Photograph of Vancouver Fire Department "1930 La France" fire truck in antique car parade leading to the Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Photograph of Vancouver Fire Department "1930 La France" fire truck in antique car parade leading to the Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Photograph of Margaret France, Executiver Director of the Burnaby Arts Council standing at a podium and wearing what appears to be Victorian style clothing.
Photograph of Margaret France, Executiver Director of the Burnaby Arts Council standing at a podium and wearing what appears to be Victorian style clothing.
Note in black and red ink on recto of photograph reads: "Margaret France Exec. Director Burnaby Arts Council / First Image Production Ltd. / Date June/89 / No. B2062-2-13"
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Paris, France. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 11 x 18.5 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-776
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Paris, France. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Paris, France. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : b&w ; 10 x 15.5 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-777
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Paris, France. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Scope and Content
Photograph of Paris, France. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 15 cm on page 21.5 x 28 cm (pasted in album)
Description Level
Item
Record No.
477-784
Access Restriction
No restrictions
Reproduction Restriction
No known restrictions
Accession Number
2007-12
Scope and Content
Photograph of Paris, France. This item was in a scrapbook kept by Claude Hill who was originally from England but ultimately settled in the Burnaby Lake area.
Photograph of Vancouver Fire Department "1926 La France" fire truck in antique car parade leading to the Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Photograph of Vancouver Fire Department "1926 La France" fire truck in antique car parade leading to the Heritage Village sod-turning event on April 11, 1971. Heritage Village (now Burnaby Village Museum) was Burnaby's Centennial '71 Commemorative project.
Two original pressed poppy flowers in frame; Handwritten inscription in black ink reads: "Poppies from Battlefield of Givenchy. Gathered in 1916. Presented by Mr. Randle Taylor, 102 C.E.F." Two poppies are mounted on beige coloured paper beneath a piece of glass, within a wooden frame, painted black.
Object History
The poppies were gathered on the battlefield of Givenchy in 1916 and presented by Mr. Randle Taylor, 102nd Battalion C.E.F. Randle Taylor (1881-1963) was a Canadian citizen and resident of Vancouver. Randle Taylor volunteered for service on February 15, 1916. The Battle of Givenchy took place between December 18 and December 22 in 1914. The 102nd Battalion CEF was authorized on December 22, 1915, originating from Northern British Columbia. The Battalion embarked for Britain on June 18, 1916 and disembarked in France on August 12, 1916 where it fought as part of the 11th infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian Division in France and Flanders until the end of the war. Red field or corn poppies grew wild in clusters on and around the battle zones in the regions around Belgium and France. In May 1915, these vibrant red flowers caught the attention of a Canadian soldier by the name of Major John McCrae and inspired his poem "In Flanders Fields". During and after the war the poppy and its connection with the memory of those who died in that war was expanded to help the military and civilian survivors of that war.
This beautifully-detailed house displays a highly sophisticated mix of fashionable Arts and Crafts elements. The asymmetrical design has stacked inset verandahs on one side, with the ground floor verandah wrapping around the side of the house. The second floor verandah has an arched opening, supported by short versions of the ground floor columns and accessed by French doors with geometric patterned, multi-paned glazing. A semi-circular lunette window lights the attic, and banked windows with leaded transoms are used on the front façade. Decorative details include triangular eave brackets and square verandah columns with distinctive bracketted capitals. The house has survived in original condition except for a later asbestos siding that was applied over the original shingle siding, and the enclosure of the side verandah. The home was owned by J.R. Dawson and Frances Abigail Dawson (née Thompson, 1853-1938) from 1915 until Frances’ death in 1938.
The T.O. Townley Estate, 'Deerholme,' is located on a lake front property on the north shore of Deer Lake Park. The main house is a two-and-one-half storey symmetrical-massed wood-frame Colonial Revival structure, with flanking one-storey wings, a side gable roof and a central front entry.
The T.O. Townley Estate, 'Deerholme,' is located on a lake front property on the north shore of Deer Lake Park. The main house is a two-and-one-half storey symmetrical-massed wood-frame Colonial Revival structure, with flanking one-storey wings, a side gable roof and a central front entry.
Heritage Value
'Deerholme' was built as the retirement estate of Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Owen Townley (1862-1935) and his wife, Frances M. Townley. Townley was a pioneer resident of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia: he served as a lawyer, Registrar of Land Titles for New Westminster District and Mayor of Vancouver for one term in 1901.
Built in 1913, this is one of the most significant of the Deer Lake estate houses and was the last of grand Edwardian era mansions built on the lots surrounding the lake. The area had been opened up for development two years earlier by the construction of the British Columbia Electric Railway Interurban Line. The estate speaks of a gracious way of life achieved by society's elite during the Edwardian era, supported by the use of domestic servants. Grand in scale, architecturally sophisticated and set in a bucolic landscape, this residence demonstrates the social status of the owner in the privileged classes of the rapidly developing social structure of Burnaby.
The house is also significant as one of the earliest designs by the son of Thomas and Frances Townley, architect Fred Laughton Townley (1887-1966), who had graduated in architecture in 1911 from the University of Pennsylvania. In this house for his parents, he demonstrated his deft understanding of the American Period Revival styles learned during his schooling in the United States. The prevailing local taste for British-derived architecture dictated that this was a style he was rarely able to use until the Colonial Revival styles became more popular in the 1920s. F.L. Townley was a founding partner in Townley and Matheson, which achieved significant success as one of the most accomplished local architectural firms, culminating in their best-known commission, Vancouver City Hall, 1935-36.
Defining Elements
Key elements the define the heritage character of ‘Deerholme’ include its:
- integration with its south-sloping lakefront site, which contains many original landscape features (extant rockeries, formal drive, tennis lawn, open fields, and specimen shrubs and trees)
- two-and-one-half storey form with flanking one-storey wings
- side gable roof with symmetrical shed dormers, three at the front and three at the rear
- complex fenestration, including multi-paned wooden-sash double-hung windows, 6-over-1 on the ground floor and 6-over-9 on the second floor, and multi-paned wooden-sash casements in the dormers
- pair of prominent exterior brick chimneys on each side elevation, clad with rough-cast stucco up to the roof level, and each with four chimney-pots
- rough-cast stucco cladding
- design elements typical of the Colonial Revival style, such as composed classical formality, side gable roof and balanced symmetrical massing
- exterior architectural elements, such as classical columns, window shutters, fanlight feature window, multi-paned quarter-round windows flanking the chimneys, and projecting square brackets in the gables
- superior level of design and craftsmanship throughout, including refined interior woodwork such as fireplaces, interior columned screen between hallway and living room and a staircase with Colonial Revival details
- significant mature trees (such as Red Oaks, Silver Maples, and Copper Beech).
- original guest house and stables, which survive on an adjacent property at 6176 Price Street
P.I.D. No. 002-652-111
Legal Description: Parcel 'C' (Explanatory Plan 12891) , Blocks 4 and 5, District Lot 79 Group 1, New Westminster District, Plan 536
Boundaries
‘Deerholme’ is comprised of a single municipally-owned property located at 6110 Price Street, Burnaby.
Area
14,099.52
Contributing Resource
Building
Landscape Feature
Ownership
Public (local)
Other Collection
City of Vancouver Archives: T.O. Townley Residence, Original Plans, Add. MSS. 1399, Temporary No. 61, Location 920-D
Documentation
Heritage Site Files: PC77000 20. City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, 4949 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C., V5G 1M2
The D.C. Patterson House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence with a full-width front verandah and symmetrical saddlebag dormers. It is located adjacent to a ravine park and is part of the Winston Gate development.
The D.C. Patterson House is a one and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Edwardian era residence with a full-width front verandah and symmetrical saddlebag dormers. It is located adjacent to a ravine park and is part of the Winston Gate development.
Heritage Value
This house is significant for its associations with the Patterson family, who were early Burnaby pioneers. Dugald Campbell Patterson (1860-1931) and Frances Mabel Patterson (1872-1960) arrived in 1894 and settled in the Central Park district. In 1910, they relocated to the Edmonds District and built this family residence on Edmonds Street near Kingsway. The Pattersons were community minded citizens who served Burnaby through their involvement with local municipal affairs and politics. Dugald Patterson served as a School Trustee in 1912-13 and was one of the first residents to lobby council to preserve the local ravines as parks. The family name is remembered and honoured by the naming of Patterson Avenue and the Patterson SkyTrain Station located in the Metrotown area.
Additionally, the D.C. Patterson House is significant as a fine example of a vernacular Edwardian era family house. The typical design of the Patterson House was taken from an Edwardian era pattern book, and demonstrates how standardized plans were commonly used by local owners and builders to expedite the construction process. This house has survived in an excellent state of preservation. Although moved from its original site, it remains as an intact representation of a middle-class Burnaby residence of the Edwardian era.
Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of the D.C. Patterson House include its:
- vernacular residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its one and one-half storey plus basement height, front gabled roof with hipped return over front verandah, symmetrical saddlebag dormers and rectangular, side hall plan with an asymmetrical front entry
- typical Edwardian era construction features such as the deep boxed eaves, lapped wooden siding and cedar shingle roofing
- projecting front gable peak, clad in decorative random-coursed square shingles, with eave brackets under and a louvered attic vent
- projecting elements on the main floor including a square bay on the east side and a semi-octagonal bay to the west side
- full-width open front verandah with irregularly-spaced square columns
- closed balustrades with drainage scuppers on the front verandah and rear side porch
- regular fenestration, including double hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows with proportionately smaller upper sash, triple assembly of windows in the front gable, and leaded glass in main floor front window
- original front door with inset bevelled glass light
Canada's sons in the world war : a complete and authentic history of the commanding part played by Canada and the British empire in the world's greatest war - volume 1
"With an introduction by Gen. Sir Arthur W. Currie" -T.p.
"Illustrated with reproductions from the official photographs of the Canadian and British governments" -T.p.
"In two volumes" -T.p.
Canada's sons in the world war : a complete and authentic history of the commanding part played by Canada and the British empire in the world's greatest war - volume 2
"With an introduction by Gen. Sir Arthur W. Currie" -T.p.
"Illustrated with reproductions from the official photographs of the Canadian and British governments" -T.p.
"In two volumes" -T.p.