2015 HERITAGE HOUSE TOUR Sunday, June 7th, 2015 10am - 5pm THIS GUIDEBOOK IS YOUR TICKET Welcome to the Heritage House Tour! 2

Now in its 13th year, the Heritage House Tour is a keeping the distinct character of neighbourhoods are unique opportunity to explore the wonderful variety of just some benefits of heritage conservation. VHF is historic homes in . Thanks to the generous excited that during 2015, the City of Vancouver is giv- homeowners who are opening their doors, each stop ing heritage a high priority with its review of the Heri- shares a piece of our city’s history. Each one is also a tage Conservation Program. We are posting updates special opportunity to see how homeowners are caring on our website including how to find out more and for and enjoying Vancouver’s heritage today. opportunities to participate in the process. This year, through nine locations we explore forty years VHF promotes and supports heritage conservation of history in fourteen different homes, taking in 1920s through awareness, education and grants, directly luxury apartments, an unusual brick house, a vintage impacting projects to retain, reuse and rehabilitate our bungalow, a converted industrial building and more. We historic buildings and sites. You can help! Volunteer, visit the West End and , both neighbourhoods attend our programs and make a donation. Help us that have not often been featured on the tour but which ensure a positive future for heritage buildings at the have a wealth of heritage to discover. Throughout all heart of our neighbourhoods. the homes, the owners’ love of their heritage spaces, We hope you enjoy the tour! and the skill of the professionals and trades that support them, is evident. Retaining, restoring and enjoying heritage buildings is a superb way to support a sustainable future – for the environment, economy and culture of our city. Reusing Judith Mosley high quality materials, encouraging skills training and VHF Executive Director photo credit: VHF What should I know? Vancouver Heritage Foundation Houses are open from 10am - 5pm only. No latecomers or early birds. Vancouver Heritage Foundation is a registered charity Photography on tour properties is strictly prohibited. supporting the conservation of heritage buildings and No children under 6 are permitted (infants in front carriers are allowed) and all attendees structures in recognition of their contribution to the city’s must have a ticket. economy, sustainability and culture. No food, drink, pets, smoking or cell phone use on tour properties. 402 - 510 W Hastings St., Vancouver, BC V6B 1L8 Washroom facilities are NOT provided at tour homes. Check the map in this guide for 604 264 9642 recommended public facility locations. [email protected] We regret the tour is not mobility device accessible. www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org VHF reserves the right to refuse entry or ask any visitor to leave who does not adhere to Charitable # 891765968 these guidelines. All house images provided by Please be patient as line-ups at homes are possible. Enjoy the opportunity to meet other Martin Knowles Photo/Media unless otherwise noted visitors as you already share a common interest! Please feel free to ask questions of any of our amazing volunteers. What should I bring? This guide. It is also your ticket. Show it at each house to get inside. Appropriate shoes. You are required to remove your shoes at each home, so wear shoes that are easy to get on and off. You may also wish to bring your own reusable bag to carry shoes. A Vancouver street map. The guidebook map is for illustrative purposes only. You will need a Vancouver street map. About VHF & the Heritage House Tour 3 House 1 - 1101 Nicola St: Queen Charlotte Apartments Two blocks northeast of Davie St 4 Built 1927/28 In the 1920s, the West End of Vancouver, once a Builder Dominion Construction neighbourhood of single family homes, was trans- forming. As families moved out to new suburbs, Company (Charles Bentall) particularly Shaughnessy, the opportunity for apart- Heritage Register B (significant) ment living close to the downtown was apparent. and municipally designated Houses were subdivided and a trend of purpose- built buildings, begun before the war, took hold. The Sponsored by Queen Charlotte Apartments is a well-preserved and restored example of this early neighbourhood densi- fication. A 1904 house on this corner lot was acquired and made way for the new building. Harry (H. H.) Ste- vens (1878-1973), a prominent and controversial poli- tician in the 1920s and 30s, as well as a businessman, was President of Queen Charlotte Apartments Ltd., the owner of the new building. When completed in 1928, the building was marketed as a high-end development, an elegant “apartment- hotel” concept. The Spanish Colonial Revival style building in reinforced concrete construction offered furnished and unfurnished units, with a live-in manager- ess, maid service available and the latest conveniences and décor including electric fireplaces and refrigera - tion. Built on two lots, there were lawns and gardens photo credit: James Loewen A Roedde House Museum at the rear. An early resident was noted barrister Adam Smith Johnston (1888-1948) who sold his home flooring continues beyond the wall. in Shaughnessy and moved to an apartment A Roedde House Museum Most of the individual apartments retain their here. Considered “the best-dressed man in 1415 Barclay St layout and historic detailing. In Apt. 14, a Vancouver,” the fashionable Queen Charlotte bathroom update has been sensitively inserted This Queen clearly suited his refined taste. into the floorplan. In Apt. 16, the original Anne Revival The special character of this well-appointed lobby lounge is now a photographer’s studio style home building is still apparent today. Converted to with retained flooring, ornamentation and light was built in strata-title in the 1970s, it became a designated fixtures, demonstrating how luxurious the build- 1893 for the heritage building in 1997. Much appreciated and ing was intended to be. In Apt. 26, a modern family of Gus- cared for by current owners, conservation plan- kitchen to meet the needs of a keen chef sits tav Roedde. ning over twenty years ago has helped guide alongside many original features including the You are invited the maintenance and restoration of heritage painted parrot lamp in the hallway and living to visit for features. Most recently, the distinctive exterior room ceiling light, the only one remaining in Sunday Tea lights were restored in 2015 with the assistance the building. Apt. 34 retains the original lay- and Tour ($8) of a Restore It grant from VHF. out, flooring and details including the filigree screens between the kitchen and dining area. featuring a tea tasting of a special Roedde On entering the building, notice the Moorish House blend by Murchie’s Tea & Coffee and tiles in the vestibule and the Art Deco detailing inThe maid service and valet parking may be long a chance to explore the museum. the hallway. The Turnbull elevator is one of only gone, but the Queen Charlotte Apartments has two surviving cage elevators in the province. A retained its historic character and very special Extended hours on Sunday, June 7th “Reception Lounge” originally extended to the curb appeal, thanks to the combined efforts of Tea & Tour, $8 (cash only) right from the lobby but was already enclosed the residents in caring for this West End gem. in the adjacent apartment by 1930 (see Apt.16). 10am - 5pm The exceptional basket-weave inlaid motif in the photo credit: VHF

House 1 - 1101 Nicola St: Queen Charlotte Apartments Two blocks northeast of Davie St 5 House 2 - 995 Bute St: Rand House At Nelson St 6 Building Permit c.1899 Located on a prominent corner site, this distinctive Heritage Register B (significant) and home is a welcoming beacon in the West End. It municipally designated recalls the early development of the neighbourhood, when wealthy residents built their homes on multiple Sponsored by lots to escape the smoke and noise from the port. The house, built in the Queen Anne Revival style, may date from as early as 1895 and is certainly one of the oldest surviving in the West End. By 1899, it was owned by Henry Town, a prominent Vancouver resident, who had the neighbouring three houses on Bute Street built on its grounds at that time. Town died on a business trip to Australia in 1905, leaving the property to his sister Laura. Her husband, Edward E. Rand, was prominent in real estate and co-founded Rand Bros. Real Estate, today known as Rand and Fowler Insurance. The Rands were resident at the house from 1919. Laura sold in 1925, a year after Edward’s death, and moved to an apartment nearby. Today, the house is known as Rand House, in honour of its best-known resident. This corner has not always looked as lovely as it does today. The years following the Rand’s ownership were not kind to the house. Converted to a rooming house, additional upgrades inside and out. Original materials the rooflines were reconfigured, the top of the wereturret carefully removed, then reinstated, allowing for VHF Grants cut off, the gable and dormer erased and the exterior the installation of some very modern touches including Financial help for the repair covered in beer-bottle stucco. a geothermal and in-floor radiant heat system. The finaland maintenance of heritage exteriors In 1994, new owners stepped in to rescue and restore it. result, with a dramatic open staircase, hidden turret room, The interior of the house was carefully restored with many compact roof-top deck and restored historic features, is a VHF offers four different types original elements recovered and reinstated or refinished, truly unique home. of grants, three for those including the fireplace mantel and insert, interior doors Seeking to move closer to Downtown, new owners have already listed on Vancouver’s and egg-shaped brass doorknobs and fir floors. made Rand House a family home. With a major restoration Heritage Register and one to help add a building to the list. But the exterior still remained to be done. Beneath the already completed, little was needed except to settle in The grants help with costs stucco, the original shingles and siding were found to be and enjoy the unique character of this historic beauty. associated with the exterior in good condition. Starting in 2004, the work to restore repair and maintenance of the exterior was a big undertaking but the handsome heritage buildings including re- result has elevated the whole block. The house was lifted painting in historically accurate to restore its original relationship to the street, which schemes, restoring character had been raised. The wrap-around porch and original elements such as woodwork rooflines were reinstated, and the exterior repainted in or windows and creating a historic colours from Benjamin Moore & Co. with the help conservation maintenance of a VHF True Colours grant. Windows on Bute Street plan. For more information visit were restored and new, custom, high-efficiency ones the Get A Grant page of our made to match for elsewhere on the house. Creating website. three suites in addition to the main unit required some COV Archives: AM54-S4-: Bu P195 Group Portrait in front of Rand Bros. Real Estate office, 1889. House 2 - 995 Bute St: Rand House At Nelson St 7 West End Apartments by Michael Kluckner 8 Four shillings tuppence an acre – a grand total of neighbourhood away from the smoky industries era through periods of bohemian culture in the $555.75 – bought the West End in 1862. Almost a along and the waterfront. However, 1950s to the “Swinging Singles” of the 1960s and square mile (225 hectares) of virgin forest, it had even then, apartment buildings had begun to the gay renaissance of the 1970s and thereafter. been traversed for millenia by Aboriginal people. appear and homes were soon converted into Throughout it all – at least since the 1920s – it The nearest points of permanent settlement were rooming houses as families left for areas such as has been home to a much higher proportion of First Nations villages at the mouth of False Creek Fairview, Kitsilano and Shaughnessy. This process renters than anywhere else in the city. And with and at today’s Lumbermen’s Arch in . accelerated through the prosperous 1920s and its beautiful beach along English Bay and its The settler culture had only just established its the desperate 1930s, and became a social border on Stanley Park, it is a city-wide – indeed own town: . imperative during World War II when federal laws a region-wide – destination. The “three greenhorns” who bought this District mandated the quick creation of rental housing. Lot 185 – the West End – and built a cabin near Post-war, with the growth of Vancouver as an A Brief History of the Vancouver the north foot of Bute Street were unsuccessful office centre, the City rezoned the WestApartment End and Condo Cariboo gold miners. They looked for coal but for highrise apartments, more than a hundred Pre-tour lecture with Michael Kluckner found only a little of it in . Twenty of which were built before a 1972 downzoning. years passed, and when rumours began of a trans- Today, more than three-quarters of the area’s June 2nd continental railway, they engaged other investors dwellings are apartments/condos in buildings 7:30pm - 9:00pm and subdivided their land as the City of Liverpool. with five or more storeys. Its population is more $15 (inc. tax) In 1886, it became part of the City of Vancouver. English-speaking and younger, with the same University Women’s proportion of seniors but fewer children, than the A century ago, the West End was a family area Club at Hycroft city average. of wooden houses – some very grand, especially 1489 McRae Ave along Sunset Beach and near Stanley Park, more No part of Vancouver has seen such social modest ones for the middle class, all seeking a change, from the formalities of the Victorian COV Archives AM54-S4-: Bu N261.2, 1937. Benjamin Faulkner, a car repairer at the CPR shops, earlier but were now ready to create their permanent obtained a building permit in 1907 for a house costing home here. Working with architect Noel Best, they have $1,000 to build. Mrs. Faulkner had the water connected completed significant updates including excavating in 1908 and in 1910 a further permit was issued to raise the basement to increase ceiling height, and replacing the house. The veranda, bay window, double-hung sash plumbing, electrical, heating and deteriorated south- windows, narrow clapboard siding and front gable of facing windows. The porch needed extensive repairs this home are all typical features of the early vernacular and the roof was replaced. A later addition at the rear style of the period from 1870 to 1910. The Faulkners was removed and the wall pushed out instead. The stayed until 1911 and by 1914, another CPR employee, home was repainted in historic paint colours with the James Sedgefield Murphy and his daughter Hazel, a assistance of a VHFTrue Colours grant in 2014. telephone operator, had moved in. Hazel went on to Interior features have been retained and complemented live here for six decades. with thoughtful additions. The fireplace was not original The Faulkners built their home in Kitsilano at a time so was redone using the owners’ collection of unique when the neighbourhood was expanding rapidly, nineteenth century antique English Minton tiles. A transforming from forest to suburb. Streetcar service salvaged front door and stained glass panels were extended to Kits Beach in 1905, improving access to installed and two smaller bedrooms were combined to downtown. Employment was also available locally in create the master bedroom. The home showcases the owner’s large collection of books, reflecting a career as Building Permit 1907 nearby sawmills and the BC Electric Railway shops. Henry Hudson Elementary School opened in 1912 to a literary critic. First Owner Mr and Mrs Benjamin serve the community. Faulkner Heritage Register C (contextual) A major restoration of the home began in 2012. Returning Sponsored by to the neighbourhood after many years in Toronto, the *Please expect to park a few blocks away due to current owners had purchased the house eighteen years parking restrictions

House 3 - 1876 W 3rd Ave Just west of Burrard St 9 House 4 - 388 W 1st Ave: The Exchange At Wylie St 10

Built 1913/15 and c.1927 Originally the BC Telephone Company Offices and First Owner BC Telephone Company Stores, essentially a warehouse for spools of cables and wires, telephone and related equipment, this Heritage Register B (significant) and masonry building was later known as the BEST municipally designated Building. It is the oldest surviving building in the Sponsored by South East False Creek area, begun in 1913. It is of note that it was partly constructed during WWI, a time of little construction in Vancouver. Similar vernacular industrial buildings are more common *Access via south side of building, in and . The building was added off Wylie Street through the lane to by 1927 on the east side with a four-storey addition, two bays wide, and a further one-storey wing beyond. Over subsequent decades, some changes were made to windows and a light-well filled in to create a staircase, but the building remained largely intact. Its four storeys, open floor area and robust timber and brick masonry structure made it a good candidate for conversion to condominiums, and this was completed in 2009. A new adjoining block was constructed on the vacant lot alongside. Bricks were salvaged from the one-storey wing which was removed and reused where needed for repairs to the main building. house buildings, and in this case it was. But The new elevator column shared by the new most earlier examples would have had lath and old buildings provides seismic stability and plaster covering the interior brickwork. to the historic masonry structure whose walls The robust simplicity and honesty of the bare are up to two feet thick. The simplicity of the historic finishes and timber structure are key exterior is marked by vertical brick pilasters to the appeal of the loft conversion for modern with repetitive banks of double hung wood living. windows, concrete lintels and sandstone sills. The apartments in the converted building enjoy The windows were retained and restored in their open plan spaces consistent with the warehouse original single-glazed form, and are considered character. Polished concrete floors are part of to be character-defining features of the building. the necessary fire separation system added The exposed structural elements on the interior of between floors and complement the con- heavy timbers and brick enhance the character of temporary interior design scheme that includes the living spaces. But keeping the brickwork un- imported Italian kitchens. Apt. 211 and Apt. covered was also important to avoid altering the 214 share common historic features including historic performance of the wall. With a relatively exposed brick and timber along with restored small area of glazing overall, the mass of masonry wood windows. Apt. 414 has the same brick and performs relatively well as is. Adding modern timber but also enjoys an exposed wood ceiling insulation or coatings could have had adverse ef- and access to a private roof top terrace. fects on the historic construction, inadvertently COV Archives, AM339-S7-: CVA 17-19, Leonard Frank photographer. 1915. Reproduced with kind permission of hastening deterioration. It is often felt that TELUS. exposed brickwork was original to such ware- JJ Bean False Creek VHF Info Booth Creekside Community Centre (188 W 1st Ave) House 4 - 388 W 1st Ave: The Exchange At Wylie St 11 Loft Life by Robert Lemon 12

The appeal of a loft conversion is the large open use of electric lights). Artists were attracted to plan and flexible living space in an historic build- cheap, underused space with abundant room for ing as an alternative to more conventional apart- work and living, and began settling in, mostly ment layouts. Initially, artists and other creative illegally. Over time the idea of living and work- people looking for inexpensive living and working ing in alternative spaces in marginal parts of spaces in underused historic warehouse buildings town became more popular and was eventually pioneered this concept, now widely accepted regularized by zoning changes. These New York in the real estate market and emulated, even in neighbourhoods – SoHo and Tribeca in particu- newly constructed buildings, for those aspiring to lar - would evolve to their current form of highly an artistic lifestyle. desirable and expensive districts, not just for artists to live and work, but for high end retail, The cult film “Diva” (1981) no doubt fueled the hotel and restaurant uses and as hubs for creative demand for those longing to live in a loft with types and tourists. space vast enough to roller skate around the bath- tub set smack in the middle of the living room. Vancouver’s Gastown has a similar stock of ware- house buildings along – some with The conversion of buildings to residential use - high ceilings but more of a later (early 20th Cen- known as “lofts” – began in lower Manhattan in tury) vintage with lower ceilings made possible the 1960s where there was a large stock of late 19th by electric lighting. Yaletown is predominantly century warehouse buildings with empty upper of this building form. The Exchange (House #4) floors. These storage lofts had high ceilings, tall is a rare example outside the downtown core. windows and deep floor plates (pre widespread This unusual home in the heart of Strathcona was built The new owners were not looking for a heritage by Adamo Piovesan, a longshoreman from Italy, for his home but here found many things on their wish list, wife, Maria and their four daughters. Located close to including the secondary building that now serves as a the port, this neighbourhood was home to many who professional furniture workshop. They have embraced worked there from the early years of the city. During the the conservation of the home’s character. The porch, Depression years, the family income was supplemented stripped of a later covering, was repainted to match by selling a shot of liquor and a sandwich for 25 cents the original colour, using Benjamin Moore & Co.’s from the porch. In the 1940s, the Piovesan family were True Colours palette. Wood windows upstairs were followed by William and Nellie Wallace. Wallace ran a restored and aluminum ones in the kitchen will be transfer business, Wallace Transport, using the brick replaced. The upstairs bathroom was expanded to building at the rear as his distribution centre, not always include a tub and shower. The original tile work was for legal goods. Police raids looking for liquor and cash mostly unsalvageable but the owners worked with a apparently prompted him to hide money in the walls – Seattle firm to create replica tiles. Carpet and- lino the current owners have not found any yet. leum glued to the living room floor were removed and the underlying fir floors refinished. The spacious In 1905, an application for water connection was sub- upstairs landing provides a welcome and well-used mitted but the house was not built for another twenty- play space. five years, a late-comer to the block. The solid brick Built 1930 masonry construction is very unusual for the city and The airy rooms now showcase the owners’ collection First Owner Adamo Piovesan the style is more typical of the 1900s than the 1930s, of mid-century Danish furnishings, including a special Heritage Register B (significant) perhaps purposefully echoing neighbouring homes. family heirloom armchair, Hans Wegner’s Papa chair, Sponsored by The decorative contrasting ochre brickwork of the as well as a coffee table and credenza designed and main façade further enhances the Edwardian flavour.built by Sholto Scruton, the owner. Neighbour and The unusual coved ceilings of the main floor roomslandscape hide architect Bryce Gauthier advised on the bricks that step in to support the floor joists above.rear garden landscaping that offers year-round green.

House 5 - 446 Union St Just west of Jackson Ave 13 House 6 - 1544 Grant St One block west of Commercial Dr 14

This Edwardian-era home was built sometime modified over the decades without a consistent between 1908 and 1910 for William M. Hilbert, a approach. Windows had been changed out, retired blacksmith. Originally from England, Hilbert and a newer staircase had been inserted taking spent over two decades in Nanaimo before moving up a large amount of space. The new owners to Vancouver. He died in 1913, the house staying wanted to create a space-efficient layout, make in the family for a few more years. His son-in-law better use of the back of the house and update George D. Scott, an insurance agent, was resident a separate basement suite. in 1916. Subsequent owners and residents did not Determined to keep and work with the house, stay more than a few years. the owners had to address some significant struc- The Grandview neighbourhood was developing tural issues created by successive renovations. rapidly through the first decade or so of the century.The house was lifted and given a new foundation. Marketed by real estate agents for its views to the Historic elements were retained where possible, water and mountains, this home took advantage including stained glass windows, and original of its position. The adjacent lot to the west was doors found in the basement were reinstated. vacant until the 1950s and even then had only a Salvaged wood was repurposed as the dining small house on it. As if on a corner lot, the design table. The resulting open plan living spaces suit of this home incorporated a bay window on the the family’s needs. As a professional landscape Water Permit 1908 west façade and a corner entry porch, later designer, the homeowner has created the setting First Owner/Resident William M. Hilbert enclosed, as well as the full veranda. for the house, and completed the contemporary Sponsored by When the current owners purchased the house update of this historic home with a green roof on eight years ago, they were drawn to that same the garage. view. But inside the house, the floorplan had been Listing a building on the Heritage Register flags is often granted for the exterior of a building, a site as having heritage value. Although it does however in some cases it has been used to protect not offer protection from alteration or demolition, significant or unique interior elements. -For ex the City can offer a number of options to assist in ample the Royal Bank building at the corner of retaining listed buildings. West Hastings Street and has The Heritage Register lists buildings in three its remarkable Florentine lobby included in categories based on their architecture, history or the designation. The alteration of a designated neighbourhood context: building is governed by Heritage Alteration Permits and ultimately needs City Council’s ap- • ‘A’ buildings have primary significance histori- proval. There are approximately 530 designated cally or culturally, or are the best examples of a heritage sites in Vancouver. particular style or type. There are only 250 build- ings currently in this category. As part of the City’s Heritage Action Plan (HAP), the Vancouver Heritage Register is being updat- • ’B’ buildings are good examples of a style or ed. The City is welcoming nominations for addi- screen capture of interactive map type and may have some historical or cultural signif- tions to the Register from May 23 until Septem- icance. Over 1100 buildings fall into this category. ber 14. For information check theUnderstanding In 1986 the City of Vancouver adopted the • ‘C’ buildings contribute to the historic char- the Heritage Action Plan page of our website. Heritage Register (formerly known as the acter of an area. There are 800 buildings in this Heritage Inventory), a list of over 2,200 sites of We have also been working to complete our category. significance, including commercial and residential Heritage Site Finder interactive map, a visual buildings, landscape resources and monuments. It Heritage Designation does provide legal pro- guide for all sites listed on the Vancouver is an important component of the City’s Heritage tection and regulates the alteration or demolition Heritage Register. Conservation Program. of a significant site through by-laws. Designation Visit www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/map/ Vancouver’s Heritage Register 15 House 7 - 4371 Victoria Dr Just north of 16

While the floorplan conforms to the typical Vancouver but the rest of the room, with its heavily textured plas- bungalow, this 1930 house stands out from the rest ter, coved ceilings, picture rails, arched windows and with red brick and limestone cladding that echoes antiqued light fixtures are typical of the Hollywood- grander Arts & Crafts homes of the period. The homeinspired style popular in the late 1920s and early 1930s. was built for an English couple, the Bakers, who raised The new owners embraced the heritage features and their family here. The family business, Kingsway Wood- enhanced the vintage feel. They acquired some of the works, was nearby, manufacturing windows and doors. Bakers’ 1930s furnishings including furniture, paintings The Bakers’ son and his wife in turn raised their two and oilcloth floor coverings. The kitchen cupboards sons here, finally selling to the current owners in 1999.were rebuilt to accommodate a dishwasher and the The Bakers had an interesting hobby in breeding tropical refrigerator, and new cupboards were added in the birds and fish. Tropical fish tanks, along with two large same style. Matching tiles and hardware were found in floor to ceiling aviaries were housed in the basement, vintage shops, along with the 1930s kitchen table and one connected to an exterior aviary. In the backyard hutch. Throughout, the original wood flooring has been they propagated rare alpine plants under elaborate revealed and refinished. cloches. For a number of years the family set up displaysThe owners upgraded the electrical system, replaced at the PNE with their birds, plants and fish. the attic windows, which were in poor condition, and photo credit: homeowner The current owners were keen to take on a heritage insulated and converted the attic to a sitting area and house and were delighted to find the home so littleguest room. The original asbestos tile roof was replaced Built 1930 altered and in excellent condition. The kitchen was after 84 years, with the assistance of a Restore It grant First Owner Ernest and Minnie Baker likely renovated in the mid-1950s when the still-working from VHF. A separate basement suite has replaced the Heritage Register: B (significant) General Electric Automatic Calrod stove was a current aviaries and fish tanks. A plan to restore the living room model. Two original leaded and stained glass window window to its original appearance will complete the panels in the living room disappeared over the decades vintage charm of this well-loved heritage home. This elegant Georgian Revival home was built in 1930 later, to . at a cost of $7,500. The gracious symmetrical façade The home has remained remarkably intact has elaborate ornamentation including scrollwork through the decades, particularly the main floor above the main floor windows, an imposingwith porch its original light fixtures and ornamentation. with columns and a ballustrade, belt courses and Purchasing the home thirty years ago, the cur- cornices. It is a good example of a style popular in rent owners have enhanced its generous spaces. Vancouver during the 1920s and 1930s. Wall-to-wall carpeting was removed to reveal The builders, working on spec, were likely not aware the original flooring. The kitchen and bathrooms of the full reality of the tough economic times of the were updated and a new deck added. 1930s. Nevertheless, the first residents had moved in This charming Georgian style can be spotted by 1932 and stayed until 1947. Duncan Carmichael, both in Kerrisdale and northwards into the a manufacturers agent with an office in the Imperial leafy streetscapes of Shaughnessy. The mature Block on Seymour Street, and his wife Edith, a stenog- gardens enhance and soften the strict symmetry rapher, both of Scottish origin, had been married at of the façade. St. Andrew’s Church in Vancouver ten years earlier. In 1948, Oscar and Marion Aaron moved in and stayed To learn more about the prevalent house styles of for twenty years. The Aarons were the proprietors Vancouver through the decades from the 1880s of Aaron’s Ladies Wear at 418 West Hastings Street. to the 1980s, visit the Vancouver House Styles Built 1930 Their store shared the street with Claman’s, Dick’s and webtool on the VHF website: Builder Kerrisdale Home Builders later teen shops such as Sweet Sixteen during a time www.vancouverheritagefoundation.org/learn- Sponsored by when that part of Hastings Street was the place to go with-us/vancouver-house-styles/ for clothing. In the early 1970s, clothing retailers be- gan to disperse to Gastown, the Pacific Centre and, VHF Info Booth Oakridge Centre

House 8 - 6385 Marguerite St Just north of W 49th Ave 17 Marpole by John Atkin 18 as the ) The first non-native settlement in the Marpole – made their latest area began in the 1860s with the arrival of settlers move downstream to such as the McCleery, Mackie, Mole and Garypie follow the shifting river families. By 1871, a simple Methodist Church had mouth, and settled been erected on the river shoreline. A few years what is now known as later the North Arm Road, today’s Fraser Street, Marpole. A major First pushed through the forest to connect the farms of Nations village is now a the Fraser River to the emerging town of Granville National Historic Site. (the future Vancouver) on . c sna m, also known All this activity attracted as the Marpole Midden Harry Eburne who pur- site, was the largest chased a plot of land of a network of camps next to the church in and villages along the 1880s and opened creeks and ocean a general store and post shores in the area office, eventually giving between the North his name to the growing Goad’s Atlas, plate 47. 1912. Shore Mountains and community. And even Tsawwassen, the Strait though Eburne set him- At least four to five thousand years ago the of Georgia and Coquitlam, including all of what ̓ə ʔə self and the store up on Musqueam people – guardians of the mouth is now Vancouver (City of Vancouver Marpole the other side of the of the Hiqw Sto:lo (Big River, now known Heritage Context Statement, 2015). COV Archives, 371 2468. William river a few years later, Henry (Harry) Eburne, 188-. his name remained in place until 1916 when Want to learn more about c sna m? the community opted to rename itself after B Colbourne House (Marpole Museum) c sna m, the city before the city the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Richard Marpole. 8743 SW Marine Drive Open June 7th, 10am - 5pm. Growth picked up with the arrival of the Steveston Stop by to see inside and New Westminster BCER interurban trains and Colbourne House and the streetcar. Canneries and sawmills learn about the history of attracted new residents including a sizeable Japa- the neighbourhood. The nese community centred around Selkirk Street. Marpole Museum is oper- The business district on Hudson Street prospered ated by the Marpole Mu- with over fifty stores, a hotel, bowling alley and seum & Historical Society, theatre. But soon, with the construction of the Musqueam First Nation, the Museum of a not-for-profit group run Oak Street bridge in 1957 it would all but disap- Vancouver and the Museum of Anthropology by a dedicated team of pear as traffic was diverted away from the com- at̓ə UBCʔə have partnered on a groundbreaking̓ə ʔə volunteers. munity. Further displacement occurred with the exploration of the city’s ancient landscape, opening of the to the airport. and Musqueam’s early history and living Special lunch offer! culture. Three distinct exhibitions are running Today, Marpole is a thriving community of single- Get a gourmet hotdog with grilled onions and concurrently. family homes and apartments with a bustling cheese, a choice of tea, coffee or lemonade and commercial district on Granville Street. Visit www.thecitybeforethecity.com for two cookies for $5 (cash only). You are invited to details. stay and enjoy your lunch in the garden or food can be packaged to go for those eager to get to their next tour stop. Proceeds benefit the Museum. photo credit: VHF

Marpole by John Atkin 19 House 9 - 1087 Park Dr Two blocks west of Oak St 20 Built in 1914 for widow Rachel MacGillivray, the ad- work done in keeping with its style and character. dress was often simply given as Park Drive at Osler, The exterior was repainted in a traditional scheme suggesting how little developed the area was at the that highlights the Craftsman detailing including time. Park Drive forms the southern edge of Districtclapboard and shingle cladding, with scalloped Lot 526, the original timber grant for the Hastings Mill shingles and diamond point trim in the front gable. in 1865 and later the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR)’s The dogwood emblem was added by the current land-holding south of False Creek. Around 1912, the owners. CPR began to develop the area closest to the grow- Stepping into the hallway reveals a restored interior ing community of Eburne. The neighbouring house with many Arts & Crafts details. The original fir floors, at 1105 Park Drive (1912) and nearby Ramsay Housefire surround and built-ins were stripped and refinished. (1913) are both listed on the Heritage Register. The light fixtures in the living and dining rooms are The building permit for this house gives the architect original as is the upstairs bath tub. Early light switches as Hanna, who is also associated with a number of and other details have been retained while the home’s other homes in the area from around this time. The services were fully checked or updated. daughter of Scottish immigrants, Rachel MacGillivray Previous owners converted the basement stair into a and her children, Archibald and Mary Pearl, moved powder room and updated the basement into a two- west to Vancouver from Ontario in 1910 and stayed in bedroom rental suite. Most recently, a new kitchen this home for forty years. was installed, chosen to fit harmoniously with the Purchasing in 2009, the current owners found little historic style of the home. In 2013, a two-bedroom Built 1914 changed in much of the house, however key updates laneway house designed in a complementary style First Owner Rachel MacGillivray such as re-wiring, plumbing and an upper floor deckreplaced the old dilapidated garage. It featured on were already in place. Their approach has been to the 2013 VHF Laneway House Tour. Sponsored by SMALLWORKS repair and restore the original features, with any new We build beautiful small homes B Marpole Museum - Colbourne House Barristers & Solicitors, Trademark Agents Inspiration for any space. Putting People First. Partners. Craftsmen. Engineers.

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Upcoming Events 23 Thanks 24 The Heritage House Tour takes a diverse team 2015 HERITAGE HOUSE TOUR VOLUNTEERS Chris Petty Isla Steele of people to organize and put on each year. as of April 29, 2015 Anna Rallings Rai Talib This year’s tour has involved the efforts of over Jim Ross Melania Taylor 180 volunteers. A big thank you to our 2015 Christine Allen Eleanor Gregory Marilou Rudakewich Susan Torgerson homeowners for welcoming us into their homes! David Anthony Imbi & Phillip Harding Karen Russell Katrina Torresan Don Archibald Jo-ann Hilton Yuko Sakata April Underwood House Searchers: Neil Armitage Linda & Wayne Hilts Lindsay Salt Wim Vanderpoll Monique Badun, David Dove, Heather Keate, Carol Attenborrow Laurie Holst Sharon Schick Dorothy Watters Richard Keate, Mollie Massie, Sonja Pederson Christine Austin Livia Huang Cass Sclauzero Lee Wolff and Elizabeth Seaton with VHF Staff Megan Balmer Sydney Hughes Jo Scott Baxendale Evelyn Wong House Researchers: Adrienne Brown Heidi Hunchak Karen Seaboyer Helen Wood VHF Staff with the COV Archives, Carol Bruce Caitlin Hurley Sherry Fraser Carol Yun www.vancouver.ca/archives Gloria Burgess Carole Jacques Nancy Singbeil Stu Burgess Jan Johnston Guidebook: Sheila Butt Barbara Jones Writing, Editing and Design: Anna Camporese Alison Keenan VHF Staff Monica Camporese GiHoon Kim Copy Editing: Christine Cassidy Louise Klaassen Jana Tyner Victor Chow Michael Kluckner Photography: Martin Knowles, Rod Clarke Jacqueline Lamont www.mkphotomedia.com Gary Cleven Chi Le Paper: RR Donnelley Laurel Coghlin-Newman Patricia Lendrum Mark Coghlin-Newman Judith Levy Photo credit: VHF Research Consultants and Contributors: Ada Con Anne Lidstone VHF BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Atkin, Richard Keate, Michael Kluckner Marlene Conway Bonnie Low Jane Banfield *Alix Noble and Robert Lemon Angelina Corona Ursula MacLeod **Stacy Bhola-Reebye John Quinton Michael Croteau Keri MacLeod Elisabeth Donnelley Brian Roche Marketing Distribution: Alan Deeth Kathy Mair Jim Ross Harry Wong David Dove Shelagh Dodd Jessica Mann Marta Farevaag Karen Russell House Leads: Brenda Draney Arianna Mao Heather Keate Barbara Vanderburgh Jack & Debbie Allen, Susan Gifford, Susanna Zelma Edgar Kim McCarthy **Robert Lemon Houwen, Mary Lou & Roel Schootman, Hillary Bill & Marita Edwards Ina McLay Michael MacLean Taylor, Lindsie Tomlinson Foreman & Curtis Lexie Evers Sam Mickelson **Rima Martinez-Bakich Foreman, David Toole, Nicki Collingwood, Marta Farevaag Chris Miller Daryl F. Nelson Bonnie Gabel & Bob Elwin, June Harrison, Daryl Martin Ferries Tom Mills Nelson, Kathy Reichert and Lindsay Wilkinson. Judy Finch Elizabeth Minish *Retired April 2015 Linda Fleck Cheryl Mitchell **Appointed April 2015 Pamela Francis Craig & Jill Moberg Ashley Fraser Karly Morgan VHF STAFF Connie Frederiksen Lorene Morgan Judith Mosley Executive Director Miri Garaway John Morse Rebecca Bishop Programming Manager Shahab Ghandhari Sandra North Kathryn Morrow Communications Manager Sarah Gillies David O’Donnell Jessica Quan Special Project Coordinator Carol Gordon Adele Oliver Corey Ratch Administrative Assistant Bob Gower Chris Pearce Russ & Jan Graham Bruce Pedersen Thanks 25 Map 26

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LEGEND SUGGESTED WASHROOM SUGGESTED FOOD STOPS Roads LOCATIONS 8 Marpole Museum/Colbourne House Bike Routes Creekside Community Centre Hotdog, drink and cookies $5 (pg 19) 1 Athletes Way Roedde House Tea & Tour $8 (pg 5) Tour Houses Oakridge Centre 650 W 41st Ave JJ Bean False Creek 10% off (pg 23) VHF Info Table Marpole Museum 8743 SW Marine Dr POINTS OF INTEREST Suggested Washrooms 9 A Roedde House Museum VHF INFO TABLES (pg 23) 1415 Barclay St (pg. 5) Food stops 188 W 1st Ave (JJ Bean False Creek) B Marpole Museum/Colbourne House 6385 Marguerite St (House #8) Point of Interest B 8743 SW Marine Dr (pg. 19)

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