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Webster's Dictionary
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2968
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Edition
- Rev. and enl.
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Call Number
- 423 WEB
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.117.7
- Call Number
- 423 WEB
- Edition
- Rev. and enl.
- Author
- Webster, Noah, 1758-1843
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Henry G. Allen
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 1625 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English language--Dictionaries
- Encyclopedias and dictionaries
- Notes
- Contributor's full name and dates: Goodrich, Chauncey A. (Chauncey Allen), 1790-1860
Sunshine : written in the interest of temperence, sunshine and good humor : for the drunkard, the drunkard maker and the drunkard saver
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3434
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV993.53.92
- Call Number
- 178 BEA
- Edition
- 9th ed.
- Place of Publication
- Hamilton, O[hio]
- Publisher
- Albert Dix
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 319 p., port., 18 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "Jan 1907 To Carbailey [?] Marshall I.O.O.G.F. Flower of B.C. No. 72 Vancouver B.C." [written in red pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Temperence
- Notes
- Author's given name and dates as follows: Beauchamp, Lou J. (Lou Jenks), 1851-1920
Complete etiquette and letter-writer : a guide to the rules and observances of good society, with full information on the subject of correspondence, and specimen letters that may be adapted to meet any case
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3551
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV997.30.1
- Call Number
- 395.1 WAR
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Ward, Lock & Co., Limited
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- Butler & Tanner, The Selwood Printing Works
- Physical Description
- 288 p. ; 20 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Etiquette
- Letter writing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Notes
- Includes index.
The psalms of David in metre
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary30
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.6.13
- Call Number
- 223.2 OXF
- Place of Publication
- Oxford, Hampshire.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Inscription
- "M.A. Yerill A Lmonte Ont March 20/90" -- handwritten in ink on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Psalms (Music)
- Hymns, English
- Church of Scotland
- Notes
- "according to the Version approved by the Church of Scotland, and appointed to be used in Worship"
- Includes index.
Prairie agriculture : containing a list of chemical experiments, a series of experiments on the growth of seeds, a description of how plants grow, a sketch of the formation of the prairie soil by water and ice action, an account of farming operations and of crops adapted to Manitoba, a description of diseases of crops, of insects, and of birds : an account with illustrations of the breeds of horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry adapted to Manitoba : advantages of mixed farming
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary175
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV971.120.22
- Call Number
- 630 PRA
- Place of Publication
- Winnipeg
- Publisher
- Consolidated Stationery Co.
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 259 p. : ill. : 19 cm.
- Inscription
- "Maggie E. Patterson Lockerby S.D. Man" [Handwritten in pencil on front endpaper] "Maggie E. Patterson Lockerby School 1898" [Handwritten in black ink on front flyleaf]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Agriculture
- Manitoba
- Subjects
- Agriculture
Biographical dictionary of well-known British Columbians : with a historical sketch
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary571
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Kerr, J. B. (John Blaine)
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Call Number
- 920.711 KER
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.60.1
- Call Number
- 920.711 KER
- Author
- Kerr, J. B. (John Blaine)
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver, B.C.
- Publisher
- Kerr & Begg
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- News-Advertiser Printing and Publishing Co.
- Physical Description
- xxx, 326 p., [42] leaves of plates : ports. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "Hold for refe" [handwritten in pencil on p. after front endpaper] "From the Library of Ted Dobb" [stamped in black ink on p. after front endpaper. with some ink transfered to previous p.] "A.M. Pound Vancouver, B.C." [stamped in red ink on p. after front endpaper]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- British Columbia
- British Columbia--History
- Biography
- Notes
- Author's given name: Kerr, J.B. (John Blaine)
The Sunday magazine 1890
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary664
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.3661.6
- Call Number
- 828.8 WAU v.1890
- Contributor
- Waugh, Benjamin
- et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Isbister
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- Ballantyne
- Physical Description
- viii, 860, 76 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Christian literature
- English literature
- Literature--Collections
- Periodicals
- Notes
- A compilation of the issues of The Sunday Magazine published in 1890.
- edited by the Rev. Benjamin Waugh.
- includes index.
- includes supplement: "The Flight of the Shadow: 'The Sunday Magazine' Christmas story"
- one of 11 volumes in collection
The Christian year
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1671
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4058.14
- Call Number
- 821.79 EDI
- Place of Publication
- [s.l]
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 244 p. ; 11 cm.
- Inscription
- "g 35" -- handwritten in pencil on endpaper (front). "To my dear mother / with loving wishes / from her affecate / daughter / A.E. Zate" -- handwritten in ink on the first page "1890 and --- years that follows" -- handwritten in pen on the first page
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Church year
- Hymns, English
- Notes
- "Aids to the inner life" -- cover
- "T. and A. Constable, Printers to Her Majesty" -- the last page
- Includes index.
Complete lectures of Col. R.G. Ingersoll
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1679
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV985.4086.1
- Call Number
- 815 ING
- Place of Publication
- s.l.
- Publisher
- [s.n.]
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 1 v. (various pagings) : port ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- Front endpaper: "W412" [written in blue ink] "With best wishes from Jack to Will" [written in pencil]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Speeches, addresses, etc., American
- Rationalism
- Agnosticism
- Free thought
- Notes
- "published for the trade" -- t.p.
The complete works of William Shakespeare
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1883
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.19
- Call Number
- 822.3 SHA
- Contributor
- Craig, W. J. (William James), 1843-1906
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- Horace Hart
- Physical Description
- viii, 1350 p., [31] leaves of plates ; ill., front. ; 20 cm.
- Inscription
- Half-title page: "Frank B. Street" [written in black ink] Verso of frontispiece: "Frank B. Street" [written in pencil] Back fly leaf: list of numbers and names of Shakespeare plays, written in pencil.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English drama
- English drama--Early modern and Elizabethan
- English poetry
- Notes
- edited, with a glossary, by W.J. Craig
- contributer full name given as follows: Craig, W. J. (William James), 1843-1906.
The pilgrim's progress
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1919
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
- Edition
- Abridged
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Call Number
- 823.4 BUN
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.59
- Call Number
- 823.4 BUN
- Edition
- Abridged
- Author
- Bunyan, John, 1628-1688
- Contributor
- Montgomery, D. H. (David Henry), 1837-1928
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Publisher
- Ginn & Company
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Series
- Standard English Classics
- Printer
- The Athenaeum press
- Physical Description
- vii, 119 p,
- Inscription
- "H.A. Sutton", stamped in purple on front endpaper "E" ?, stamped in purple on front endpaper "n883 / 101", in pencil inside front cover "25", in pencil on back endpaper
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Pilgrims and pilgrimages
- Juvenile fiction
- Notes
- "Notes and biography by D.H.M."
The Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning : vol. i
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1970
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.110
- Call Number
- 821 BAR 1890 v.1
- Contributor
- Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas R. Knox
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- Trow's Printing and Bookbinding
- Physical Description
- viii, 458 p. : front. ; 21 cm.
- Inscription
- Front fly leaf: "1 ___ 3 __s" [written in pencil] "Int 180 nil" [written in pencil] Verso of frontispiece: "To my Dear Friend Robert A Wobb Christmas 1924 Ellen TR. Wile" [written in black ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- "with an introductory essay by Henry T. Tuckerman"
- Vol 1 of 2
- A "complete edition" of this work, published by Thomas Y. Cromwell & Co., is also available in the collection.
The Poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning : vol. ii
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary1971
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV982.24.111
- Call Number
- 821 BAR 1890 v.2
- Contributor
- Tuckerman, Henry T. (Henry Theodore), 1813-1871
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Publisher
- Thomas R. Knox
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Printer
- Trow's Printing and Bookbinding
- Physical Description
- vi, 455 p. ; 21 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Notes
- with an introductory essay by Henry T. Tuckerman
- Vol 1 of 2
- A "complete edition" of this work, published by Thomas Y. Cromwell & Co., is available in the collection.
The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott : including introduction and notes with illustrations and portrait
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2491
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Call Number
- 821.74 SCO
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.30.4
- Call Number
- 821.74 SCO
- Author
- Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
- Place of Publication
- London
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Series
- The Lansdowne poets
- Printer
- Morrison and Gibb
- Physical Description
- viii, 629 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill., front. ; 19 cm.
- Inscription
- Verso of frontispiece: "To Miss Florence Hatch From a Sincere Friend __th McCarthy Vancouver, B.C. April 13th '93." [written in blue ink]
- Library Subject (LOC)
- English poetry
- Ballads
- Notes
- includes advertisement for "Selected List of Standard Works - The Imperial Poets" and "Selected List of Standard Works - The "Cavendish" Library"
Memorial and letters of Rev. John R. Adams, D.D.: chaplain of the Fifth Maine and the One hundred and twenty first New York regiments during the war of the rebellion, serving from the beginning to the close
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2492
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.30.5
- Call Number
- 921 ADA
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, [Mass.]
- Publisher
- University Press
- John Wilson and Son
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 242 p.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- Maine.--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
- United States. Army
- Notes
- "This volume is printed for private distribution among our father's friends and acquaintances, many of whom remember him with affection, and recall his helpfulness with gratitude. -- John Macgregor Adams. Albert Egerton Adams."
- "Privately printed."
Psalmebog, Udgiven Af Synoden for Den Norske Evangelisk=Lutherske Kirke I Amerika
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2583
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV975.98.4
- Call Number
- 782.27 SYN
- Place of Publication
- Decorah, Iowa.
- Publisher
- Synodens Forlag
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 574, 280 p. ; 13 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Hymns
- Lutheran Church
- Notes
- Written in Norwegian (Norsk bokmål).
- "Anden uforandrede Udgave" -- title page
- Psalmebog (574 p.) -- Collecter, Epistler og Evangelier (280 p.)
- includes index.
An elementary arithmetic
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary2788
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV973.26.140
- Call Number
- 513 BRI
- Author
- Bridges, A. M.
- Place of Publication
- Fredericton
- Publisher
- M.S. Hall
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Series
- New Brunswick school series
- Physical Description
- 184 p. ; 17 cm.
- Inscription
- "Blois Dougherty" - handwritten in ink on cover page. "H. B. Dougherty, / Vancouver. / 15th Feb'y. 1895" - handwritten in purple pencil on cover page.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Arithmetic
- Mathematics--Textbooks
- Notes
- "Prescribed by the Board of Education for use in the schools of the province of New Brunswick" - title page.
Domestic drugs : their origin, properties and use
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary6779
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- BV988.68.7
- Call Number
- 615.1 NEL
- Place of Publication
- Vancouver
- Publication Date
- 1890
- Physical Description
- 32 p. ; 15 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Drugs
- Medicine, Popular
- Geographic Access
- Vancouver
Joseph & Jane Wintemute House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark523
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The Wintemute House is a large two-storey wood-frame Victorian era country farm house with Victorian Italianate detailing. Designed in a symmetrical Foursquare form, it features a low-pitched hipped roof with deep eaves. Later additions to the rear of the house, and the extensive wraparound veranda…
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Burnett House
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Burnett House
- Geographic Access
- Berkley Street
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 6889
- Enactment Date
- 07/03/1977
- Description
- The Wintemute House is a large two-storey wood-frame Victorian era country farm house with Victorian Italianate detailing. Designed in a symmetrical Foursquare form, it features a low-pitched hipped roof with deep eaves. Later additions to the rear of the house, and the extensive wraparound verandah and porte-cochere, were Edwardian era additions. It is located on its original site, in the modern subdivision of Buckingham Heights in southeast Burnaby. The Burnett House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Burnaby.
- Heritage Value
- Built circa 1891, the Joseph and Jane Wintemute House is valued as a representation of the early history of Burnaby and its agricultural origins. Built prior to the civic incorporation of Burnaby in 1892, the house was situated to face Douglas Road (now Canada Way), one of the first roads built to connect the rural farmlands of Burnaby to New Westminster. The original large property has been extensively subdivided and the house is now isolated in a modern subdivision. Designated in 1977, the Wintemute House is also significant as Burnaby's first protected municipal heritage site. The house is valued for its association with Joseph S. Wintemute (1832-1911) and Jane Wintemute (1832-1910), who came to British Columbia from Port Stanley, Ontario in 1865, traveling via the Isthmus of Panama. Joseph Wintemute, a skilled carpenter and contractor by trade, operated the Wintemute Furniture Factory in New Westminster, the first furniture plant established on the mainland of British Columbia. In 1891, he acquired this property, where he set up a cord wood sawmill to supply his factory. Wintemute was likely responsible for the design and construction of this commodious structure, as it was built in an Eastern Canadian style he would have been familiar with. After the lands were cleared of timber, the Wintemutes developed the property into a typical small-scale 'market garden,’ involved in the production of vegetables and fruits, such as strawberries, for sale at the New Westminster City Market. The Wintemute House is additionally significant for its association with the speculative land boom that occurred prior to the First World War, and ongoing suburban subdivision. Charles Gordon, a real estate agent, acquired the Wintemute farm and subdivided the acreage, which he marketed through the People’s Trust Company as 'Montrelynview' and offered this house as a draw prize to lot purchasers. With the collapse of the land boom, the house remained in Gordon’s possession until 1929 when it was purchased by his brother-in-law, Geoffrey Burnett, a local surveyor responsible for many of the original land surveys of Burnaby. David Burnett, Geoffrey's son, requested designation of the house when the family decided to subdivide the remaining 1.4 hectares of property in 1977. Furthermore, the Wintemute House is valued as an excellent example of a Victorian era country farm house, based loosely on the traditional farmhouses seen commonly in nineteenth century Ontario. Designed in a vernacular version of the Victorian Italianate style, the house displays restrained detailing, including several original multi-paned windows notable for their vertical proportions. The house retains many original exterior features, and the original interior layout, although modernized during the Edwardian era, is substantially intact, including finely crafted maple and cedar interior millwork that was produced by the Wintemute Furniture Factory. From 1904 to 1910, Charles Gordon, the second owner, made a number of alterations to the house including the addition of the wrap-around verandah, a porte-cochere and a 7.6 metre by 9 metre billiard room in the Arts and Crafts style, beamed and panelled in Douglas Fir. These later additions and alterations have value in demonstrating the evolution of the house and property and changing tastes at the turn of the nineteenth century.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the Wintemute House include its: - picturesque original setting with views to the North Shore - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its symmetrical cubic form and two-storey height, with later additions to the rear - Victorian Italianate architectural features such as the vertically-proportioned original windows with vestigial window hoods, low-pitched hipped roof and Classical Revival details such as the corner boards articulated as pilasters - hipped roof with deep boxed eaves - horizontal lapped narrow wooden siding - second storey balcony over front entry - wide wraparound columned verandah with porte-cochere, with square trimmed columns - irregular fenestration: original Victorian era double-hung 6-over-6 wood-sash windows with vertical proportions and segmental arched tops; Edwardian era double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows; and Edwardian era wooden-sash casement window assemblies with leaded transoms - central front entry with sidelights and transom - multi-paned French doors opening out to verandah - interior features such as its 3.7 metre ceiling height on the main and second floors; the coal grate fireplace with elaborate woodwork and glazed tile surround in the front parlour; five other fireplaces throughout the house; maple and cedar interior millwork; and the Douglas Fir panelled and beamed billiard room with hidden doors, seven-panelled doors, original light fixtures and mouldings - internal red brick chimneys with corbelled caps
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-297-152
- Boundaries
- The Wintemute House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7640 Berkley Street, Burnaby.
- Area
- 1566.73
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Names
- Wintemute, Joseph
- Street Address
- 7640 Berkley Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Charles R. Shaw House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark525
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The Charles R. Shaw House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame late Victorian era residence, located on the grounds of the Normanna Rest Home development in East Burnaby, near its original location on this site. Originally a modest vernacular Victorian structure, it has been enlarg…
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Charles R. & Mary Shaw House
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Charles R. & Mary Shaw House
- Geographic Access
- 12th Avenue
- 4th Street
- 13th Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 10739
- Enactment Date
- 06/04/1998
- Description
- The Charles R. Shaw House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame late Victorian era residence, located on the grounds of the Normanna Rest Home development in East Burnaby, near its original location on this site. Originally a modest vernacular Victorian structure, it has been enlarged and embellished through later additions.
- Heritage Value
- The Shaw House is one of the oldest surviving houses in Burnaby, and is valued as a representation of a typical vernacular pioneer house in Burnaby, and a rare survivor from the late Victorian era. The original portion of the house displays a simplicity of form and detail consistent with early local construction, while the later additions display a more sophisticated approach. Originally built in 1891, this house is valued for its association with first owner, Charles R. Shaw (1834-1916) and Mary D. Shaw (1848-1897), one of Burnaby’s earliest settlers. Born in England, Shaw immigrated to Toronto in 1869, and relocated to New Westminster in 1889, where he worked as an employee of the Mechanic's Mill Company, an early woodworking plant. After moving to Burnaby, he was unanimously elected by acclamation as first reeve (mayor) of the new municipality in 1892. In 1894, Shaw sold his house and farm and moved his family to Kamloops due to his wife Mary's failing health. After Mary died in 1897, the Shaw family returned to Toronto. The Shaw House is additionally valued for its association with a later owner, James Brookes (1884-1953), founder of James Brookes Woodworking Ltd., a mill that was a major employer in East Burnaby. Brookes bought and renovated the house in 1917. In 1927, he built a much larger house on the property (now demolished), and the original house was moved to the corner of the property to serve as a gardener's cottage for Brookes' estate. The additions made to the house at this time employed sash and milled products produced by the Brookes plant. Although altered, this Victorian era residence remains largely intact, with Brookes’s later additions.
- Defining Elements
- Key elements that define the heritage character of the Shaw House include its: - modest vernacular residential form, scale and massing, as exemplified by its one and one-half storey plus basement height, front gabled roof, shed roofed verandah and asymmetrical plan - asymmetrical front entrance - cladding: horizontal wooden drop siding on the original portion of the house; cedar shingles on additions; decorative octagonal cedar shingles in the front gable; original decorated bargeboards at front, with cut-out details - later renovations to the front verandah and side addition which resulted in a partially glazed porch entrance and addition with large window assemblies - square verandah columns - irregular fenestration: double-hung wooden-sash windows in a variety of configurations such as 6-over-1 and 4-over-1 windows in the original portion of the house, 12-over-1 windows, and one 24-over-1 window in the front addition - small window at front entry - fifteen-pane French front entry door - internal red brick chimney with corbelled cap
- Historic Neighbourhood
- East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Edmonds Area
- Function
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Primary Current--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- 003-253-848
- Boundaries
- The Shaw House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7725 Fourth Street (legal address), Burnaby
- Area
- 9199.27
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Names
- Shaw, Charles R
- Street Address
- 7725 4th Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Royal Oak Hotel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark726
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Kingsway
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Heritage Value
- One of the most notorious landmarks in Burnaby was the Royal Oak Hotel, constructed around 1891 at the present-day northeast corner of Kingsway and Royal Oak. Levis Morrison built the hotel, then sold out to Charles Cridland, whose poor hotel reputation prompted Burnaby council to hire its second police constable. The hotel continued to operate until 1973 when it was demolished to build a Safeway store.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Marlborough Area
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Central Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark728
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Heritage Value
- In 1860, as the Royal Engineers constructed the road from New Westminster to Vancouver (now Kingsway), a military reserve was set aside at the trail's highest point along the ridge. This reserve provided a particularly good scenic look-out since the original forest had burned down prior to 1860, the remaining stumps offered unobstructed views. By the 1880s, the city council of both New Westminster and Vancouver eyed the reserve as potential recreation ground. As construction of the tram line was underway, the Provincial Government moved to designate the whole reserve as a park. On January 14, 1891, the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia proclaimed it as a public recreation ground.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
- Street Address
- 3883 Imperial Street
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
Images
Powerhouse
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark731
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Griffiths Avenue
- Kingsway
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Heritage Value
- Constructed in 1891 between Edmonds and Highland Park on the Central Park Interurban Line, the steam plant provided power to run the line, then operated by Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. The steam powerhouse was replaced in 1905 by a B.C. Electric substation which was put into operation to receive and distribute power from the B.C.E.R. Buntzen Lake power dam. Prior to Burnaby having its own Municipal Hall, Council meetings were often held at the boarding house adjacent to the powerhouse and in 1892, Burnaby’s first Council meeting was held at the boarding house in 1892.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
Images
Central Park Tramline
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark732
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Associated Dates
- 1891
- Heritage Value
- In the 1890s, local entrepreneurs launched electric railways in Vancouver, New Westminster, and Victoria, eager to cash in on the promise of future growth in the major cities of the time. In the Lower Mainland, two companies started building electric rail in 1890: the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Co., which undertook the ambitious project of building the first real interurban line from New Westminster to Vancouver, and the Westminster Street Railway, who eventually built streetcar service and installed electric lighting in New Westminster. By April 20, 1891, both companies merged to form the Westminster and Vancouver Tramway Company. Local entrepreneurs Henry V. Edmonds, David Oppenheimer, Benjamin Douglas, and Samuel McIntosh, were the directors, all of whom had extensive real estate holdings in the area. Interurban service launched on June 3, 1891, travelling along 12 miles of track from New Westminster to eastern Vancouver, running through Burnaby – which was then an unincorporated area. Installing the single-track line from Vancouver to New Westminster through uneven, forested terrain was a mammoth undertaking. The clearing of the 100-foot right of way and laying the track called for a large work force, some of whom were Chinese "gandy dancers" who had worked on the Canadian Pacific Railway lines. The line was eventually taken over by the B.C. Electric Railway Company in 1897, who remained the owners until the line was finally closed on October 23, 1953 and replaced with the modern bus system. The construction of the SkyTrain along the old route in 1986 reintroduced passenger rail to this historic transportation corridor.
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Maywood Area
Images
Ten years in my first charge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary3115
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Special Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- Accession Code
- HV972.165.82
- Call Number
- 285.092 SCO
- Place of Publication
- Toronto, Ont.
- Publisher
- Hart & Company
- Publication Date
- 1891
- Physical Description
- xix, 357 p. ; 23 cm.
- Inscription
- "W 69" -- handwritten and crossed-out in pen on endpaper (front).
- "Mary Ann Urquhart's Book / Oct. 12th 1891 / Dunriegare P.a / Glengaray Cl Ont." -- handwritten in ink on endpaper (front).
- "F.J. M. Prat" -- handwriteen in pencil on endpaper (back).
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Presbyterian Church--Canada
- Presbyterian Church--Correspondence
- Biography
- Notes
- Includes index.