E.W. Bateman House 'Elworth'
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Description
- The E.W. Bateman House is a one-and-one-half storey wood-frame residence set within in a garden landscape. The house and its adjacent garage are the only historic buildings standing on their original site within the Burnaby Village Museum property.
- Associated Dates
- 1922
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Other Names
- Edwin & Mary Bateman Residence
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
- Repository
- Burnaby Heritage Planning
- Other Names
- Edwin & Mary Bateman Residence
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Associated Dates
- 1922
- Formal Recognition
- Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register
- Enactment Type
- Bylaw No. 9807
- Enactment Date
- 23/11/1992
- Description
- The E.W. Bateman House is a one-and-one-half storey wood-frame residence set within in a garden landscape. The house and its adjacent garage are the only historic buildings standing on their original site within the Burnaby Village Museum property.
- Heritage Value
- The E.W. Bateman House was constructed in the Deer Lake Crescent subdivision, that was originally promoted in 1911 as an upper class suburban 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 reduced scale of upper-class residential construction at a time of modest returning prosperity that followed the end of the First World War, and 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, and importance of a landscaped garden.
The heritage value of the E.W. Bateman House is its comprehensive representation of an upper middle-class suburban residence of the early 1920s. It was built for retired CPR executive Edwin Wettenhall Bateman (1859-1957) and his wife, Mary (Dale) Bateman (1865-1935), by contractor William Dodson in 1922. The Bateman House was designed by English-born and trained architect Enoch Evans (1862-1939) of E. Evans and Son, and is an important surviving residential design by Evans, and a typical example of the eclectic Period Revival influences that were common to domestic architecture in the post-First World War era. The symmetry of the imposing front verandah, supported by exaggerated Ionic columns, gives the relatively-modest house an image of grandeur and formality. Named after Edwin Bateman’s birthplace in Cheshire, England, ‘Elworth’ also symbolizes allegiance to England and the patriotic tenor of the time.
The heritage value for this house also lies in its interpretive value within the Burnaby Village Museum. The site is an important cultural feature for the interpretation of Burnaby’s heritage to the public. The E.W. Bateman House was purchased by Burnaby in 1970 and became the focal point for the development of the Museum. Both the interior and exterior of the house have been restored and interpreted to the date of original construction, including recreated room interiors and period furnishings.
- Defining Elements
- The elements that define the heritage character of the E.W. Bateman House include its:
- rectangular form and massing with central entry on long side
- side gable roof with front shed dormer with cedar shingle cladding
- symmetry of front facade
- full open front verandah inset under the roofline, supported with Ionic columns
- cedar shingle siding
- multi-paned double-hung wooden-sash windows, mixture of 6-over-1 and 8-over-1
- symmetrical disposition of fenestration, with double-assembly units on the ground floor
- exterior shutters
- two flanking brick chimneys on the side elevations
- interior room layouts and original interior features such as quality millwork and original hardware
- original garage at the rear of the house
- Locality
- Deer Lake Park
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
- Organization
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Architect
- Enoch Evans
- E. Evans and Son
- Builder
- William Dodson
- Function
- Primary Current--Museum
- Primary Historic--Single Dwelling
- Community
- Burnaby
- Cadastral Identifier
- P.I.D. No. 011-030-356
Legal Description: Parcel 1, District Lot 79 and District Lot 85, Group 1, New Westminster District, Reference Plan 77594
- Boundaries
- Burnaby Village Museum is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby.
- Area
- 38,488.63
- 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
- Names
- Bateman, Edwin W.
- Bateman, Mary Dale
- Evans, Enoch
- Dodson, William
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Subjects
- Buildings - Residential
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Street Address
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Street View URL
- Google Maps Street View
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Burnaby Historical Society Visits Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and Park 2004
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 10 cm x 15 cm
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Burnaby Historical Society trip to the Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and park picnic in Mission, BC in 2004.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 2004
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Administration series
- Physical Description
- 22 photographs : inkjet prints on paper ; 10 cm x 15 cm
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 633-006
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2020-06
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of a Burnaby Historical Society trip to the Stave Lake Powerhouse Museum and park picnic in Mission, BC in 2004.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Recreational Activities - Picnics
- Names
- Burnaby Historical Society
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Transcribed title
- Title transcribed from inside cover of photo album
- Photographs were originally contained in a photograph album and removed by Archives staff for preservation purposes. Original order of photographs within the album is maintained.
- Most photographs in file have note on verso identifying individuals depicted
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Burnaby Village Museum carousel tour
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Garnett Reynolds, of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, and Mildred Reynolds speaking with Steve Alderson, the carousel operator at the Burnaby Village Museum. Alderson is dressed in a period costume and is standing on the inside of the barrier around the old carou…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2676
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Dr. Garnett Reynolds, of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, and Mildred Reynolds speaking with Steve Alderson, the carousel operator at the Burnaby Village Museum. Alderson is dressed in a period costume and is standing on the inside of the barrier around the old carousel, and some of the carousel horses are visible in the background.
- Subjects
- Recreational Devices - Carousels
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2000 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Dr. Garnett Reynolds, of Port Alberni, and his wife, Mildred, admire the pins worn by Burnaby Village Museum's carousel operator, Steve Alderson. Reynolds is a life member of the Pacific Coast Association of Port Authorities, and he was on a tour of the museum with a group of port administrators from around the world."
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-2763
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Burnaby Village Museum's Fall Fair. Photographs depict four-year-old Jeffrey Dykstra during the watermelon eating contest and 12-year-old David Marino stuffing a scarecrow during another competition.
- Subjects
- Events
- Exhibitions - Fairs
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Persons - Children
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-1: "Jeffrey Dykstra, 4, digs into a slice of watermelon, at the watermelon eating contest at Burnaby Village Museum's annual Fall Fair on Saturday. Other events at the traditional fair included a scarecrow building contest, tests of strength, a palm reader and a chance to "milk a cow.""
- Caption from metadata for 535-2763-2: "David Marino, 12, stuffs his scarecrow at a scarecrow building competition, one of the traditional Fall Fair events at Burnaby Village Museum's closing weekend celebration."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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Burnaby Village Museum Fall Fair
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1999]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 3 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs of the Fall Fair at the Burnaby Village Museum. Photographs depict square dancers performing in front of the Museum's church; Amanda King in period costume and seated beneath a parasol; and a young child viewing two chicks in the petting zoo.
Burnaby Village Museum film set
Burnaby Village Museum pumpkin patch
Burnaby Village Museum season opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Alodia Mulingtapang shining a Model "A" car that is part of an exhibition at Burnaby Village Museum, before its opening for the season. One of the Museum's streets and its businesses, including the Ice Cream Parlour, are visible in the background.
Carousel at Burnaby Village Museum
Carousel Opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- March 27, 1993
- Collection/Fonds
- Doreen Lawson fonds
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 17 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
- Scope and Content
- File consists of photographs of the Burnaby Centennial Park Carousel grand opening on March 27, 1993 at the Burnaby Village Museum. Individuals depicted riding the carousel include City Councillor Derek Corrigan, City Manager Bob Moncur, and City staff member Denis Nokony.
Carousel ride at Burnaby Village Museum
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2003]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a young child riding the carousel at Burnaby Village Museum during the Burnaby Multicultural Festival. The child's parent stands next to them and the lights of the carousel blur in the background.
Children's Mini-Fest at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Ling Chung and her son, Kevin, creating origami at the Children's Mini-Fest at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
Colin Stevens and Andrew Todd with Interurban 1223
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Colin Stevens, the curator of the Burnaby Village Museum, and Andrew Todd, a conservator, talking while standing next to the Interurban tram 1223 that is undergoing restoration work. The streetcar is draped in plastic sheets.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-2738
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Colin Stevens, the curator of the Burnaby Village Museum, and Andrew Todd, a conservator, talking while standing next to the Interurban tram 1223 that is undergoing restoration work. The streetcar is draped in plastic sheets.
- Subjects
- Transportation - Electric Railroads
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Names
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a September 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Colin Stevens, the curator of the Burnaby Village Museum, and Andrew Todd, a conservator who's consulting on the move and restoration of the old Interurban streetcar, discuss the plans for the move, which is set to take place next week."
- Geographic Access
- Deer Lake Avenue
- Street Address
- 4900 Deer Lake Avenue
- 6501 Deer Lake Avenue
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Burnaby Lake (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Morley-Buckingham Area
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Cultural day program at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Crystal Yawney, a grade 12 student, holding up an origami doll at a Japanese cultural day program at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
Easter Bonnet parade
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of two unidentified children participating in the Easter Bonnet parade at Burnaby Village Museum. They are wearing hats made of paper plates and other craft materials and hold hard candy.
Fraser River Discovery Centre
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1555
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of an employee of the Fraser River Discovery Centre polishing the Centre's glass windows.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Donna Livingstone, of the Fraser River Discovery Centre, shines up the glass partitions as the Centre prepares to open its preview centre on Saturday."
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Fraser River Discovery Centre opening
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman and a girl panning for gold as part of a display at the opening of the Fraser River Discovery Centre in New Westminster, BC.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2001]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 535-1565
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a woman and a girl panning for gold as part of a display at the opening of the Fraser River Discovery Centre in New Westminster, BC.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a January 2001 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata: "Bhaneeta Chadha, 4, gets a little advice on the intricacies of panning for gold from volunteer Catherine Jones, at the opening of the Fraser River Discovery Centre's preview display."
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Garden at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Nick Suyoshi tending to a Japanese cut leaf maple tree in the Japanese Canadian garden in front of the newly-built Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre.
Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- File
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Photographs show Erika Tajiri dressing up in a traditional Japanese kimono and Miyuki Taniguchi viewing a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, during the festivities.
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2002]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Physical Description
- 2 photographs (tiff) : col.
- Description Level
- File
- Record No.
- 535-1995
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No restrictions
- Accession Number
- 2018-12
- Scope and Content
- File contains photographs from the Girls' Day Festival at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby. Photographs show Erika Tajiri dressing up in a traditional Japanese kimono and Miyuki Taniguchi viewing a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, during the festivities.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Civic - Museums
- Events - Festivals
- Names
- Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Photographer
- Bartel, Mario
- Notes
- Title based on caption
- Collected by editorial for use in a March 2002 issue of the Burnaby NewsLeader
- Caption from metadata for 535-1995-1: "Erika Tajiri, 6, is outfitted with a traditional Japanese kimono at the Girl's Day Festival at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre, in Burnaby. In addition to dressing up, visitors also participated in Origami workshops, sampled Japanese food and were entertained by Koto players."
- Caption from metadata for 535-1995-2: "Miyuki Taniguchi admires a Fuzoku Ningyo, a traditional Japanese doll, on display at the Girl's Day Festival at the National Nikkei Heritage Centre in Burnaby."
- Geographic Access
- Southoaks Crescent
- Street Address
- 6688 Southoaks Crescent
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Edmonds (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Kingsway-Beresford Area
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Heritage Christmas
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby NewsLeader photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph (tiff) : col.
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of a staff member hanging a wreath with a large red bow on the General Store at the Burnaby Village Museum in preparation for the Heritage Christmas festivities.