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Woodward House
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark500
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- 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.
- Associated Dates
- 1912
- Formal Recognition
- Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Maud & Harriet Woodward Residence
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- 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
- Google Maps Street View
Images
![Burnaby Lake Store, [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/475-001.jpg?width=280)
Burnaby Lake Store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38657
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside the Burnaby Lake Store on Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (old street naming system, this portion of Douglas Road is now Canada Way).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 21 x 26 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 475-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2005-7
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified men standing outside the Burnaby Lake Store on Douglas Road and Sperling Avenue (old street naming system, this portion of Douglas Road is now Canada Way).
- Names
- Burnaby Lake Store
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Burnaby Lake Store, [1911] (date of original), copied ca. 2004 thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/371/475-001.jpg)
Claude and Kitty on a footbridge
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39558
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Claude Hill with his daughter Kitty standing on a foot bridge over a small creek. In the background directly behind Kitty can be seen the Hill family home known as Broadview which was located on Buckingham Avenue. The Pole Line Road (later renamed Sperling Avenue) can also be seen. …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1910
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 7.5 x 10 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-877
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Claude Hill with his daughter Kitty standing on a foot bridge over a small creek. In the background directly behind Kitty can be seen the Hill family home known as Broadview which was located on Buckingham Avenue. The Pole Line Road (later renamed Sperling Avenue) can also be seen. At the far left, top corner of the photograph another house is visible. This was the home of Francis J. Peers, on what is now Rugby Avenue (5289 Rugby). This house was known as Greyfriars. Kitty Hill would later marry Bob Peers, son of Francis.
- Subjects
- Structures - Bridges
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Buckingham Avenue
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5730 Buckingham Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store, [1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-201.jpg?width=280)
Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38882
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 12.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edith Clayton standing on the boarded sidewalk outside the Burnaby Lake Store. The photograph was taken looking along Douglas Road (later, Canada Way), towards New Westminster. Edith is dressed in a winter coat with scarf, mittens and hat.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1913]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 8.2 x 12.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-201
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Edith Clayton standing on the boarded sidewalk outside the Burnaby Lake Store. The photograph was taken looking along Douglas Road (later, Canada Way), towards New Westminster. Edith is dressed in a winter coat with scarf, mittens and hat.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Douglas Road
- Canada Way
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Edith Clayton Outside Burnaby Lake Store, [1913] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-201.jpg)
![Hill farm, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-653.jpg?width=280)
Hill farm
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39334
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album and joined to form one panorama)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Hill family farm near Deer Lake. The panorama shows the buildings and fields and off to the right can be seen the Pole Line Road (Sperling Avenue).
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs : b&w ; 5 x 10.5 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album and joined to form one panorama)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-653
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Hill family farm near Deer Lake. The panorama shows the buildings and fields and off to the right can be seen the Pole Line Road (Sperling Avenue).
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Hill farm, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-653.jpg)
In the field
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription34502
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 11.7 cm mounted on cardboard 13.2 x 18.9 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of women and children standing outside in a field near Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road. Children at front of group, left to right: [unidentified], holding woman's hand; Maude Travers (future Mrs. W. Baine), holding hat; Kathleen Sprott, at front wearing hat; Robbie Travers, boy in whit…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1914
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6.6 x 11.7 cm mounted on cardboard 13.2 x 18.9 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 023-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of women and children standing outside in a field near Sperling Avenue and Douglas Road. Children at front of group, left to right: [unidentified], holding woman's hand; Maude Travers (future Mrs. W. Baine), holding hat; Kathleen Sprott, at front wearing hat; Robbie Travers, boy in white wearing hat; Jack Hart, boy in dark clothes; and, [first name unknown] Bond, girl at end. Children in middle of group, left to right: Mary Stone Sprott, wearing hat standing behind girl holding hat; Edwyna Hart (future Mrs. A.F. Peers), at behind with bow on head; Kathleen Mathers; Dick Peers, seen behind between two girls; and, Mary Gavin, blonde girl. Women and older girls at back of group, left to right: Dolly Bond (Mrs. Wylde of Seattle), wearing hat at left; Kitty Hill (future Mrs. W.J. Peers); Florence Hart (future Mrs. H.W. Godwin); Betty Peers (future Mrs. T. Freebairn-Smith of California); Helen Fanny Sprott, wearing hat; Grace Woodward (Mrs. V. Zala), wearing hat; Miss H.J. (Harriet Julia) Woodward (kindergarten teacher), in front; and, Bess Hart (future Mrs. Bird), behind Miss Woodward.
- Names
- Freebairn-Smith, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Peers
- Gavin, Mary
- Godwin, Florence Hart
- Bird, Elizabeth "Bess" Cross Hart
- Hart, Frederick John "Jack"
- Mathers, Kathleen
- Peers, Edwyna Hart
- Peers, Katherine Maude Hill "Kitty"
- Peers, Richard Dominic "Dick"
- Nadin, Kathleen Sprott
- Daniels, Mary Stone Sprott
- Travers, Maude
- Travers, Robbie
- Woodward, N.J.
- Wylde, Dolly Bond
- Zala, Grace Woodward
- Sprott, Helen Fanny
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Identification key accompanying (in envelope marked BHS 23.1), including labeled drawing
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Douglas-Gilpin Area
Images
![Maude Woodward, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-192.jpg?width=280)
Maude Woodward
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38873
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.3 x 6 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maude Woodward digging in the garden (most likely at the Burnaby Lake home of her and her sister Harriet Woodward). A bucket and shovel are on the ground next to her.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 10.3 x 6 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-192
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Maude Woodward digging in the garden (most likely at the Burnaby Lake home of her and her sister Harriet Woodward). A bucket and shovel are on the ground next to her.
- Subjects
- Geographic Features - Gardens
- Names
- Woodward, Maude
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Maude Woodward, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-192.jpg)
![The Spinney, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-652.jpg?width=280)
The Spinney
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription39333
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking north towards the Pole Line Road (Sperling Avenue) from the farm of Claude Hill. The photograph has been captioned "The Spinney."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1915]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 6 x 10.2 cm on page 24.5 x 32.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-652
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph looking north towards the Pole Line Road (Sperling Avenue) from the farm of Claude Hill. The photograph has been captioned "The Spinney."
- Subjects
- Agriculture - Farms
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![The Spinney, [1915] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-652.jpg)
![Woodward house, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-190.jpg?width=280)
Woodward house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38871
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the home belonging to Maude and Harriet Woodward, early residents of the Burnaby Lake area. The cottage was a prefabricated building designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and was manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company and erected here in …
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1910]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 6 x 10.5 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-190
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the home belonging to Maude and Harriet Woodward, early residents of the Burnaby Lake area. The cottage was a prefabricated building designed by J.J. Mahoney and architect Joseph Bowman and was manufactured in Vancouver by the B.C. Mills Timber and Trading Company and erected here in 1904. Maude Woodward established a post-office here which was operated by her sister, Harriet. Harriet also began a small private school here, the first in Burnaby Lake. The cottage was enlarged with several additions until 1912 when the Woodwards built a new house.
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5141 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Woodward house, [1910] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-190.jpg)
![Woodward house, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-191.jpg?width=280)
Woodward house
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription38872
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.2 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the home of Maude Woodward and her sister Harriet Woodward. A caption beneath the photograph reads: "Burnaby Lake Post Office and School 1910-1934."
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1912]
- Collection/Fonds
- Peers Family and Hill Family fonds
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 4 x 6.2 cm on page 14 x 17.5 cm (pasted in album)
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 477-191
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2007-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the home of Maude Woodward and her sister Harriet Woodward. A caption beneath the photograph reads: "Burnaby Lake Post Office and School 1910-1934."
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on caption accompanying photograph
- Geographic Access
- Sperling Avenue
- Street Address
- 5195 Sperling Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
Images
![Woodward house, [1912] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/477/477-191.jpg)