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Scope and Content: Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by the municipal Council of Burnaby, as well as drafts of bylaws that did not receive final adoption or a final reading. Bylaws pertain to all aspects of municipal government, including, but not limited to, public works, land and building reg…

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1892-2010

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Bylaws series

Description Level: Series

Scope and Content: Series consists of all bylaws passed, signed and sealed by the municipal Council of Burnaby, as well as drafts of bylaws that did not receive final adoption or a final reading. Bylaws pertain to all aspects of municipal government, including, but not limited to, public works, land and building regulation, taxation, finance, licensing, public health and safety, and recreation and culture. Series also includes files of correspondence and other documents related to the development of individual bylaws and municipal bylaw elections, as well as appendices to bylaws, including maps, plans, and engineering related comprehensive development drawings (CD plans). Included also are bylaw record books, which list all bylaws and related information, such as dates of reading and final adoption dates. Bylaws are numbered sequentially and are arranged according to bylaw number.

Formats: Microfiche copies are available in the Clerk’s Department vault for bylaws number 1 to 10584.

Media Type: Textual Record

Debenture Bylaws to Repay the Municipality

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39079

Meeting Date: 27-May-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 39079

Meeting Date: 27-May-1957

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 39079

27-May-1957 Meeting Minutes

Debenture Retirement Fund Bylaws 3326 and 3502

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 37885

Meeting Date: 9-Nov-1959

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 44

Item No.: 10

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 37885

Meeting Date: 9-Nov-1959

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 44

Item No.: 10

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Deputation of the Whole Council Proceed at Once to Victoria re Bylaws 120 and 121

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80305

Meeting Date: 12-Aug-1912

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80305

Meeting Date: 12-Aug-1912

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 80305

12-Aug-1912 Meeting Minutes

District Improvement Bylaws Estimate of Works

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 46259

Meeting Date: 5-May-1952

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 46259

Meeting Date: 5-May-1952

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 46259

5-May-1952 Meeting Minutes

District Improvement Bylaws No. 1 and 2, 1951

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 46852

Meeting Date: 20-Aug-1951

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 46852

Meeting Date: 20-Aug-1951

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 46852

20-Aug-1951 Meeting Minutes

Expenditure Authorized by Bylaws No. 122, 128 and 129

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80356

Meeting Date: 23-Sep-1912

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 80356

Meeting Date: 23-Sep-1912

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 80356

23-Sep-1912 Meeting Minutes

Memorandum of Bylaws for Revising and Consolidating the Laws of the Municipality

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 74370

Meeting Date: 25-Jan-1911

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 74370

Meeting Date: 25-Jan-1911

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 74370

25-Jan-1911 Meeting Minutes

Noise Prevention and Nuisance Bylaws of the Municipality

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45168

Meeting Date: 28-Jun-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45168

Meeting Date: 28-Jun-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45168

28-Jun-1954 Meeting Minutes

North Fraser Harbour Board - Financial statements, reports, bylaws

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926-1958

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Description Level: File

Physical Description: 2 folders textual records and cartographic material

Scope and Content: File includes blueprint plan regarding foreshore application fronting.

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Date: 1926-1958

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Series: Clerk's Department record series

Physical Description: 2 folders textual records and cartographic material

Description Level: File

Record No.: 3198

Accession Number: 2001-02

Scope and Content: File includes blueprint plan regarding foreshore application fronting.

Media Type: Textual Record; Cartographic Material

Notes: Plans/maps are located in file and have not been moved to map case.

Proposed Money Bylaws to be Submitted to Electors in Forthcoming Election

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 43801

Meeting Date: 19-Nov-1956

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 43801

Meeting Date: 19-Nov-1956

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 43801

19-Nov-1956 Meeting Minutes

Results of Referendums and Bylaws Placed Before the Electorate on December 11, 1954

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45562

Meeting Date: 20-Dec-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45562

Meeting Date: 20-Dec-1954

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45562

20-Dec-1954 Meeting Minutes

Return on Bylaw Election - Burnaby District Improvement Bylaws

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45688

Meeting Date: 23-Mar-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45688

Meeting Date: 23-Mar-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45688

23-Mar-1953 Meeting Minutes

Statement of Debentures Authorized Under Bylaws for the Burnaby School Board

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45857

Meeting Date: 13-Jul-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 45857

Meeting Date: 13-Jul-1953

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 45857

13-Jul-1953 Meeting Minutes

Treasury Certificate Bylaws and Spitzer Rorick Contract

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 79233

Meeting Date: 19-Jan-1914

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 79233

Meeting Date: 19-Jan-1914

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 79233

19-Jan-1914 Meeting Minutes

Burnaby Mountain Park & Centennial Pavilion

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1958

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

1 image

Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Centennial Way

Associated Dates: 1958

Heritage Value: The first formal park dedication bylaw covering Burnaby Mountain was passed in 1942, but the boundaries were re-adjusted in 1952 with the creation of the Trans Mountain Pipeline site. Significant portions of the mountain remained as dedicated park, however, and in 1957, the site was chosen to house Burnaby's contribution to the celebration of British Columbia's centennial - the Centennial Pavilion. The grounds around the pavilion became a favourite picnic site that provided for the first time a formal viewpoint and public access to other mountain trails. In the 1980s, the Pavilion underwent major renovations and opened in 1986 as Horizons restaurant.

Historic Neighbourhood: Barnet (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Burnaby Mountain Area

Street Address: 100 Centennial Way

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Central Park Entrance Gate

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

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.

Associated Dates: 1913

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

2 images

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

Images

Central Park Entrance Gate, 2013.. Front elevation. thumbnail

View of Central Park Entrance Gate and Kingsway, 1921 (Oblique view from northeast. Historic Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Coburn House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Coburn House is a two and one-half storey plus basement Foursquare farm house. Prominently situated on a rise of land along the east side of Boundary Road overlooking Kingsway, it stands among single-family houses later constructed on its subdivided farm land.

Associated Dates: 1910

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Minerva Jane Coburn House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

2 images

Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Minerva Jane Coburn House

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Associated Dates: 1910

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9184

Enactment Date: 08/05/1989

Description: The Coburn House is a two and one-half storey plus basement Foursquare farm house. Prominently situated on a rise of land along the east side of Boundary Road overlooking Kingsway, it stands among single-family houses later constructed on its subdivided farm land.

Heritage Value: The Coburn House is important as a surviving representation of Burnaby’s early settlement period, when the municipality was largely an agricultural and residential suburb. It was built in 1910 by carpenter William Kirkham for Minerva Jane Coburn (1868-1940), and three years later the builder and client were married. Together, they operated the Surprise Poultry Farm, and were frequent participants at the local Central Park Farmers' Institute Exhibitions. This house is valued as an excellent and well-preserved example of a substantial Edwardian era Foursquare farm house. Significant due to its generous size, dominant symmetry, the prominent verandah that wraps around the front and both sides, and the three roof dormers, this house retains a high degree of original material and integrity. The elevated siting of the house, its tall proportions and symmetrical appearance combined with its fine condition make this an excellent example of its type.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Coburn House include its: - prominent location on Boundary Road, on an elevated site overlooking Vancouver - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its cubic massing and tall, dominant roof form - Foursquare style as exemplified by its symmetry, square floor plan, pyramidal bellcast roof and three hipped dormers - Edwardian era construction details such as narrow bevelled wooden siding, broad horizontal eave band with scroll-cut eave brackets, and simple window surrounds - wraparound verandah encircling three main facades, with hipped roof, square columns and closed balustrades, connected to one storey extension at rear - projecting bay window on the main floor south facade - original double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, some in double assembly on the ground floor - internal red brick chimney

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: 002-653-427

Boundaries: The Coburn House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5170 Boundary Road, Burnaby

Area: 541.91

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5170 Boundary Road

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

Images

Exterior view, 2013. Oblique view. thumbnail

BBY-5170-Boundary-1976-556-054 thumbnail

Daniel & Amelia Mowat House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1913

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

1 image

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

Images

Front elevation, 2015.. Oblique view.. thumbnail

D.C. Patterson House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The D.C. Patterson House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence with a full-width front verandah and symmetrical saddlebag dormers. It is located adjacent to a ravine park and is part of the Winston Gate development.

Associated Dates: 1910

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Dugald & Frances Patterson House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Dugald & Frances Patterson House

Geographic Access: 12th Avenue

Associated Dates: 1910

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 10062

Enactment Date: 11/07/1994

Description: The D.C. Patterson House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence with a full-width front verandah and symmetrical saddlebag dormers. It is located adjacent to a ravine park and is part of the Winston Gate development.

Heritage Value: This house is significant for its associations with the Patterson family, who were early Burnaby pioneers. Dugald Campbell Patterson (1860-1931) and Frances Mabel Patterson (1872-1960) arrived in 1894 and settled in the Central Park district. In 1910, they relocated to the Edmonds District and built this family residence on Edmonds Street near Kingsway. The Pattersons were community minded citizens who served Burnaby through their involvement with local municipal affairs and politics. Dugald Patterson served as a School Trustee in 1912-13 and was one of the first residents to lobby council to preserve the local ravines as parks. The family name is remembered and honoured by the naming of Patterson Avenue and the Patterson SkyTrain Station located in the Metrotown area. Additionally, the D.C. Patterson House is significant as a fine example of a vernacular Edwardian era family house. The typical design of the Patterson House was taken from an Edwardian era pattern book, and demonstrates how standardized plans were commonly used by local owners and builders to expedite the construction process. This house has survived in an excellent state of preservation. Although moved from its original site, it remains as an intact representation of a middle-class Burnaby residence of the Edwardian era.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the D.C. Patterson House include its: - vernacular residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its one and one-half storey plus basement height, front gabled roof with hipped return over front verandah, symmetrical saddlebag dormers and rectangular, side hall plan with an asymmetrical front entry - typical Edwardian era construction features such as the deep boxed eaves, lapped wooden siding and cedar shingle roofing - projecting front gable peak, clad in decorative random-coursed square shingles, with eave brackets under and a louvered attic vent - projecting elements on the main floor including a square bay on the east side and a semi-octagonal bay to the west side - full-width open front verandah with irregularly-spaced square columns - closed balustrades with drainage scuppers on the front verandah and rear side porch - regular fenestration, including double hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows with proportionately smaller upper sash, triple assembly of windows in the front gable, and leaded glass in main floor front window - original front door with inset bevelled glass light

Historic Neighbourhood: Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Stride Hill Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 003-008-321

Boundaries: The D.C. Patterson House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 7106 Eighteenth Avenue, Burnaby.

Area: 5176

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Names: Patterson, Dugald C Sr; Patterson, Frances Mabel; Patterson, Frances

Street Address: 7106 18th Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view, 2004. Oblique view. thumbnail

BBY-7106-Eighteenth-1911-171-006 thumbnail

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F.J. Hart Estate 'Avalon'

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

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.

Associated Dates: 1912

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Hart House, Rosedale Gardens, Frederick John & Alice Hart Estate

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

2 images

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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Daniel & Amelia Mowat House

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D.C. Patterson House

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F.J. Hart Estate 'Avalon'

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