Ocean View Burial Park - Chapel
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark628
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1936
- Description
- Church building.
- Heritage Value
- Subsequent work at Ocean View was designed by local architects Sharp & Thompson through the 1950s, including the stone-faced Garden Chapel, built in 1936 as a replica of a Norman church. Prominent stone gates also replaced the original gates at the corner entrance. George Sharp (1880-1974) and Charles Thompson (1878-1961) formed Vancouver’s longest surviving architectural firm in 1908. They were born, educated and articled in London, before arriving in Vancouver via different routes. In 1912, the firm won the competition for the new University of British Columbia.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Architect
- Sharp & Thompson
- Area
- 359280.00
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
Images
Ocean View Burial Park - Landscape
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark629
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Associated Dates
- 1919
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- 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
Images
Ocean View Burial Park - Mausoleum
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/landmark630
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Associated Dates
- 1928
- Description
- Cemetery site.
- Heritage Value
- In 1928, the design for the Ocean View Abbey was provided by San Francisco architect Wallace H. Hubbert, who specialized in the design of mausoleums. This was the first large-scale mausoleum and columbarium constructed in British Columbia. Although planned to be a much larger structure initially, only one wing was completed in 1931 before the Great Depression halted further additions. Hubbert was born in San Francisco in 1891 and attended the San Francisco Architectural Club. From 1914-15, he worked for famed architect Bernard Maybeck, and during the Depression years he temporarily closed his solo practice and worked for Miller & Pflueger from 1935-1939. He died in San Francisco in 1948. Hubbert was responsible for the designs of the Sunset Mausoleums in Berkeley and Eureka, Evergreen Mausoleum in Oakland and others in Merced and Santa Monica.
- Locality
- Alta Vista
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
- Architect
- Wallace H. Hubbert
- Area
- 359280.00
- Contributing Resource
- Building
- Ownership
- Private
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
Images
Fountain at Ocean View Cemetery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37829
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fountain in Ocean View Cemetery near Central Park. A woman is standing behind the fountain, and the design includes statues of birds.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-417
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a fountain in Ocean View Cemetery near Central Park. A woman is standing behind the fountain, and the design includes statues of birds.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Fountains
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
Municipal Worker Mowing Lawn
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79442
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby Municipal outside division worker mowing a lawn at Ocean View Memorial Park on Imperial Street.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-294
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a Burnaby Municipal outside division worker mowing a lawn at Ocean View Memorial Park on Imperial Street.
- Subjects
- Occupations - Civic Workers
- Cemeteries
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
![Ocean View Burial Park, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3132-1.jpg?width=280)
Ocean View Burial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription98052
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of fallen trees and debris at Ocean View Burial Park, with towers visible in the background.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : b&w
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-3132
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of fallen trees and debris at Ocean View Burial Park, with towers visible in the background.
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on original file name
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 1999 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
![Ocean View Burial Park, [1999] thumbnail](/media/hpo/_Data/_Archives_Images/_Unrestricted/535/535-3132-1.jpg)
Ocean View Burial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36598
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the roundabout at Ocean View Burial Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 306-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-48
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the roundabout at Ocean View Burial Park.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Frank, Leonard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies item as no. 19610
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
Ocean View Burial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription36599
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a grave site and the surrounding cemetery land at Ocean View Burial Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1930
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 19 x 24 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 306-002
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1992-48
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a grave site and the surrounding cemetery land at Ocean View Burial Park.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Frank, Leonard
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- Photographer identifies item as no. 19652
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
Ocean View Memorial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79075
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of landscaping and ornament just inside the main entrance of Ocean View Memorial Park at the corner of Imperial Street and Patterson Avenue.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-136
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of landscaping and ornament just inside the main entrance of Ocean View Memorial Park at the corner of Imperial Street and Patterson Avenue.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
Ocean View Memorial Park
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription79077
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the mausoleum in Ocean View Memorial Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 8, 1976
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Public Library Contemporary Visual Archive Project
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 11 x 16 cm mounted on cardboard
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 556-137
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- Reproduce for fair dealing purposes only
- Accession Number
- 2013-13
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the mausoleum in Ocean View Memorial Park.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Ross, Martha
- Notes
- Scope note taken directly from BPL photograph description.
- 1 b&w copy negative : 10 x 12.5 cm accompanying
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
Woman in Ocean View Cemetery
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/archivedescription37830
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting just inside the gates of Ocean View Cemetery near Central Park.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1944 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Subseries
- Burnaby Image Bank subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 2.7 x 4.8 cm print on contact sheet 20.6 x 26.2 cm
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 370-418
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS1999-03
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting just inside the gates of Ocean View Cemetery near Central Park.
- Subjects
- Cemeteries
- Names
- Ocean View Burial Park
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- 1 b&w copy negative accompanying
- Negative has a pink cast
- Geographic Access
- Imperial Street
- Street Address
- 4000 Imperial Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Alta-Vista (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Suncrest Area
Images
Burnaby's heritage : an inventory of buildings and structures
https://search.heritageburnaby.ca/link/museumlibrary5437
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Edition
- Rev.
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
Arts and
Crafts style, such as multi-paned casement windows and
triangular eave brackets. The planted garden provides an
appropriate landscaped setting.
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OCEAN VIEW BURIAL PARK
4000 Imperial Street
Ocean View Abbey, Wallace H. Hubbert, Architect,
1928-31
Garden
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Collection
- Digital Reference Collection
- Material Type
- Book
- ISBN
- 0969282893
- Call Number
- 971.133 LUX COPY 1
- Edition
- Rev.
- Author
- Luxton, Donald, 1954-
- Wolf, Jim
- Place of Publication
- Burnaby, B.C.
- Publisher
- City of Burnaby
- Publication Date
- 2011
- c2007
- Physical Description
- 157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Library Subject (LOC)
- Architecture
- Historic buildings
- Buildings
- Historic sites
- Subjects
- Buildings
- Buildings - Heritage
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 2 copies held: copy 1.