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Bus Route Extension in the Central Park Garden Village Area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 43594

Meeting Date: 24-Aug-1956

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 43594

Meeting Date: 24-Aug-1956

Format: Council - Mayor/Councillor/Staff Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 43594

24-Aug-1956 Meeting Minutes

Bus Service - Central Park Garden Village Area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 34967

Meeting Date: 19-Mar-1962

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 34967

Meeting Date: 19-Mar-1962

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 34967

19-Mar-1962 Meeting Minutes

Bus Stops - Central Park Garden Village Area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 35028

Meeting Date: 16-Apr-1962

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 35028

Meeting Date: 16-Apr-1962

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 35028

16-Apr-1962 Meeting Minutes

Garden Village Area Rezoning Process

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13329

Meeting Date: 14-Aug-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13329

Meeting Date: 14-Aug-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 13329

14-Aug-1995 Meeting Minutes

Garden Village Area Rezoning Process

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13276

Meeting Date: 1-May-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13276

Meeting Date: 1-May-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 13276

1-May-1995 Meeting Minutes

Garden Village Area Rezoning Process

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13195

Meeting Date: 16-Jan-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13195

Meeting Date: 16-Jan-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

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Report 13195

16-Jan-1995 Meeting Minutes

Power Poles in Central Park Garden Village Area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23750

Meeting Date: 9-Aug-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 49

Item No.: 21

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 23750

Meeting Date: 9-Aug-1971

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 49

Item No.: 21

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Documents

Report 23750

9-Aug-1971 Meeting Minutes

Rezoning Reference #32/95 Garden Village Area R10 Rezoning

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 5351

Meeting Date: 28-Aug-1995

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 39

Item No.: 22

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2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 5351

Meeting Date: 28-Aug-1995

Format: Council - Manager's Report

Manager's Report No.: 39

Item No.: 22

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Documents

Report 5351

28-Aug-1995 Meeting Minutes

Rezoning Reference # 32/95 - Garden Village Area Rezoning

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13395

Meeting Date: 4-Dec-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 13395

Meeting Date: 4-Dec-1995

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 13395

4-Dec-1995 Meeting Minutes

Street System in Central Park Garden Village Area

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Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 37944

Meeting Date: 14-Dec-1959

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

2 documents

Repository: City of Burnaby Archives

Report ID: 37944

Meeting Date: 14-Dec-1959

Format: Council - Committee Report

Collection/Fonds: City Council and Office of the City Clerk fonds

Documents

Report 37944

14-Dec-1959 Meeting Minutes

Chaffey-Burke Elementary School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1963

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Sardis Street

Associated Dates: 1963

Heritage Value: Chaffey-Burke Elementary School was built in 1963 and deviated slightly from the typical one-storey buildings that had been the standard for elementary schools in Burnaby since World War Two. At Chaffey-Burke, the restriction of space resulted in a second story level because of the slope. Additions to the building were made in 1964, 1968 and 1969.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Street Address: 4404 Sardis Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Coburn House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Coburn House is a two and one-half storey plus basement Foursquare farm house. Prominently situated on a rise of land along the east side of Boundary Road overlooking Kingsway, it stands among single-family houses later constructed on its subdivided farm land.

Associated Dates: 1910

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Minerva Jane Coburn House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Minerva Jane Coburn House

Geographic Access: Boundary Road

Associated Dates: 1910

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9184

Enactment Date: 08/05/1989

Description: The Coburn House is a two and one-half storey plus basement Foursquare farm house. Prominently situated on a rise of land along the east side of Boundary Road overlooking Kingsway, it stands among single-family houses later constructed on its subdivided farm land.

Heritage Value: The Coburn House is important as a surviving representation of Burnaby’s early settlement period, when the municipality was largely an agricultural and residential suburb. It was built in 1910 by carpenter William Kirkham for Minerva Jane Coburn (1868-1940), and three years later the builder and client were married. Together, they operated the Surprise Poultry Farm, and were frequent participants at the local Central Park Farmers' Institute Exhibitions. This house is valued as an excellent and well-preserved example of a substantial Edwardian era Foursquare farm house. Significant due to its generous size, dominant symmetry, the prominent verandah that wraps around the front and both sides, and the three roof dormers, this house retains a high degree of original material and integrity. The elevated siting of the house, its tall proportions and symmetrical appearance combined with its fine condition make this an excellent example of its type.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Coburn House include its: - prominent location on Boundary Road, on an elevated site overlooking Vancouver - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its cubic massing and tall, dominant roof form - Foursquare style as exemplified by its symmetry, square floor plan, pyramidal bellcast roof and three hipped dormers - Edwardian era construction details such as narrow bevelled wooden siding, broad horizontal eave band with scroll-cut eave brackets, and simple window surrounds - wraparound verandah encircling three main facades, with hipped roof, square columns and closed balustrades, connected to one storey extension at rear - projecting bay window on the main floor south facade - original double-hung 1-over-1 wooden-sash windows, some in double assembly on the ground floor - internal red brick chimney

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 002-653-427

Boundaries: The Coburn House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5170 Boundary Road, Burnaby

Area: 541.91

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5170 Boundary Road

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view, 2013. Oblique view. thumbnail

BBY-5170-Boundary-1976-556-054 thumbnail

Garden Village Neighbourhood

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1955-2008

Heritage Value: Bounded by Moscrop Street to the north, Kingsway and Grange to the south, Willingdon to the east and Boundary Road to the west, the Garden Village Neighbourhood is characterised as a primarily residential area that is well-served due to its proximity to commercial, park and business centres. The north-east corner of the neighbourhood is a typical 1950s subdivision of mostly single family homes located on an irregular street pattern, while the remaining areas saw some transition to multi-family housing types throughout the 1970s and up to the current time.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

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Inman Avenue School

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Associated Dates: 1911

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Brandon Street

Associated Dates: 1911

Heritage Value: The Inman Avenue school was built in 1912. The original four-room building was expanded in 1923 and an additional four rooms were constructed. In the mid-1950s, the current building replaced the older structure.

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Street Address: 3963 Brandon Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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J.A. Thurston House 'Altese'

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The J.A. Thurston House is a very large, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Arts and Crafts style house. It is located on the south side of Thurston Street, near Kingsway and the SkyTrain (formerly the interurban tramline route), within the Metrotown area of Burnaby and is now part of…

Associated Dates: 1912

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: John A. & Sarah Thurston House

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: John A. & Sarah Thurston House

Geographic Access: Thurston Street

Associated Dates: 1912

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Bylaw No. 9934

Enactment Date: 09/08/1993

Description: The J.A. Thurston House is a very large, two and one-half storey plus basement wood-frame Arts and Crafts style house. It is located on the south side of Thurston Street, near Kingsway and the SkyTrain (formerly the interurban tramline route), within the Metrotown area of Burnaby and is now part of a large apartment complex.

Heritage Value: The J.A. Thurston House demonstrates Burnaby's real estate and construction boom along the interurban tramline in 1911. The house was built for John Albert Thurston (1874-1944) and his wife Sarah Sedona Thurston (1879-1961). Typical of the entrepreneurial spirit of the age, John Thurston, a manager for the Leckie Shoe Company Limited in Vancouver, was also involved in real estate development, and purchased a twenty-one lot subdivision consisting of 3.2 hectares bound by the interurban tramline right-of-way to the south, Boundary Road to the west and Smith Street (now Thurston Street) to the north. Additionally, the J.A. Thurston House is an excellent, high quality example of an Arts and Crafts style dwelling, with numerous notable design elements such as the battered piers, the elaborate second storey dormer and stained glass windows with landscape and seascape motifs. The enormous scale of the house reflects a time when large families were common and domestic servants were needed to run the household. Indicative of the labour-saving devices and luxury features being introduced at the high end of the housing market, it was equipped with a built-in vacuum system, refrigeration, servant summoning devices and a round safe built into a fireplace mantle. The J.A. Thurston House also represents the proliferation during the Edwardian era of homes built from pattern books and standardized designs as a means to expedite the construction process and offer competitive costs.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the J.A. Thurston House include its: - location on Thurston Street, in the old Central Park district - residential form, scale and massing as exemplified by its two and one-half storey plus above-ground basement height and regular, rectangular plan - Arts and Crafts style details such as the picturesque roofline, deep open eaves with exposed purlins, narrow lapped wooden siding on the first storey and cedar shingle siding on the upper storeys - broad and unusually steep side gabled roof, clad with cedar shingles - deeply-recessed full open front verandah with complementary recessed balcony in second storey dormer, incorporating both a gabled roof and shed roof - twinned and triple square bracketed columns on the verandahs and balcony - decorative battered verandah piers, supported on exposed beams - irregular fenestration, including: double-hung wooden-sash windows; picture windows; casement windows; and several stained glass windows with landscape and seascape motifs - tall brick external chimney on east facade - original interior features such as fireplaces, and wooden trim and floors

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 018-224-113

Boundaries: The J.A. Thurston House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 3762 Thurston Street, Burnaby.

Area: 3880

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 3762 Thurston Street

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view, 2013. Front elevation. thumbnail

Joseph Clarke House

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: The Joseph Clarke House is a two and one-half storey, wood-frame house, with shingle siding, a front-gabled roof and a full open front verandah. It is located on Jersey Avenue within the Central Park neighbourhood of Burnaby.

Associated Dates: 1909

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Other Names: Joseph & Ellen Clarke House, Clarke Residence

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Other Names: Joseph & Ellen Clarke House, Clarke Residence

Geographic Access: Jersey Avenue; Sandell Street

Associated Dates: 1909

Formal Recognition: Heritage Designation, Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: By-law No. 11930

Enactment Date: 29/08/2005

Description: The Joseph Clarke House is a two and one-half storey, wood-frame house, with shingle siding, a front-gabled roof and a full open front verandah. It is located on Jersey Avenue within the Central Park neighbourhood of Burnaby.

Heritage Value: Built circa 1909 for Central Park farmer Joseph Clarke (1851-1936) and his wife, Ellen (1864-1938), this Edwardian-era farm house is valued for its vernacular design, which demonstrates the utilitarian nature of working-class housing during the boom years prior to the First World War. The Joseph Clarke House is additionally valued for its link with the development of the Central Park neighbourhood during the Edwardian era. The advent of the Central Park interurban rail line in 1892, operated by the B.C. Electric Company, connected the area to Vancouver and led to its suburban development. This is one of the oldest surviving houses in the Central Park neighbourhood. It was designated as a municipal heritage site in 2005 and rehabilitated as part of the adjacent multi-family townhouse and apartment redevelopment.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of the Joseph Clarke House include its: - location on Jersey Avenue in the Central Park neighbourhood - residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two and one-half storey height with rectangular plan, front bay window and front-gabled roof - wood-frame construction - Edwardian era detailing such as the open front verandah, asymmetrical front entrance, glazed front door with sidelights and triangular eave brackets

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Function: Primary Historic--Single Dwelling; Primary Current--Single Dwelling

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: P.I.D. 027-101-428

Boundaries: The Joseph Clarke House is comprised of a single residential lot located at 5575 Jersey Avenue, Burnaby.

Area: 2370

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Documentation: City of Burnaby Planning and Building Department, Heritage Site Files

Names: Clarke, Joseph; Clarke, Ellen

Street Address: 5575 Jersey Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior of Joseph Clarke House, 2013. Front elevation. thumbnail

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Newhoven Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1923

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Smith Avenue

Associated Dates: 1923

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: This large house was built in 1923 and first owned by Casper Newhoven, who managed the Empire Transfer & Storage Co. from this address. It would appear his parents, Cornelius (1879-1959), a barber at Joe’s Place on Granville Street, and Catherina (1883-1981) and his brother Martin (1905-1935), a taxi driver for Main Taxis, also lived here. It is a well-maintained example of a Late Craftsman bungalow, and typical of the style it features a gabled roof, tapered verandah piers, multi-paned windows and stained glass sidelights. The round verandah columns are an unusual feature. The Newhovens had left this address by the time of Martin’s death in 1935.

Locality: Central Park

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Area: 675.80

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Street Address: 5488 Smith Avenue

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Exterior view of Newhoven Residence, 2013.. West elevation.. thumbnail

St. John the Divine Anglican Church

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: St. John the Divine Anglican Church is a landmark wood-frame Gothic Revival church, with Gothic windows and spire. It is located on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s main commercial thoroughfares, near the SkyTrain transit line and across the street from Central Park.

Associated Dates: 1905

Formal Recognition: Community Heritage Register

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Kingsway

Associated Dates: 1905

Formal Recognition: Community Heritage Register

Enactment Type: Council Resolution

Enactment Date: 09/06/2003

Description: St. John the Divine Anglican Church is a landmark wood-frame Gothic Revival church, with Gothic windows and spire. It is located on Kingsway, one of Burnaby’s main commercial thoroughfares, near the SkyTrain transit line and across the street from Central Park.

Heritage Value: St. John the Divine Anglican Church is valued as a symbol of the traditions of early Burnaby pioneers and as the oldest surviving church building in the city. Established in 1899, St. John was the first church in the community and was located at a prominent intersection of the old Vancouver-Westminster Road (now Kingsway) and the British Columbia Electric Railway’s interurban station at Central Park. This prominent intersection of the road and rail developed as the town centre of the Central Park district. The first St. John church was destroyed by fire, and was rebuilt at the same location in 1904-05. This church is additionally significant for its association with prominent local architect Joseph Henry Bowman (1864-1943) who emigrated from England in 1888. Bowman was a member of the parish, and designed both the first church and its subsequent replacement. Bowman’s prolific career embraced many stylistic changes and technological advances, and this church is a surviving example of one of his rare religious commissions. The design of the new church's nave and vestry was based on the Gothic Revival style of Christ Church Anglican in Surrey, B.C., which had been the former church of St. John’s incumbent Rev. William Bell. Evolving over time as the congregation grew, the church received a number of early additions, and in 1953 was substantially renovated and enlarged through a new design by Vancouver architect Ross Lort. The original church nave was separated from the tower and turned to allow for a large addition. The congregation relocated to a new church in 1998, and at that time removed the church's memorial windows, leaving behind a number of the original art glass windows installed in the 1920s. The church building was renovated in 2004-05, and surviving original elements were retained and restored, including of the original church tower and interior chancel ceiling. A valued feature of the building is the original cast iron church bell that remains in the tower. It was purchased by the children of the congregation in 1912, and in 1924 was rededicated on Armistice Day as a memorial to Burnaby resident Lt. James Donald McRae Reid, who died in the First World War.

Defining Elements: Key elements that define the heritage character of St. John the Divine Anglican Church include its: - location on the north side of Kingsway, opposite Central Park - ecclesiastical form, scale and massing as expressed by the offset tower and tall, gabled roof - tower with its original horizontal wooden drop siding, bellcast square roof with octagonal drum above and bellcast octagonal spire - cedar shingle roof cladding - metal cross at peak of spire - Gothic Revival details such as: Gothic lancet windows with leaded stained glass panels; Gothic entrance door at the base of the tower; pointed-arch louvers in the tower; and exterior gable end scissor-trusses - interior features such as wooden scissor-trusses with diagonal fir tongue and groove panelling on the ceiling above, fir tongue-and-groove panelling on the wall of the nave, and original cedar and fir pews and altar rails - cast iron bell in tower

Historic Neighbourhood: Central Park (Historic Neighbourhood)

Planning Study Area: Garden Village Area

Architect: Joesph Henry Bowman

Function: Primary Historic--Place of Worship; Primary Current--Place of Worship

Community: Burnaby

Cadastral Identifier: 003-398-871

Boundaries: St. John the Divine Anglican Church is comprised of a single institutional lot located at 3891 Kingway, Burnaby.

Area: 3486.66

Contributing Resource: Building

Ownership: Private

Names: St John the Divine Anglican Church

Street Address: 3891 Kingsway

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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St. John the Divine Anglican Church, 2013. (Oblique view. Exterior Photo). Copyright: City of Burnaby.. Oblique view.. thumbnail

Exterior view of St. John the Divine Anglican Church, 1905. (Oblique view. Historic Photo.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

St. John the Divine Anglican Church, c.1915. (Oblique view. Other.) Copyright: City of Burnaby. thumbnail

Thomas & Ellen Sanderson Residence

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Description: Residential building.

Associated Dates: 1905

Street View URL: Google Maps Street View

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Repository: Burnaby Heritage Planning

Geographic Access: Inman Avenue

Associated Dates: 1905

Description: Residential building.

Heritage Value: The Sandersons were pioneer settlers in the Central Park area, arriving in Burnaby in 1904. Thomas Sanderson (1878-1936) was born in Morningside, Scotland and immigrated to British Columbia in 1899. In Vancouver in 1903, he married Ellen Jane Garvin (1883-1965), a native of Sherbrooke, Quebec. Thomas was chief of the Accounting Department at Hastings Mill, and served as Reeve of Burnaby in 1919 and 1920. One of his sons, Thomas, was a long-time teacher in Burnaby. The Sandersons’ house was built in 1905 as a small Edwardian bungalow but was extensively remodelled in the 1920s and is a fine example of the Craftsman style and today remains in good condition. Typical of the Late Craftsman style, the house has a front gabled roof, triangular eave brackets, tapered window surrounds and a mix of textural finishes, including shingles and lapped siding.