Research

Ocean View Burial Park - Landscape

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark629

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Imperial Street

Associated Dates

1919

Description

Cemetery site.

Heritage Value

Burnaby’s landmark Ocean View Burial Park was British Columbia’s first non-sectarian cemetery created as a for-profit business enterprise. Organized by a group of local investors headed by Lieut. Col. G.H. Dorrell, the Ocean View Cemetery Company offered a place for burials that was not owned or associated with a civic government, religious or fraternal organization. The cemetery’s design was the vision of Albert F. Arnold, an officer of the Canadian Financiers Trust Company, who was “...always depressed by the lack of beauty in so many places of internment and inevitable neglect that finally reduced them to long-grassed places of unhappy memories.” One local newspaper described the landscape of the cemetery: "The design includes ornamental trees and shrubs, beautiful flower beds and smooth winding walks and drives, with a total absence of the usual somewhat ostentatious reminders of the harvest garnered by the grim reaper."

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Suncrest Area

Architect

Albert F. Arnold

Area

359280.00

Contributing Resource

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Private

Street Address

4000 Imperial Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Blue flowers

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription63105

Gilmore Community School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark587

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Gilmore Avenue School

Geographic Access

Gilmore Avenue

Associated Dates

1915

Description

School building.

Heritage Value

This Classical Revival school was originally designed as a two-storey four-room brick building in 1915, with a two-storey four-room addition in 1922 and an auditorium in 1929. It was built to replace a wooden schoolhouse that had been built on the site in 1912. The original section was designed by Joseph Bowman (1864-1943), a specialist in school buildings who was the school board architect for South Vancouver and Burnaby, with the additions designed after the formation of his partnership with Harold Cullerne in 1919. One of Bowman’s first designs for Burnaby was a utilitarian two-storey school that could be built with two classrooms and later expanded to eight rooms as the district’s school population grew; five schools from this design were built in 1908, and then four others in modified versions between 1910-16, including this school. This school was named after provincial politician Hugh Gilmour, but the spelling of the name was inadvertently changed by a civic clerk. The classrooms retain their thick wood doors, cloakrooms and rounded walls. The first addition was built by the contracting firm of Patterson, Cope & Thomson. Original features include the dentilled cornice that encircles the entire building and its red brick façade. The school was the first brick school in Burnaby and is the only school of this era left in Burnaby.

Locality

Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

Architect

Bowman & Cullerne

Area

7601.86

Contributing Resource

Building

Street Address

50 Gilmore Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Geoffrey & Kathleen Burnett Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark582

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Canada Way

Associated Dates

1914

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 13841

Enactment Date

28/05/2018

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

With its long, narrow plan and hipped, cross-gabled roof, this impressive residence was designed for local surveyor and civil engineer Geoffrey Kirby Burnett, who married Kathleen Wallen (1888-1978) in 1916. It was designed by New Westminster architects R.W. Coventry Dick & Son. Beautifully conceived in the British Arts and Crafts style, it features a steeply-gabled roof over the side entry porch, with square timber columns. Other decorative details include half timbering in the gables, first storey casement windows with leaded transom lights and decorative window hoods on the side elevation.

Locality

Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Architect

R.W. Coventry Dick & Son

Area

903.70

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

7037 Canada Way

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Lonsdale Guardhouse Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark617

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Canada Way

Associated Dates

1914

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

The house was built by Lonsdale L. Guardhouse, who was employed with the real estate company of Merithew & Ramsay in 1912. The British Columbian reported in November 1913 that: "Mr. L.L. Guardhouse, a well-known New Westminster man has recently let the contract for a home on Douglas Road near Edmonds Street. This Building is to be erected after the bungalow style and will cost when completed about $4,000." This Craftsman style pattern-book residence is notable for its unusual roofline, which features gently curved eaves. The house remains in excellent original condition and retains its lapped and shingled siding. Other notable features of the house include its pre-cast concrete block foundation–simulated to look like cut stone–and a rustic red-brick chimney. The front verandah has been altered through the removal of its floor structure. Many houses at the time were built from Craftsman-style pattern book designs, which were readily available in magazines and brochures. This house has a twin located in New Westminster at 315 Fifth Avenue.

Locality

Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Area

828.85

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

6985 Canada Way

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Schou Street School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark637

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Norfolk Street

Associated Dates

1914

Description

School building.

Heritage Value

This school was built to replace tents and temporary buildings that had previously been used for the local children of the Broadview neighbourhood. The site was donated to the School Board in 1911 by the real estate firm of Leibly & Blumer in anticipation of increased settlement in the district. The school was named after the street, which had been named after Nicolai Schou, Burnaby’s second Reeve. Originally designed in the Arts and Crafts style, the character of the school was altered in 1964 when its original siding was covered in stucco and the windows were replaced, but has retained its original form and massing, including its front gabled entrance with recessed doorway and twinned square columns. Of special note is the name of the school above the front entry.This school was designed by Joseph H. Bowman (1864-1943), a specialist in school buildings, who was retained as the school board architect for South Vancouver and Burnaby. One of his first designs for Burnaby was a utilitarian two-storey school that could be built with two classrooms and later expanded to eight rooms as the district’s school population grew; five schools from this design were built in 1908, and then four others in modified versions between 1910-16, including this school.

Locality

Broadview

Historic Neighbourhood

Broadview (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Cascade-Schou Area

Architect

Joseph H. Bowman

Area

7660.46

Contributing Resource

Building

Street Address

4054 Norfolk Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Sperling Avenue School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark744

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Sperling Avenue

Associated Dates

1914

Heritage Value

The Sperling Avenue School was opened in 1914 to service the growing community around the B.C. Electric Company's Pole Line Road (Sperling Avenue). This school replaced the one-room Duthie schoolhouse.

Historic Neighbourhood

Lochdale (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sperling-Broadway Area

Street Address

2200 Sperling Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Alfred & Ruth MacLeod Cottage

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark503

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Deer Lake Drive

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Located atop a hill on the southern shore of picturesque Deer Lake, the Alfred and Ruth MacLeod Cottage is a one and one-half storey, wood-frame, rustic Arts and Crafts-style bungalow. The cottage is well-maintained, but has been altered through the enclosure of much of its original wraparound verandah. Its sits on the brow of a steep slope, with panoramic views north to Deer Lake.

Heritage Value

The Alfred and Ruth MacLeod Cottage is valued as a significant example of the early development of summer estates in Burnaby, specifically in the Deer Lake neighbourhood, that attracted residents from the burgeoning cities of New Westminster and Vancouver. Access to the area was facilitated by the construction of the Burnaby Lake Interurban tramline, which opened in June 1911. This modest, rustic cottage illustrates the desire for a simple country lifestyle and retreat into nature of those who settled on the south shore of Deer Lake. While the grand mansions on the north shore of Deer Lake are set in formally landscaped gardens, the informality of this cottage demonstrates reverence for its natural, wooded surroundings, oriented towards views of Deer Lake. The Alfred and Ruth MacLeod Cottage is important for its connection with prominent New Westminster insurance and real estate broker, Alfred W. MacLeod, and his wife, Ruth. The MacLeods had recently constructed a large city home, and built this cottage as a summer residence in 1913. In 2005, the Alfred and Ruth MacLeod Cottage was purchased by the City of Burnaby and today constitutes part of the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, which is Burnaby's most significant collection of historic sites.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Alfred and Ruth MacLeod Cottage include its: - secluded setting on the brow of a steep hill on the southern shore of Deer Lake, with expansive views of Deer Lake to the north - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey rectangular plan, side-gabled roof, hipped roof over original verandah and two shed dormers - associated landscape features such as mature coniferous and deciduous trees surrounding the property

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D.000-708-038

Boundaries

The Alfred and Ruth MacLeod Cottage is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6466 Deer Lake Drive, Burnaby.

Area

13354.63

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Street Address

6466 Deer Lake Drive

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William Wilson House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark512

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

William & Annie Wilson House

Geographic Access

Wilson Avenue

Associated Dates

1913

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 10350

Enactment Date

22/04/1996

Description

The William Wilson House is a vernacular two-storey wood-frame Foursquare house with a hipped roof. It is situated at the corner of Wilson Avenue and Central Boulevard in the Metrotown area of Burnaby, adjacent to the SkyTrain line, and is now part of a multi-family residential complex.

Heritage Value

The house is valued as the residence of William Wilson (1860-1935) and Annie Wilson (1868-1966) and demonstrates the development of Burnaby from a rural, farming community to an early commuter suburb, and is one of the few remaining early houses in the Metrotown area of Burnaby. Reflecting the area's early history, it was constructed on a subdivided piece of the Wilson’s 3.2 hectare farm that once bordered Kingsway, the primary road linking New Westminster to Vancouver. To develop his subdivided property, Wilson constructed a bisecting street, named it for himself and situated his new home on a large parcel adjacent to the interurban tramline. Constructed in 1913, the William Wilson House is additionally valued as a modest vernacular example of an Edwardian era Foursquare house. Although simple in form, it is distinguished by an inset front verandah, front bay window and clipped ground level corner. Once commonly found in Burnaby, this is a rare surviving example of the homes typically constructed for the working-class families enticed to Burnaby as a consequence of the interurban tramline.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of William Wilson House include its: - corner location, adjacent to the old interurban alignment - vernacular Foursquare style as exemplified by its symmetrical form, square floor plan and cubic massing with pyramidal roof - cladding, with narrow lapped wooden siding on the first storey and cedar shingles on the second storey - recessed front verandah, with square columns and ground floor cut-away bay window - regular fenestration, including double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, and casement and transom assembly feature window in the living room

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

023-352-701

Boundaries

The William Wilson House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6088 Wilson Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

2824.9

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

6088 Wilson Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Central Park Entrance Gate

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark544

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Imperial Street

Associated Dates

1913

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The Central Park Entrance Gate is the ceremonial entrance to Burnaby’s historic Central Park from Kingsway, and consists of two massive stone pillars, approximately 7.5 metres high and 1.8 metres square, adjacent gate posts and a low flanking stone wall that curves into the park to the east.

Heritage Value

The Central Park Entrance Gate is significant as a ceremonial entry to a major park, for its connection with the early history of the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) and as an important design by an accomplished British Columbian architect. When the original interurban line between Vancouver and New Westminster was constructed in 1891, one of the first stations was located where the tramway crossed the Vancouver-Westminster Road (now Kingsway) within the newly-created Central Park. The interurban line ran through the park on a diagonal right-of-way (the current SkyTrain line, opened in 1986, follows this original alignment). In 1912 an agreement was reached between the successor interurban company, the BCER, and the Central Park Provincial Park Board, to deed additional land for an expanded right-of-way through the Park in exchange for improvements that included the construction of an ornamental stone wall and gate with an iron arch, with an illuminated 'Central Park' sign, adjacent to the interurban station on Kingsway. This was an early and rare example of an electric sign used for a public recreation facility. The Gate is also significant as a surviving early design by Robert Lyon (1879-1963), an Edinburgh-born and trained immigrant who was one of the most accomplished of British Columbia's early architects. After he moved to Vancouver, he was employed by the BCER from 1911 until 1918, and worked on a broad range of projects including some of the grandest and most innovative local industrial structures of the time. The arch was built by the Westminster Ironworks Company, one of the leading firms of its kind in Western Canada, operated by John Reid of New Westminster. The Gate was completed in 1914; in 1968 the decorative ironwork was removed due to corrosion and placed in storage.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Central Park Entrance Gate include its: - two subtly tapered massive stone pillars, which rise in stages from a larger base to a shaft with random coursed multi-coloured granite with roughly formed grey granite quoins, to a top formed of finely finished grey granite blocks with a coved and bracketed cap - adjacent gate posts with monolithic pyramidal granite caps - low flanking stone wall that curves into the park to the east, constructed of random coursed multi-coloured granite with a river rock triangular cap

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Organization

British Columbia Electric Railway

Central Park Provincial Park Board

Architect

Robert Lyon

Builder

John Reid

Westminster Iron Works Co.

Function

Primary Current--Park Fixture

Primary Historic--Park Fixture

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 017-767-172 Legal Description: Block B of Lot 2 Except Firstly: Part on Plan 8669 and Secondly: Part on Plan LMP4689 District Lot 151, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 3443

Boundaries

The property (Central Park) is a municipally-owned park that lies at the western edge of Burnaby, between 49th Avenue to the south, Kingsway to the north, Boundary Road to the west and Patterson Avenue to the east.

Area

853,403.82

Contributing Resource

Structure

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Public (local)

Names

Lyon, Robert

Reid, John

Westminster Iron Works Company

British Columbia Electric Railway Company

Central Park Provincial Park Board

Subjects

Structures - Fences

Street Address

3883 Imperial Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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T.O. Townley Estate 'Deerholme'

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark545

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Thomas & Frances Townley Estate, Loftus House

Geographic Access

Price Street

Associated Dates

1913

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The T.O. Townley Estate, 'Deerholme,' is located on a lake front property on the north shore of Deer Lake Park. The main house is a two-and-one-half storey symmetrical-massed wood-frame Colonial Revival structure, with flanking one-storey wings, a side gable roof and a central front entry.

Heritage Value

'Deerholme' was built as the retirement estate of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Owen Townley (1862-1935) and his wife, Frances M. Townley. Townley was a pioneer resident of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia: he served as a lawyer, Registrar of Land Titles for New Westminster District and Mayor of Vancouver for one term in 1901. Built in 1913, this is one of the most significant of the Deer Lake estate houses and was the last of grand Edwardian era mansions built on the lots surrounding the lake. The area had been opened up for development two years earlier by the construction of the British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Line. The estate speaks of a gracious way of life achieved by society's elite during the Edwardian era, supported by the use of domestic servants. Grand in scale, architecturally sophisticated and set in a bucolic landscape, this residence demonstrates the social status of the owner in the privileged classes of the rapidly developing social structure of Burnaby. The house is also significant as one of the earliest designs by the son of Thomas and Frances Townley, architect Fred Laughton Townley (1887-1966), who had graduated in architecture in 1911 from the University of Pennsylvania. In this house for his parents, he demonstrated his deft understanding of the American Period Revival styles learned during his schooling in the United States. The prevailing local taste for British-derived architecture dictated that this was a style he was rarely able to use until the Colonial Revival styles became more popular in the 1920s. F.L. Townley was a founding partner in Townley and Matheson, which achieved significant success as one of the most accomplished local architectural firms, culminating in their best-known commission, Vancouver City Hall, 1935-36.

Defining Elements

Key elements the define the heritage character of ‘Deerholme’ include its: - integration with its south-sloping lakefront site, which contains many original landscape features (extant rockeries, formal drive, tennis lawn, open fields, and specimen shrubs and trees) - two-and-one-half storey form with flanking one-storey wings - side gable roof with symmetrical shed dormers, three at the front and three at the rear - complex fenestration, including multi-paned wooden-sash double-hung windows, 6-over-1 on the ground floor and 6-over-9 on the second floor, and multi-paned wooden-sash casements in the dormers - pair of prominent exterior brick chimneys on each side elevation, clad with rough-cast stucco up to the roof level, and each with four chimney-pots - rough-cast stucco cladding - design elements typical of the Colonial Revival style, such as composed classical formality, side gable roof and balanced symmetrical massing - exterior architectural elements, such as classical columns, window shutters, fanlight feature window, multi-paned quarter-round windows flanking the chimneys, and projecting square brackets in the gables - superior level of design and craftsmanship throughout, including refined interior woodwork such as fireplaces, interior columned screen between hallway and living room and a staircase with Colonial Revival details - significant mature trees (such as Red Oaks, Silver Maples, and Copper Beech). - original guest house and stables, which survive on an adjacent property at 6176 Price Street

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Architect

Fred Laughton Townley

Function

Primary Current--Estate

Primary Historic--Estate

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 002-652-111 Legal Description: Parcel 'C' (Explanatory Plan 12891) , Blocks 4 and 5, District Lot 79 Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536

Boundaries

‘Deerholme’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6110 Price Street, Burnaby.

Area

14,099.52

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Public (local)

Other Collection

City of Vancouver Archives: T.O. Townley Residence, Original Plans, Add. MSS. 1399, Temporary No. 61, Location 920-D

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Street Address

6110 Price Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Kingsway East School

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark546

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Alan Emmott Centre

Geographic Access

Southoaks Crescent

Associated Dates

1913

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The Kingsway East School is a two-storey wood-frame Arts and Crafts styled building. The school, and the adjacent cenotaph and memorial tennis courts, comprise Burnaby South Memorial Park.

Heritage Value

This school structure completed in 1913, the oldest surviving public education building in the city, was intended to be the auditorium and gymnasium for Burnaby’s first high school. However, because of the 1913 recession and the outbreak of the First World War, it was utilized as the Kingsway East Elementary School for the Edmonds District until 1921. Burnaby South High School opened here in 1922, and after it relocated this building was used for a variety of school purposes until it became redundant. The school was rehabilitated for community purposes in 2002-03 and renamed the Alan Emmott Centre to honor a former Mayor of Burnaby. The impressive scale of the Kingsway East School is indicative of the relative size of the community and its growing demand for schooling at the time of construction, illustrating the value that early community residents placed on education. Built to plans of the Burnaby School Board architect, Joseph Henry Bowman (1864-1943), it also indicates the individual values and design control exercised by the school board during this era. It is also significant for its Arts and Crafts style, allied to the typical Craftsman residential vocabulary, which was employed locally for school buildings of the Edwardian era. By using a common architectural vocabulary, this allowed the institution to reflect the values and aspirations of the local community. The Arts and Crafts style also demonstrated an allegiance to British educational antecedents and a demonstration of loyalty to the Mother Country.

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Function

Primary Historic--Primary School

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 016-367-154 Legal Description: Lot 1, District Lot 96, Group 1 New Westminster District, Plan 86581

Boundaries

The Kingsway East School is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6650 Southoaks Crescent, Burnaby.

Area

6,070.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Structure

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Street Address

6650 Southoaks Crescent

Street View URL

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Alfred & Sarah Chrisp Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark556

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

11th Avenue

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Rsidential building.

Heritage Value

This high-quality Craftsman bungalow was built for Alfred John Chrisp (1882-1944) and his wife Sarah Hannah Chrisp (née Hindmarch, 1883-1954). Starting in 1908, Alfred worked as an accountant for the CPR in New Westminster, and he and Sarah were married there in 1910. This house features a front gabled roof and gabled front porch, and is notable for its elaborate stained glass windows in the front door glazing, sidelights and the narrow transom over the front elevation window. Maintaining a very high degree of original integrity, the bungalow features lapped siding at the foundation level, a shingle clad main floor, a combination of casement and double-hung windows and square tapered porch columns.

Locality

East Burnaby

Historic Neighbourhood

East Burnaby (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Edmonds Area

Street Address

7349 11th Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Angus & Mabel MacDonald Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark558

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

The Pillars

Geographic Access

Dundas Street

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

With its two monumental, double height columns terminating in elaborate Ionic capitals, this Neoclassical Revival style house is aptly named The Pillars. Other Neoclassical embellishments include a Palladian pediment window, pilasters with Ionic capitals applied to the front corners of the house and lathe-turned porch columns. Though it has been re-clad with a later covering of asbestos shingles over the original siding, it otherwise retains a high degree of exterior integrity with most of its double-hung windows and decorative elements still in place. This home was constructed for Angus John MacDonald (née Cummins, 1878-1955), Vice-President of A. Linton & Company Ltd., and his wife Mabel Jessie MacDonald (1884-1971). Linton & Company was a shipbuilding firm; MacDonald retired in 1942 after thirty years in the industry. A photograph of this grand house was often featured in the promotional material for the Vancouver Heights subdivision by realtors and titled “A typical Vancouver Heights home.”

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

3815 Dundas Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Daniel & Amelia Mowat House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark570

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Beresford Street

McKay Avenue

Associated Dates

1913

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 13058

Enactment Date

12/03/2012

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This home was built by Daniel Mowat (1848-1923) and Amelia Mary Mowat (née Hoy, 1848-1923). Daniel originally worked as a merchant, and was operating a chicken farm at this location as early as 1908, and later a goat ranch. It is one of Burnaby’s few two-storey Arts and Crafts residences. The generous proportions of the house, its broad, medium-pitched, front-gabled roof and symmetrical design serve as further features. Additionally, the house boasts a high degree of integrity, retaining its original shingle wall cladding, half-timbered gables and original windows – a combination of casement windows with stained glass transoms and double-hung windows with square, multi-paned upper sashes.This house is located adjacent to what was once the Central Park interurban rail line, operated by the B.C. Electric Company, which conveniently connected this area of Burnaby to Vancouver. The arrival of this commuter line in 1892 led to the suburban development of this area of Burnaby.

Locality

Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

6368 McKay Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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David Graybill Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark571

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Eton Street

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

Built by David Graybill in 1913, this house is a unique example of a two-storey Arts and Crafts house. The visor roofs, which shield the upper storey windows, and the second storey balcony, which was incorporated into the ground floor verandah roof, add to the house’s character and remain its most notable decorative features. Other defining features are the wide, overhanging eaves with triangular eave brackets. Though the wooden siding has been covered with asbestos shingles–an easily-reversible alteration–the house remains in highly original condition.

Locality

Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

Ownership

Private

Street Address

3757 Eton Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Horne-Payne Receiving Station

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark594

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

2nd Avenue

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Industrial building.

Heritage Value

Constructed as an electrical grid substation by the B.C. Electric Railway Company, the Horne-Payne substation was part of the expansion of this utility company to central Burnaby that occurred as a result of the opening of the Burnaby Lake Interurban line in 1911. The Receiving Station is intended to rearrange the company’s system of distributing power over the whole of the Burrard Peninsula. Power will come to the transformers there and be converted and distributed to the various substations in Vancouver, New Westminster and the suburbs...Work has already been started at the foundation for the new plant. (Vancouver Daily Province, April 29, 1913) When constructed the substation was situated within a forest clearing in a largely undeveloped section of northwest Burnaby. The area now surrounding the substation is heavily developed for semi-industrial purposes. This steel-frame and poured concrete structure was designed to be utilitarian, but with decorative detailing. The south-facing front of the structure features massed corners detailed with decorative relief panels at the roofline. Additionally, this well-balanced building displayed symmetrical fenestration with blind, and tall multi-paned steel-sash windows, some crowned with keystones. A tower added to the east side of the building’s front is the most substantial change made to the appearance of the Horne-Payne substation. This industrial structure was designed by prominent British Columbian architect, Robert Lyon (1879-1963). Born in Edinburgh, Lyon apprenticed and worked as an architect in Scotland until 1908 before moving to New York in 1909. In 1911, he began his career in Vancouver as an “architectural engineer,” with the B.C. Electric Company that lasted until 1918. After a short tenure in the lumber industry, Lyon returned to architecture, this time with his own firm in Penticton. Active in municipal politics, he was instrumental in the incorporation of Penticton as a city, and became its first mayor from 1948-1949. Lyon retired from architecture in 1958 and died in 1963. Lyon also designed the Central Park Gate in Burnaby.

Locality

Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

West Central Valley Area

Architect

Robert Lyon

Area

47400.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

3700 2nd Street

Street View URL

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James & Harriet Atkey Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark603

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

MacDonald Avenue North

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This Arts and Crafts residence has retained many of its original features, such as its full open front verandah with twinned square columns, shingle siding, and triangular eave brackets. Typical of the era, the front door has glazed insets and the living room window assembly has opening casements and transoms above. The second floor sleeping porch has retained its original arched openings. It has been restored and is in very good condition. It was built by C.A. Curseaden of Kerrisdale and sold to James William Atkey (1868-1956), a general store merchant, and his wife Harriet Ellen (née Bugg, 1868-1944) in 1915.

Locality

Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

Area

371.61

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

20 Macdonald Avenue North

Street View URL

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Johnson & Berg House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark611

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Eton Street

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This Edwardian-era bungalow displays an impressive mix of details added to a modest suburban form. A hipped roof was rarely used in conjunction with the Craftsman style. Here, the tapered verandah piers, attic balcony columns and gable screen reference the Craftsman style, while the overall symmetrical form and roofline are more typical Edwardian features. It appears to have been built as a revenue property by business partners and local builders, Herman Johnson and Ole Berg in 1913 and rented by them as late as 1939.

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

4247 Eton Street

Street View URL

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Murphy Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark623

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Gilley Avenue

Associated Dates

1913

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This bungalow was built for Joshua Robert Murphy (1861-1920), a mill superintendent, and his wife Elizabeth Ann (née Delby, 1871-1956). The Murphys lived in the house at least until Joshua’s death in 1920. A bellcast side gabled roof and central bellcast dormer accentuate the sophisticated construction. A full width verandah supported by tapered columns on tapered granite piers graces the front of the house. Originally, the dormer held an open sleeping porch with a segmental arch supported by short tapered columns matching those below. Despite this alteration, the house is otherwise in substantially original condition.

Locality

Alta Vista

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Stride Hill Area

Area

1567.37

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

8610 Gilley Avenue

Street View URL

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St. Stephen's Anglican Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark765

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Cameron Street

Associated Dates

1913

Heritage Value

The site of St. Stephen's Anglican Church is one of the historic landmarks of old Burquitlam. Originally this was part of the Alexander and Ethel Evans farm, Saint Phillians. Initial services for the church were held in the Evans home and later in the Burquitlam school. Alexander Evans donated this site to the Anglican Church in trust with the wish that it become a future church and consecrated ground for a family burial plot. In 1913, the parish raised the funds to build the first church. St. Stephen's was consecrated by Bishop de Pencier on September 28, 1913.

Historic Neighbourhood

Burquitlam (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lyndhurst Area

Street Address

9887 Cameron Street

Street View URL

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Kingsway

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark775

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates

1913

Heritage Value

The years 1911-1912 saw great expansion and settlement in Burnaby and large public works projects were undertaken to service the growing community. One project that was determined to be a necessity was the construction of a proper highway between New Westminster and Vancouver. The Province and the Municipality agreed to share the costs of construction (with Burnaby paying 25% and the Province 75%) and so Kingsway was built to improve the current Vancouver Road. The road was named after the famous King's Way in London, England.

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Maywood Area

Marlborough Area

Windsor Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Stride Avenue Area

Edmonds Area

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Woodward House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark500

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Maud & Harriet Woodward Residence

Geographic Access

Sperling Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Council Resolution

Enactment Date

26/05/2003

Description

The Woodward House is a two-storey plus basement, wood-framed house with British Arts and Crafts influences. It is set in a wooded landscape on a lakefront property, on Sperling Avenue within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct of Burnaby, with expansive views of the lake.

Heritage Value

Maud Sarah Woodward (1865-1958), a pioneer nurse originally from England, and her sister Harriet Julia Woodward (1879-1969), one of Burnaby’s first teachers, had this large house built in 1912 to replace the smaller cottage they owned nearby at 5141 Sperling Avenue. Farmer, builder and longtime Deer Lake resident, Bernard R. Hill (1858-1939), was hired as the contractor. The Woodward House played an important role in the Deer Lake community. The Woodward sisters were tireless community organizers and volunteers. This house served a number of functions, and in addition to being the sisters’ home was the local post office until 1949 and also a private kindergarten/school until 1935. Originally designed in the British Arts and Crafts style with a simple rustic exterior of cedar shingles, it is an excellent example of the type of residence constructed by middle-class citizens in the Deer Lake neighbourhood. The B.C. Electric Railway's Burnaby Lake Interurban line, which opened June 12, 1911, fostered the development of Deer Lake as well as other Edwardian era neighbourhoods in Burnaby.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Woodward House include its: - lakefront location, within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct - residential form, scale and massing as exhibited by its two-storey height, full basement, square floor plan and side-gabled roof - internal red-brick chimneys - British Arts and Crafts features such as cedar shingle siding, extant under later plywood - associated landscape features such as mature coniferous trees

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Builder

Bernard R. Hill

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Deer Lake

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D.002-507-064

Boundaries

The Woodward House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5195 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

1788.5

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Street Address

5195 Sperling Avenue

Street View URL

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Roy & Catherine Cummins House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark506

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Rumble Street

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

By-law No. 11959

Enactment Date

17/10/2005

Description

Located on Rumble Street in the Alta Vista neighbourhood, the Roy and Catherine Cummins House is a one and one-half storey, front-gabled rustic Arts and Crafts house, distinguished by the use of log construction and fieldstone verandah columns.

Heritage Value

The Roy and Catherine Cummins House is valued for its association with the early settlement of Burnaby. Its construction is linked to the opening of the Burnaby Lake Interurban line, which ran through the central part of Burnaby, providing access between Vancouver and New Westminster. The accessibility of the area, combined with spectacular views of the Fraser River, made Alta Vista a desirable Edwardian era middle-class neighbourhood. The house was built in 1912 for Roy Franklin Cummins and his wife, Catherine Emma Cummins (née Cook), shortly after their marriage. Roy Cummins was a lineman with the B.C. Electric Railway Company, an economic driving force in Burnaby. The Roy and Catherine Cummins House is a unique and sophisticated local example of a rustic Arts and Crafts structure. Roy Cummins constructed the house from logs cleared for the construction of Rumble Street; the house is also unique for its use of local fieldstone for its verandah columns and chimney. Reminiscent of park lodge architecture, it exemplifies the semi-wild nature of the area as it was being opened for subdivision. It is also an indication of how far Burnaby was removed from the more urban lifestyles and attitudes of Vancouver and New Westminster.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Roy and Catherine Cummins House include its: - location on a steeply sloping site in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its one and one-half storey height plus full basement, front-gabled roof and shed dormer, full open front verandah and partial rear verandah - peeled log construction including notched corner posts, log verandah roof framing and log balustrades - masonry elements including fieldstone verandah columns and internal chimney, and board-formed concrete foundations with fieldstone aggregate - rustic Arts and Crafts features such as the use of natural materials, tapered columns, front door with sidelights and exposed eave purlins - original windows, including wooden sash casement windows in multiple assembly with continuous transoms - interior features including fir-panelled walls, wooden mouldings and fieldstone fireplace - associated landscape features including terraced stone walls

Historic Neighbourhood

Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Sussex-Nelson Area

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Alta Vista

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D.026-635-534

Boundaries

The Roy and Catherine Cummins House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 4156 Rumble Street, Burnaby.

Area

718

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Street Address

4156 Rumble Street

Street View URL

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Jacob & Margaret Wysong House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark507

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Sperling Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

By-law No. 11978

Enactment Date

17/10/2005

Description

The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a two and one-half storey, wood-frame Arts and Crafts house with a hipped roof and hipped dormers. Symmetrical in massing, it is distinguished by its masonry verandah columns, foundations and chimneys. It is located on a corner lot on Sperling Avenue at Stanley Street in the Edmonds neighbourhood of South Burnaby.

Heritage Value

The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is significant for illustrating the early development of the Edmonds neighbourhood, a speculative subdivision that was created and marketed during the pre-First World War real estate boom. The area’s proximity to New Westminster, coupled with extensive views and two newly developed streetcar lines, ensured that Edmonds attracted a wave of suburban development. The scale of this house is atypical of the usual suburban lots, and reflects the prominence of this location and its spectacular views. Set on a large lot, the Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is a grand estate home that is one of the earliest, and most prominent, in South Burnaby. This is also an exceptional example of Arts and Crafts architecture, displaying the use of native materials that was a hallmark of the style. The first owners were Jacob Wysong and his wife Margaret. Jacob Wysong, a local contractor, constructed the house in 1912. The stonework is exceptional, and the use of rough-cut granite and fieldstone, with overall shingle cladding, recalls the rustic vernacular common in Western park lodges, and evokes a country lifestyle in harmony with nature. The hipped roof was designed with a flat top that acted as a lookout tower that provided views of the surrounding landscape.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Jacob and Margaret Wysong House include its: - prominent corner location in the Edmonds neighbourhood of South Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two and one-half storey plus raised basement height, symmetrical plan, hipped roof with flat top, hipped dormers, and hipped roof over the full open front verandah with a central front gable - masonry elements such as rough-cut granite and fieldstone foundations, verandah columns, stair cheeks, and external and internal chimneys - wooden-frame construction including original cedar shingling on dormers and facing verandah, shingling on remainder of house under later stucco cladding, and surviving original dimensional trim facing verandah and on dormers - Arts and Crafts features such as the use of natural materials, open soffits and angled roof overhang - windows including: double-hung 18-over-1 wooden sash windows; multi-paned casement windows; French doors to verandah; and front door with glazed sidelights - associated landscape features including surrounding mature trees, hedges and perimeter plantings

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Kingsway-Beresford Area

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Edmonds

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. 000-497-801

Boundaries

The Jacob and Margaret Wysong House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 6325 Sperling Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

1087.62

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Documentation

City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Street Address

6325 Sperling Avenue

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J.A. Thurston House 'Altese'

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark511

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

John A. & Sarah Thurston House

Geographic Access

Thurston Street

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9934

Enactment Date

09/08/1993

Description

The J.A. Thurston House is a very large, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Arts and Crafts style house. It is located on the south side of Thurston Street, near Kingsway and the SkyTrain (formerly the interurban tramline route), within the Metrotown area of Burnaby and is now part of a large apartment complex.

Heritage Value

The J.A. Thurston House demonstrates Burnaby's real estate and construction boom along the interurban tramline in 1911. The house was built for John Albert Thurston (1874-1944) and his wife Sarah Sedona Thurston (1879-1961). Typical of the entrepreneurial spirit of the age, John Thurston, a manager for the Leckie Shoe Company Limited in Vancouver, was also involved in real estate development, and purchased a twenty-one lot subdivision consisting of 3.2 hectares bound by the interurban tramline right-of-way to the south, Boundary Road to the west and Smith Street (now Thurston Street) to the north. Additionally, the J.A. Thurston House is an excellent, high quality example of an Arts and Crafts style dwelling, with numerous notable design elements such as the battered piers, the elaborate second storey dormer and stained glass windows with landscape and seascape motifs. The enormous scale of the house reflects a time when large families were common and domestic servants were needed to run the household. Indicative of the labour-saving devices and luxury features being introduced at the high end of the housing market, it was equipped with a built-in vacuum system, refrigeration, servant summoning devices and a round safe built into a fireplace mantle. The J.A. Thurston House also represents the proliferation during the Edwardian era of homes built from pattern books and standardized designs as a means to expedite the construction process and offer competitive costs.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the J.A. Thurston House include its: - location on Thurston Street, in the old Central Park district - residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its two and one-half storey plus above-ground basement height and regular, rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts style details such as the picturesque roofline, deep open eaves with exposed purlins, narrow lapped wooden siding on the first storey and cedar shingle siding on the upper storeys - broad and unusually steep side gabled roof, clad with cedar shingles - deeply-recessed full open front verandah with complementary recessed balcony in second storey dormer, incorporating both a gabled roof and shed roof - twinned and triple square bracketed columns on the verandahs and balcony - decorative battered verandah piers, supported on exposed beams - irregular fenestration, including: double-hung wooden-sash windows; picture windows; casement windows; and several stained glass windows with landscape and seascape motifs - tall brick external chimney on east facade - original interior features such as fireplaces, and wooden trim and floors

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Garden Village Area

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

018-224-113

Boundaries

The J.A. Thurston House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 3762 Thurston Street, Burnaby.

Area

3880

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

3762 Thurston Street

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J.D. Shearer House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark513

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

John D. & Katherine Shearer House

Geographic Access

Buckingham Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 10423

Enactment Date

26/08/1996

Description

The J.D. Shearer House is a one and one-half storey British Arts and Crafts-style house distinguished by its picturesque roofline, half-timbered rough-cast stucco cladding on the upper floor and battered window casings. It is located on the south side of Buckingham Avenue at Haszard Street in Burnaby's Deer Lake neighbourhood.

Heritage Value

Built in 1912, the J.D. Shearer House is an excellent example of the high quality residences constructed in the British Arts and Crafts style by affluent citizens in Burnaby's Deer Lake neighbourhood, promoted at the time as the equivalent of the prestigious Shaughnessy Heights development in Vancouver. The site of this house was part of Louis Claude Hill's Buckingham Estate subdivision. Development of these Edwardian era neighbourhoods in Burnaby was facilitated by the B.C. Electric Railway interurban line. In addition, the increasing availability of automobiles to the well-to-do families of the era sped up the process of urbanization in the outlying areas of Vancouver. Built for retired English military officer John D. Shearer and his wife, Katherine, the British Arts and Crafts design of the house represents associations with the Mother Country and the displays of patriotic loyalty considered desirable characteristics at the time. The picturesque charm and character of rural England is evoked in harmony with its woodland setting.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the J.D. Shearer House include its: - location in the Buckingham Estate subdivision in the Deer Lake neighbourhood - residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its one and one-half storey plus basement height, asymmetrical plan, front bay window and picturesque roofline - British Arts and Crafts details such as the half-timbering and rough-cast stucco on the upper storey, battered window casings, external clinker brick chimney on the east facade, deep overhanging closed eaves and bargeboards with distinctive lower returns - side gabled roof with gabled and shed dormers, clad in cedar - raised central entrance porch - irregular fenestration, including multi-paned transoms over casement windows - two internal red brick chimneys

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

023-316-977

Boundaries

The J.D. Shearer House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5573 Buckingham Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

1044

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

5573 Buckingham Avenue

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Andy Johnson House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark515

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Andrew M. & Margaret Johnson House 'Glenedward'

Geographic Access

Kingsway

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Council Resolution

Enactment Date

26/05/2003

Description

The Andy Johnson House is a large, one and one-half storey plus above-ground basement wood-frame mansion on a rubble-stone granite foundation with a red terra cotta pantile roof and an octagonal corner turret. The building stands in a prominent location on a corner lot on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s main transportation and commercial corridors, and stands adjacent to the Burlington Square Development.

Heritage Value

The Andy Johnson House 'Glenedward' is a valued representation of a prominent upper middle-class family dwelling from the pre-First World War era. Andrew M. Johnson (1861-1934), an early Vancouver pioneer, and his wife Margaret built this house in 1912, in an imposing style favoured by the newly wealthy of the prewar boom period. Born in Norway, Andrew Johnson arrived in Vancouver just months after the Great Fire of 1886 and went into partnership with J. (Ollie) Atkins in a transportation company that became the Mainland Transfer Company, eventually the largest of its kind in Vancouver. Johnson also operated Burnaby's historic Royal Oak Hotel, once located on the opposite corner from his estate. Additionally, the Andy Johnson House is significant for the high-quality design and construction of both the house and its landscaped setting. Designed in the British Arts and Crafts style, the house exhibits a rare degree of opulence in building materials, including imported terra cotta roof tiles, oak and walnut interior millwork, and stained glass manufactured by the Royal City Glass Company. The rubble-stone foundations and perimeter walls were obtained from two massive granite glacial erratic boulders found on the property. The house has been relocated closer to the corner, but the encircling stone walls, the gate posts and gates manufactured by the Westminster Iron Works and some of the original plantings have been retained. A grouping of three giant Sequoias, other mature deciduous trees and massings of shrubbery indicate the type of landscape setting considered appropriate for an estate house in the early years of the twentieth century.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Andy Johnson House include its: - corner location on Kingsway at Royal Oak Avenue - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by the one and one-half storey height, above-ground basement, octagonal corner turret and rectangular plan - British Arts and Crafts details such as the use of natural indigenous materials, half-timbering in the gables and dormers, picturesque roofline, cedar shingle siding, extended eaves, native granite rubble-stone foundation with red-coloured mortar, and granite piers and chimneys - additional exterior features such as the central front entrance, elaborate wrap-around verandah, porte-cochere and balcony at second storey lighted with original cast iron electric lanterns - red terra cotta pantile roof cladding - fenestration, such as double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows with stained glass and leaded lights in the upper sash - original interior features such as fireplaces, wainscoting finished with oak and walnut millwork, and three-quarter sawn oak flooring - associated landscape features including three giant Sequoias. granite walls, granite gate posts and wrought iron gates

Historic Neighbourhood

Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Marlborough Area

Builder

J.C. Allen

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Eating or Drinking Establishment

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

003-004-538

Boundaries

The Andy Johnson House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5152 Kingsway, Burnaby

Area

1424.21

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Names

Johnson, Andrew Martin "Andy"

Westminster Iron Works Company

Street Address

5152 Kingsway

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H.D. Morrison House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark521

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Harrison D. Morrison House

Geographic Access

Albert Street

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 10626

Enactment Date

22/09/1997

Description

The H.D. Morrison House is a tall, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence, with an eclectic combination of Arts and Crafts stylistic elements. It is now located adjacent to a large multi-family residential building in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Burnaby.

Heritage Value

The H.D. Morrison House is valued for its association with the initial speculative development phase of the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood, initiated during the Edwardian era as a high-class residential subdivision. Building contractor Harrison D. Morrison built this house as a rental property in 1912, at the height of the land speculation boom prior to the First World War. Buyers in the neighbourhood were obligated by the developer, G.F. and J. Galt Limited, to build houses worth a minimum of $3,500 at a time when the average house price was $1,000. Additionally, the H.D. Morrison House is a typical example of builders' houses of the time period, distinguished by the unique stacked balconies on the front facade. It was one of the surviving landmark residences built between 1909 and 1914 during the first development boom in Vancouver Heights.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the H.D. Morrison House include its: - location on a south-facing slope in the Vancouver Heights neighbourhood of North Burnaby - residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its symmetrical two and one-half storey plus basement height, front gabled roof and rectangular plan - vernacular Arts and Crafts style elements such as the exposed roof beams and rafter tails, decorative scalloped shingles in the front gable and decorative brackets - main floor full open front verandah on the front facade with two stacked balconies above, all detailed with square columns, scroll-cut brackets and overhanging roof eaves - bowed balustrade on main floor verandah - boxed eaves with scroll-cut brackets - recessed top floor gable treatment - cladding, including lapped wooden siding at the main floor and cedar shingles on the second floor and in the gable ends, with decorative diamond-cut shingles in the front gable end - front entry door with incised design, dentil detail and rectangular glass inset, with glassed sidelights - irregular fenestration: double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows; and three part casement window on main floor front facade, with diamond-shaped leaded lights in double transom above - corbelled red brick internal chimney

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

Function

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Primary Current--Multiple Dwelling

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

003-318-371

Boundaries

The H.D. Morrison House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 3765 Albert Street, Burnaby.

Area

2263

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

3765 Albert Street

Street View URL

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R.F. Anderson House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark531

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Robert Fenwick & Bessie Anderson House, Anderson Residence

Geographic Access

Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The R.F. Anderson House is a large, two-and-one-half storey Arts and Crafts style wood frame house, now located in Deer Lake Park, built as a family home and now used as institutional offices.

Heritage Value

The R.F. Anderson House contributes to the overall stylistic ambiance of the area and demonstrates that a range of architectural features can be read as a cohesive whole. Although designed primarily in the British Arts and Crafts genre, as were other residences around Deer Lake, it also displays some influences of the popular Craftsman style. It was constructed in the Deer Lake Crescent subdivision, which was originally promoted as an upper class neighbourhood. It represents one of the first residential developments in the City of Burnaby that required buildings to be of a specific value, thus demonstrating the desire for exclusivity among the successful businessmen who chose to settle in the area. The house and grounds illustrate the social, cultural, lifestyle and leisure sensibilities of a successful local businessman and his family in the early twentieth century; Anderson was a New Westminster hardware merchant and Justice of the Peace. The development of the house and grounds within a controlled suburban context also illustrate the values of the owners in the Deer Lake Crescent subdivision, such as social aspiration, racial exclusivity, demonstration of architectural taste, importance of a landscaped garden, and the provision of facilities for fashionable leisure pursuits such as lawn tennis. The estate makes an important contribution to the residential grouping now preserved within Deer Lake Park, and demonstrates the broad social mix of those who chose to live in the area at a time when it was in transition from a market gardening area to a more exclusive residential community. The R.F. Anderson House is important for its association with local architect Frank William Macey (1863-1935), the first resident architect in Burnaby. Macey was born and trained in England where he was well-respected for having published two standard texts for the architectural profession. He settled in Burnaby in the first decade of the twentieth century and obtained a number of commissions from prominent businessmen who were building grand homes in the new community of Deer Lake. He designed these houses mostly in the British Arts and Crafts style.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the R.F. Anderson House include its: - location within a park setting in relation to the W.J. Mathers House - irregular massing of the exterior and its cladding of drop-siding, with half-timbering and rough-cast stucco in the gables - picturesque irregular roofline, including an alteration in pitch over the front verandah, with cedar shingle cladding - interior plan with its generous entrance hall, staircase, and massive staircase window with leaded-lights - multiple-assembly wooden-sash casement windows - quality of interior features such as the Douglas Fir woodwork (some with original varnish finish); original hardware supplied by Anderson's hardware company; and original fireplaces with ornate tile surrounds - setting with the imprint of the lawn tennis court, now a garden terrace, and some of the original plantings

Locality

Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Architect

Frank William Macey

Function

Primary Current--Government Office

Primary Historic--Single Dwelling

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 007-525-931 Legal Description: North 225 feet Lot 'C', District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 6884

Boundaries

The R.F. Anderson House is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

63,100.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Names

Macey, Frank W.

Street Address

6450 Deer Lake Avenue

Street View URL

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W.J. Mathers House 'Altnadene'

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark532

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

William & Mary Mathers Residence

Geographic Access

Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The W.J. Mathers House 'Altnadene', is a two-and-one-half storey wood frame house set in a large terraced garden, now located in Deer Lake Park. Built as a family home, it is designed in the British Arts and Crafts style enriched by Tudor, Romanesque, and medieval details.

Heritage Value

'Altnadene' was constructed in the Deer Lake Crescent subdivision, which was originally promoted as an upper class neighbourhood. It represents one of the first residential developments in the City of Burnaby that required buildings to be of a specific value, thus demonstrating the desire for exclusivity among the successful businessmen who chose to settle in the area. The house and grounds illustrate the social, cultural, lifestyle and leisure sensibilities of the owners in the Deer Lake Crescent subdivision: such values as social aspiration, racial exclusivity, demonstration of architectural taste, importance of a landscaped garden, and the provision of facilities for fashionable pursuits such as lawn tennis. The estate is historically significant for its connection to William John Mathers (1859-1929), an early pioneer who arrived in New Westminster in 1876, an enterprising grain dealer, businessman, alderman, president of the Board of Trade and various other local organizations, and a 'public spirited and progressive citizen.' Designed for Mathers and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Jane (Whelan) Mathers (1869-1939), by Burnaby architect Frank William Macey (1863-1935), the Arts and Crafts style of the Mathers House contributes to the overall stylistic ambiance of the collection of homes now preserved in Deer Lake Park, displaying an eclectic array of details that give it a unique identity. The first resident architect in Burnaby, Macey was born and trained in England where he was well-respected for having published two standard texts for the architectural profession. He settled in Burnaby in the first decade of the twentieth century and obtained a number of commissions from prominent businessmen who were building grand homes in the new community of Deer Lake. He designed mostly in the British Arts and Crafts style and introduced the use of rough-cast stucco for building exteriors, a characteristic for which he was renowned. The house also has an important connection to Burnaby’s history as it later served as a convalescent home for soldiers wounded on the battlefront during the First World War. Indicative of the evolving functionality of the site, a classroom wing was added in 1939 after Benedictine Monks acquired the house and it was operated as the Seminary of Christ the King.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of 'Altnadene' include its: - prominent corner location within a park setting, in relation to the Anderson residence - irregular form and massing - irregular roof line, including a central pyramidal hipped section and open gable ends to front and sides, with cedar shingle cladding - exterior of rough-cast stucco and half-timbering - eclectic exterior details such as the Tudor arches of the verandah; and the medieval crenellations of the tower - mixture of double-hung and casement, with transom, wooden-sash windows - massive chimneys of Clayburn firebrick - surviving interior details such as fireplaces, doors and leaded glass - wrought iron gates, massive gate-posts inscribed with 'Altnadene' and granite walls at the corner entry of the property

Locality

Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Douglas-Gilpin Area

Function

Primary Current--Recreation Centre

Primary Historic--Estate

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 007-527-241 Legal Description: Lot 'B', District Lot 79, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 6642

Boundaries

'Altnadene' is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6490 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

17,065.00

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Public (local)

Other Collection

City of Burnaby: Salvaged original elements from the house, including fireplace surrounds, doors and hardware

Names

Mathers, William J.

Mathers, Mary Elizabeth Whelan

Christ the King Seminary

Street Address

6490 Deer Lake Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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F.J. Hart Estate 'Avalon'

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark542

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Hart House, Rosedale Gardens, Frederick John & Alice Hart Estate

Geographic Access

Deer Lake Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The F.J. Hart Estate, 'Avalon,' is comprised of 5.26 hectares of lakefront property now located within Deer Lake Park, an Arts and Crafts/Tudor Revival styled mansion and an associated later outbuilding. The mansion is now operated as the Hart House Restaurant.

Heritage Value

'Avalon' and its estate grounds are important as an illustration of the cultural, aesthetic, and lifestyle values of the wealthy families that settled in the Deer Lake area early in the twentieth century. These values were predominantly those of elegant country living and leisure pursuits. The estate is important for its connection with wealthy land developer Frederick John Hart (1868-1945), who was not only instrumental in the creation of subdivisions which promoted Deer Lake as an exclusive residential development for successful families in the New Westminster and Vancouver area, but was also an influential member of this new suburban community and of the emerging municipality of Burnaby. Hart had a wide range of business, civic, and political interests: his real-estate company managed many of the land sales in the area and numerous other large developments throughout the region; he was an entrepreneurial businessman associated with a number of companies important to the economic development of the area and British Columbia; and he was a 'public spirited citizen' and an alderman for the City of New Westminster. The architectural style of ‘Avalon’ set the tone for many of the grand mansions in the adjacent residential development - British Arts and Crafts in derivation, with eclectic details, particularly Tudor precedents. Designed for Hart and his wife Alice Chapman Hart (1867-1935) by Burnaby architect Frank William Macey (1863-1935), the use of references to Tudor England illustrates the relevance and importance to the residents of the area of a strong and visible connection with Britain. The first resident architect in Burnaby, Macey was born and trained in England where he was well-respected for having published two standard texts for the architectural profession. He settled in Burnaby in the first decade of the twentieth century and obtained a number of commissions from prominent businessmen who were building grand homes in the new community of Deer Lake. He designed mostly in the British Arts and Crafts style and introduced the use of rough-cast stucco for building exteriors, a characteristic for which he was renowned, and of which ‘Avalon’ is an excellent example.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of 'Avalon' include its: - estate in its entirety: house, grounds, landscape features and garage outbuilding - complex asymmetrical massing - side gable roof punctuated with massive cross gables at the front and rear and open gable ends - exterior features of the house such as the rough-cast stucco with mock-Tudor timbering; cobble-stone facings; square tower with mock battlements - multiple-assemblies of wooden-sash casement windows - tall, prominent corbelled brick chimneys - grand interior spaces and fittings: particularly the entrance hall with its carved stone fireplace; the main staircase; panelled wainscotting; Tudor-arched windows; and fireplaces with original tile surrounds

Locality

Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Architect

Frank William Macey

Function

Primary Current--Eating or Drinking Establishment

Primary Historic--Estate

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 002-764-431 Legal Description: Lot 6 Except: Firstly: Part on Reference Plan 14874 and Secondly: Part subdivided by Plan 77594, District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 11109

Boundaries

'Avalon' is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.

Area

18,792.29

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Public (local)

Other Collection

Burnaby Village Museum, Collection: Hart Photograph Albums

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Street Address

6664 Deer Lake Avenue

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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R.M. Edgar House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark543

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names

Robert McBeth & Maude Edgar Residence

Geographic Access

Deer Lake Drive

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 9807

Enactment Date

23/11/1992

Description

The R.M. Edgar House is a particularly large wood-frame Craftsman-inspired bungalow on the south shore of Deer Lake, built as a family estate home. It has a symmetrical front elevation, a deep wrap-around verandah, and a pyramidal roof with massive dormers on each face. Set on a large lot and isolated from its neighbours, the house is surrounded by a manicured naturalistic landscape.

Heritage Value

The R.M. Edgar House represents an alternative reading of the aesthetic and lifestyle values of those who settled on these lakeside estates in the early twentieth century. By comparison with the grand mansions, set in formally landscaped gardens, on the north shore of Deer Lake, the R.M. Edgar House demonstrates a reverence for the natural, wooded environs, and a deliberate orientation near a stream running through the property. The house is important for its connection with Robert McBeth Edgar, not only a successful and wealthy businessman (partner in the real estate firm Hampton and Edgar) but also an active supporter of the Liberal party, Dominion Returning Officer for Vancouver, and Burnaby Councillor for six years; his contribution to Burnaby and British Columbia was far-reaching and significant. The house illustrates the desire for a simpler lifestyle and retreat into nature of those who settled on the south shore of Deer Lake and also this community's attraction for those of an artistic temperament. Maude Edgar was a poet and broadcaster; and the Edgar's daughter - Ann, known as 'Bebe' - was an accomplished sculptress. This was the first house built on the south shore of Deer Lake.

Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the R.M. Edgar House include its: - overall bungalow massing and its location facing Deer Lake and backing onto a wilderness of Douglas Fir and moss-covered rocks, with a stream running through the site - remnants of the original landscaping such as the box hedge, rockeries and granite retaining walls - the surrounding naturalistic landscape augmented by ornamental cedars, maples, and rhododendrons - square floor plan with a deep enclosed verandah under a prominent broad hipped roof - symmetrical gable dormers - internal brick chimneys, including one at the centre peak of the roof - Craftsman-influenced exterior with such characteristics as: woodwork brackets on the square verandah pillars; deep overhanging roof eaves; and exposed rafter tails - multiple-assembly 12-paned casement wooden-sash windows in the dormers with 6-paned transoms - rustic Arts and Crafts interior with such items as Douglas fir paneling and large granite fireplace in the Drawing Room

Locality

Deer Lake Park

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Morley-Buckingham Area

Function

Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Primary Historic--Estate

Community

Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier

P.I.D. No. 001-178-024 and P.I.D. No. 001-178-016 Legal Description: Parcel 'D' (Explanatory Plan 4272) District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District and Parcel 'W' (Explanatory Plan 255) District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District

Boundaries

The R.M. Edgar House is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6450 Deer Lake Drive, Burnaby.

Area

11,661.30

Contributing Resource

Building

Landscape Feature

Ownership

Public (local)

Documentation

Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2

Street Address

6450 Deer Lake Drive

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Arthur Long Residence

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark560

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Stanley Street

Associated Dates

1912

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

Arthur Long, of the Water Rights Office of Victoria, purchased this land from neighbour Henry Ramsay, and built this beautiful Arts and Crafts styled home. The house appears to have many similarities to the neighbouring Ramsay House, which was designed by Vancouver architect R. Mackay Fripp. The house has retained its original complex gabled roof, triangular eave brackets and horizontal siding.

Locality

Burnaby Lake

Historic Neighbourhood

Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Lakeview-Mayfield Area

Ownership

Private

Street Address

7828 Stanley Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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John & Roseanna Clark House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark567

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Dundas Street

Associated Dates

1912

Formal Recognition

Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type

Bylaw No. 12640

Enactment Date

22/06/2009

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

While simple in form, this sophisticated Edwardian-era house is finely detailed and maintains a high degree of its original integrity. The symmetrical home’s most distinct characteristic is its full width inset verandah with octagonal columns supporting second floor projection. This was the home of John William Clark (1886-1947), an English-born carpenter who retired in 1926, and his wife Roseanna Clark (1860-1933).

Locality

Vancouver Heights

Historic Neighbourhood

Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Burnaby Heights Area

Community

Burnaby

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Street Address

4115 Dundas Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Dr. James Farish House

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark574

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Cambridge Street

Associated Dates

1912

Description

Residential building.

Heritage Value

This house was constructed as an investment rental property by Nova Scotia-born Dr. James Collins Farish (1866-1952). Farish was a Vancouver physician and surgeon and an eye, ear, nose & throat specialist; he retired in 1941 after fifty years of practice. In 1903, he married his first wife, Annie Gower Revely (died 1922). His second wife, Ella Jean Morrison (1887-1953) was originally from Winslow, Quebec. With its hipped roof and gabled projections, this house displays the typical elements of the Edwardian era domestic architecture. Features such as exposed rafter tails, paired square porch columns and bracketed bay windows display the emerging influence of the Arts and Crafts style. The ground floor windows are excellent examples of the multiple assemblies of casement, fixed and transom windows favoured during the era. A recent restoration project has extensively altered the original appearance and character of this impressive home.

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

3774 Cambridge Street

Street View URL

Google Maps Street View

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Edmonds Baptist Church

https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark575

Repository

Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access

Walker Avenue

Associated Dates

1912

Description

Church building.

Heritage Value

Beautifully designed in an Arts and Crafts idiom, this church features a textural mix of finishes including lapped siding and stucco and half timbering in the gables. The British Columbian reported in July 1912 that: "The Baptists of Edmonds will possess a fine and well planned church when the building now commenced is ready for occupation. The architects are J.P. Matheson and Son, of Vancouver, and the contractors, Muttitt and Bell, of New Westminster. The entrance porch fronts Edmonds Road and the west side faces Vancouver Road. It will have a capacity for 272 sittings, spacious aisles and choir platform besides various rooms for Baptistery, vestry and robing apartments."

Locality

Edmonds

Historic Neighbourhood

Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area

Richmond Park Area

Architect

J.P. Matheson & Son

Builder

Muttitt and Bell

Area

1471.58

Contributing Resource

Building

Ownership

Private

Names

Matheson, John

Subjects

Buildings - Heritage

Buildings - Religious

Buildings - Religious - Churches

Street Address

7135 Walker Avenue

Street View URL

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Henry & Elsa Ramsay Residence