Opening of Burnaby North High School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- September 5, 1923 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of S.J. Willis (school superintendent) presiding over the official opening of Burnaby North High School, 4375 Pandora Street at Rosser Street.
Opening of the Hastings-Barnet Road
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1927
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 17.5 x 26.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the official opening of the newly paved Hastings-Barnet Road which opened on Saturday December 10, 1927. In the foreground the Provincial Minister of Public Works Dr. W.H. Sutherland is opening a wooden gate, with a large crowd gathered around. The Barnet Lumber Company Ltd. building …
Original building at 311 Madison Avenue
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921 (date of original), copied 1991
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 3.0 x 4.5 cm print on contact sheet 20.2 x 25.3 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the original building at 311 Madison Avenue. Two children are sitting on a the front steps.
Overlynn Mansion
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925] (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.2 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the house known as Overlynn on McGill Street. This house was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909. Charles J. Peter was the manager of G.F. & J. Galt Company, and he pioneered the development of the Vancouver Heights area in North Burnaby, as he believed that it was one of the most pict…
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1920 and 1925] (date of original), copied [2000]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Series
- Community Archives Collection series
- Subseries
- Photographs subseries
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.2 cm print
- Description Level
- Item
- Record No.
- 438-001
- Access Restriction
- No restrictions
- Reproduction Restriction
- No known restrictions
- Accession Number
- BHS2007-04
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the house known as Overlynn on McGill Street. This house was built by Charles J. Peter in 1909. Charles J. Peter was the manager of G.F. & J. Galt Company, and he pioneered the development of the Vancouver Heights area in North Burnaby, as he believed that it was one of the most picturesque districts in Greater Vancouver. Peter developed his own beautiful estate with the hope that this would be an incentive to lure buyers to the subdivision. The house remained as the Peter home until 1936, when the estate was sold to the Sisters of Charity of Halifax, a Catholic order which had moved to Vancouver Heights in 1927 to operate a school. The mansion became their convent and new girls' school known as Seton Academy. The mansion's original conservatory was demolished and a two-storey addition was constructed. In 1970 when the school closed, Overlynn was purchased by Action Line Housing Society which developed the senior's development on the property. It was designated by Burnaby Council in 1995 and was the first heritage building in B.C. to have its interior features protected.
- Subjects
- Buildings - Heritage
- Buildings - Residential - Houses
- Media Type
- Photograph
- Notes
- Title based on contents of photograph
- In some sources, this home is referred to as the "Esmond House."
- Geographic Access
- McGill Street
- Street Address
- 3755 McGill Street
- Historic Neighbourhood
- Vancouver Heights (Historic Neighbourhood)
- Planning Study Area
- Burnaby Heights Area
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Pendygrasse family
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of Pendygrasse father and sons. Left to right: Harold Pendygrasse, John Pendygrasse and George Pendygrasse. Harold and George were the sons of John and Mary Pendygrasse, who lived at 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights.
St. Nicolas Anglican Church garden party
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the St. Nicholas Anglican Church garden party held in the backyard of the John Pendygrasse family home at 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights.
St. Nicolas Church
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [between 1925 and 1930]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 19.5 x 24.5 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the interior of St. Nicholas Anglican Church, at the corner of Triumph Street and Ingleton Avenue.
Students at St. Helen's School
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [192-]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 14.5 x 21.8 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of eleven St. Helen's School students holding their diplomas. All are unidentified.
Students at Vancouver Heights Public School
- Repository
- Burnaby Village Museum
- Date
- [between 1912 and 1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Village Museum Photograph collection
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 15 x 10.5 cm mounted on card 23 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of students standing in six rows on the steps of Vancouver Heights Public School.
Vancouver Heights
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1921] (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of the Vancouver Heights area, with Burrard Inlet in background, taken from Triumph Street and Esmond Avenue looking northwest. In the centre of the photograph is the Wilks house at 3707 Dundas Street, with the light-coloured house in the middle being 3738 Dundas Street.
Vancouver Heights
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- [1920]
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : sepia ; 12.5 x 18 cm
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three houses in the Vancouver Heights area, North Burnaby. The exact location of this photograph is unknown.
Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church Members
- Repository
- City of Burnaby Archives
- Date
- 1921 (date of original), copied 1986
- Collection/Fonds
- Burnaby Historical Society fonds
- Description Level
- Item
- Physical Description
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 12.7 x 17.8 cm print
- Scope and Content
- Photograph of three Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church members inside the church. From left: Unidentified woman, Agnes Lefler, and Emma McGillivray Hutchinson (choir leader).