Burnaby North and Burnaby South were the first high schools built in the City. Before the high school opened, Burnaby students had to travel to Vancouver if they wished to pursue education beyond an elementary level. In 1921, arrangements were made to use the basement of the Presbyterian Church for instruction of local students. By 1922 the Burnaby North High School opened at its first permanent location (4375 Pandora Street - which is now Rosser Elementary). In 1945, the Willingdon Avenue site was built and was used until a new building was constructed in 1961 on Hammarskjold Drive. From 1962, the school was used as Burnaby Heights Junior High school, but it closed in 1982 and the junior high students went to the new Burnaby North on Hammarskjold.
Although the Hastings street-car extension to Ellesmere opened in 1913 and there had been much speculation in the area during the real estate boom of 1909-1913, development in Capitol Hill did not really take off until after World War One when workers in Vancouver started to look to Burnaby for affordable but centrally-located neighbourhoods in which to build their homes. The 1913 one-room school had to be replaced in 1923 and in 1948, members of the community came together to build a new Community Hall.
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right): Jack Murray, Howard Golden, Andrew [Stanloft?], and Jack Dwyer, on the Capitol Hill School grounds. Jack is holding a ball on which is written; "[illegible] 1936".
1 photograph : b&w ; 4.3 x 2.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
Description Level
Item
Record No.
370-218
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
BHS1999-03
Scope and Content
Photograph of (left to right): Jack Murray, Howard Golden, Andrew [Stanloft?], and Jack Dwyer, on the Capitol Hill School grounds. Jack is holding a ball on which is written; "[illegible] 1936".