1 photograph : b&w ; copy print 21 x 31 cm on paper 28 x 35.5 cm
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Photograph of the Masonic Lodge located at Kingway and Boundary Road in Burnaby. There is snow on the sidewalks and the billboard on the side of the building reads "Serving Greater Vancouver for over 25 Years / Rutherford / McRae Ltd.".
1 photograph : b&w ; copy print 21 x 31 cm on paper 28 x 35.5 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of the Masonic Lodge located at Kingway and Boundary Road in Burnaby. There is snow on the sidewalks and the billboard on the side of the building reads "Serving Greater Vancouver for over 25 Years / Rutherford / McRae Ltd.".
Photograph of the first high school class in North Burnaby, originally held in the Presbyterian Church on MacDonald Avenue (later Masonic Hall). George Pendygrasse is in the 4th row, 3rd from the left. The teacher, Mr. Black, is on the right. George spent his first few years of high school bussi…
Photograph of the first high school class in North Burnaby, originally held in the Presbyterian Church on MacDonald Avenue (later Masonic Hall). George Pendygrasse is in the 4th row, 3rd from the left. The teacher, Mr. Black, is on the right. George spent his first few years of high school bussing to Burnaby South High School. George was the son of John and Mary Pendygrasse of 4027 Eton Street, Vancouver Heights, and brother to Harold Pendygrasse.
Photograph of the Gilmore School class held in the Presbyterian Church basement in Vancouver Heights. The school itself was so crowded around 1925 that some classes were held in the Presbyterian church basement on MacDonald Avenue. Identified: (front row, 6th from left) Jean Wright (later Jean McC…
Photograph of the Gilmore School class held in the Presbyterian Church basement in Vancouver Heights. The school itself was so crowded around 1925 that some classes were held in the Presbyterian church basement on MacDonald Avenue. Identified: (front row, 6th from left) Jean Wright (later Jean McCallum and later Jean Hogg), the daughter of Joseph and Wilhelmina Wright.
Photograph of Kingsway (then Westminster Road), looking east from Boundary Road near Central Park. Included in the photograph; Central Park Presbyterian Church, Masonic Hall and Reid's Hall.
Photograph of Kingsway (then Westminster Road), looking east from Boundary Road near Central Park. Included in the photograph; Central Park Presbyterian Church, Masonic Hall and Reid's Hall.
Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North h…
Photograph of 4015 Triumph Street, Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church at the corner of MacDonald Avenue and Triumph Street, with people playing tennis in the adjoining tennis court. The Hall's basement was used by overcrowded Gilmore School for classes and was also used for first Burnaby North high school classes before Burnaby North High School was built. It later became the Zenith Masonic Hall.
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.
This church replaced the first Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church, which opened in 1911 and later became the Masonic Hall. This site was purchased in 1928, but the new church was not completed until 1930, due to the financial constraints of the Depression era. B.C. Lieutenant-Governor Bruce dedicated the church on Feb. 16, 1931. The building has retained its Classical Revival form and detailing, including its symmetrical design, columns flanking the recessed main entrance and arched windows with keystone detailing. The Vancouver Heights Presbyterian Church was designed by Australian-born architect H.H. Simmonds (1883-1954). After serving in the First World War, Simmonds resumed his local practice, and even during the Depression, his output remained prolific. In the 1920s and 30s, Simmonds was commissioned by the City of Vancouver to replace several pavilions at the Pacific National Exhibition with a consistent grouping of Art Deco buildings including the surviving Livestock Building (1929), Women and Fine Arts Building (1931) and Forum (1933).