1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.
1 plan : black ink and watercol. on paper ; 30.45 x 30.5 cm
Material Details
Scale 1 inch = 20 feet
Scope and Content
Item consists of building insurance plan of "All Saints Church / Lot "A" BK 29 DL 98 GP1 N.W.D.". Watling Street is idenfied to the north of the church building and Royal Oak Avenue to the west.
This Baptist congregation originally held services in a tent at the corner of McGregor Avenue and Portland but they soon were able to build a small church. A membership drive by Pastor Arthur James Bowbrick (1875-1961) was so successful that the congregation was able build this fine structure, prominently located at the corner of Victory Street. Although it has been altered with later additions and stucco over the original siding, the original windows and the rooftop belfry remain.
Photograph of the grave marker for Robert Burnaby and other family members in cemetery in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The grave marker is a cross on three tiered slabs with plaque on each. The top one reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov. 30. 1828: Died Jan. 10.1878." The middle one reads, "Sarah…
Photograph of the grave marker for Robert Burnaby and other family members in cemetery in Loughborough, United Kingdom. The grave marker is a cross on three tiered slabs with plaque on each. The top one reads, "Robert Burnaby / Born Nov. 30. 1828: Died Jan. 10.1878." The middle one reads, "Sarah Burnaby / Born October 22. 1822: Died March 2 1875./ Rev. VII. 14." The bottom one reads, "Sarah, Widow of the / Rev. Thomas Burnaby, / And mother of the above. / Died: Oct. 31, 1878, Aged 80 Years." It is suspected that the grave marker was located in the large church building that is shown in photo HV976.65.1. There is a brick wall behind the grave marker. Stamped on the back of the photo: "4387."
This church was built in 1936 as the Chapel of Peace for the Forest Lawn Cemetery. It was located outside the main entrance of the cemetery at the triangular parcel of land bounded by Sprott, Royal Oak and Canada Way. It served as the location for many memorial services, local community worship and weddings. The Anglican Church purchased and relocated the building to its present site in 1955. The church has been altered with the addition of wings and stucco, but retains its steep front gabled roof and some of its arched windows. It is now used as the First United Spiritualist Church.
Photograph of a large church building that has been conjectured in the accession register to be the church (or the cemetery) in which Robert Burnaby was buried. Following that logic, this would be in Loughborough, where Robert Burnaby is buried. Stamped on the back of the photo: "4387."
Photograph of a large church building that has been conjectured in the accession register to be the church (or the cemetery) in which Robert Burnaby was buried. Following that logic, this would be in Loughborough, where Robert Burnaby is buried. Stamped on the back of the photo: "4387."
Beautifully designed in an Arts and Crafts idiom, this church features a textural mix of finishes including lapped siding and stucco and half timbering in the gables. The British Columbian reported in July 1912 that: "The Baptists of Edmonds will possess a fine and well planned church when the building now commenced is ready for occupation. The architects are J.P. Matheson and Son, of Vancouver, and the contractors, Muttitt and Bell, of New Westminster. The entrance porch fronts Edmonds Road and the west side faces Vancouver Road. It will have a capacity for 272 sittings, spacious aisles and choir platform besides various rooms for Baptistery, vestry and robing apartments."
Photograph of the Edmonds Baptist Church Choir standing in three rows in front of the church building. A sign posted by the church door reads, "Edmonds Baptist Church/ SERVICES/ CHURCH SCHOOL 9:45 AM/ MORNING SERVICE 11AM/ EVENING SERVICE 7:30PM/ WORSHIP WITH US"
The women are wearing matching robe…
Photograph of the Edmonds Baptist Church Choir standing in three rows in front of the church building. A sign posted by the church door reads, "Edmonds Baptist Church/ SERVICES/ CHURCH SCHOOL 9:45 AM/ MORNING SERVICE 11AM/ EVENING SERVICE 7:30PM/ WORSHIP WITH US"
The women are wearing matching robes with collars and are holding their psalm books in their hands. The men are dressed in suits. Standing in the back row are; Jim Davies, Bille Haines, Mr. Smithson, Bill Bennett, Angus Haines, Ray Bell and Ernie Aldersley. Standing in the middle row are; Gwen Bennett (later Stewart), Thelma Mower (later Hueskin), Nora Palmer (later Coulter) and Olive Day (later Martin). Standing in the back row are; Orpha Scott (later Davies), Elenor Taylor, Mildred Bennett, Gertrude Mower, Jean Smithson and Peggy Urquhart (later Fredericks).
Note in black ink on verso of photograph reads: "BACK ROW Jim Davies, Bille Haines, Mr. Smithson, Bill Bennett Angus Haines, Ray Bell, Ernie Aldersley / Middle Row Gwen Bennett (Mrs. Stewart), Thelma Mower (Mrs Hueskin) Nora Palmer (Mrs. Coulter), Olive Day (Mrs. Martin)/ FRONT ROW Orpha Scott (Mrs. J. Davies), Elenor Taylor Mildred Bennett, Gertrude Mower Jean Smithson, Peggy Urquhart (Mrs. Fredericks)"
"Presented
To my valued fried Rev. D. W. Scott. a former neighbor at Capitol Hill with best wishes of the author
George Green
Victoria March 1 1947" [handwritten in black ink on page opposing front pastedown]
"BMMM-WU SIGNED 1st ED 50.00" [handwritten in pencil on page opposing front pastedown]
"By George Green, pioneer resident of Burnaby, and an ex-Councillor. Charter Member of the British Columbia Historical Association, Vancouver Branch, and an Executive Member."
Photograph of a horse drawn carriage driving by the church building at the Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The carriage has three passengers and a driver. There are several other individuals in the photograph who are on horseback. Everyone appears to be wearing period costumes.
Photograph of a horse drawn carriage driving by the church building at the Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum). The carriage has three passengers and a driver. There are several other individuals in the photograph who are on horseback. Everyone appears to be wearing period costumes.
History
Donor was a volunteer with the Burnaby Village Museum for years and was in attendance on the day the Heritage Village Museum opened.
A history of the Burnaby school district and individual school buildings in Burnaby, BC, between 1893 and 2013.
The “First Nations cemetery” described on page 109 in Mary Johnson’s recollections was originally written as “Indian” and may refer to the Khalsa Diwan Society’s Sikh cremations at the Vancouver Cemetery.
Photograph of three unidentified men standing on Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way) with Laurel Street in the background on the left and the site of Saint Theresa's Roman Catholic Church as a lot with blackened stumps. The church was located at the southeast corner of Canada Way and L…
Photograph of three unidentified men standing on Douglas Road (later renamed in part Canada Way) with Laurel Street in the background on the left and the site of Saint Theresa's Roman Catholic Church as a lot with blackened stumps. The church was located at the southeast corner of Canada Way and Laurel Street. According to an accompanying note located with the photograph, the first church building burned to the ground the night before it was to be blessed. Insurance for the church had been arranged for by Colonel Dorrell only hours before it was burned and even though signatures had not been affixed to the policy, the insurance company honoured the claim. The second building was smaller and had no basement. Father Trainer was the first priest. This church was torn down in 1974 and a new church building was erected across the road on Canada Way.
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of New Westminster, taken from Surrey's Brownsville dock area on the south side of the Fraser River, with the span of the city's downtown and residential area in a panorama from the foot of 8th Street on the left as far east as Elliot Street on the extreme right. The peeled and chamfered…
1 photograph : b&w ; 16.5 x 24 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-903
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of New Westminster, taken from Surrey's Brownsville dock area on the south side of the Fraser River, with the span of the city's downtown and residential area in a panorama from the foot of 8th Street on the left as far east as Elliot Street on the extreme right. The peeled and chamfered logs on the riverbank were transported by skid road and river and are typical of how Burnaby logs would have been stored prior to milling by the sawmill companies located in the city. The large white church building on the right is St. Peters Catholic Church built in 1886 at Blackwood and Columbia streets. Note that the large building at the center on the waterfront is the New Westminster City Market building (It has the central gable and arched opening). It was located on Front Street at Lytton Square and served as the primary place for Burnaby's market gardeners to sell their produce. To the right of the City Market is the city's original Chinatown located on the east end of Front Street.
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.
Early Burnaby as recalled by the settlers themselves who arrived from every corner of the world between 1888 and 1930, some witnessing incorporation of the district in 1892, all seeking a better life for themselves and especially for their children, all helping transform the wilderness into the modern municipality of today.