaby South High School.

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Kingsway-Beresford Area

Street Address: 6650 Southoaks Crescent

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Burquitlam 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: By the 1950s, the Burquitlam Neighbourhood was becoming a residential and commercial centre for the northeast section of Burnaby. The Sullivan Heights area was developed as a single-family residential area with the Lyndhurst School opening in 1954. The completion of the Lougheed Highway in 1953 encouraged more commercial and retail development and fostered the growth of the neighbourhood throughout this period.