HERITAGE REGISTER 2013 heritage register 2013 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 2 ‘THE AMBITIOUS CITY’ 5 CHRONOLOGY OF HISTORIC EVENTS 6 HERITAGE REGISTER BUILDINGS 10 HERITAGE REGISTER SITES & STRUCTURES 119 HERITAGE LANDSCAPE FEATURES 124 HERITAGE CHARACTER AND CONSERVATION AREAS 129 INDEX OF BUILDINGS 132 INDEX OF HERITAGE REGISTER SITES & STRUCTURES 134 INDEX OF LANDSCAPE FEATURES 134 INDEX OF CHARACTER AND CONSERVATION AREAS 134 1 heritage register 2013 INTRODUCTION • The North Shore Inventory, 1983 This initial survey was undertaken by the North Shore he City of North Vancouver has a proud legacy of Heritage Advisory Committee, and identifi ed key historic settlement, and was offi cially incorporated as a new sites across the three North Shore municipalities. Tmunicipality in 1907 after it broke away from the District of North Vancouver. As a result of its ongoing growth • The Ambitious City: The City of North Vancouver and development, the City retains many signifi cant examples of Heritage Inventory, 1988-89 historic places that tell the stories of the past and continue to be Involved a comprehensive street-by-street survey of the valued by the community. The City of North Vancouver Heritage entire City, and identifi cation and evaluation of a number Register 2010 is a catalogue of existing heritage resources located of signifi cant sites, undertaken by Foundation Group within City boundaries. This project has provided a comprehensive Designs. update of previous inventory information that identifi es a broad range of historic resources such as buildings, structures, sites and • The Versatile-Pacifi c Shipyards Heritage Report, 1991 notable landscape features. The Heritage Register represents an A comprehensive survey of the industrial buildings ongoing civic commitment to monitor and conserve the City’s of the old Burrard Drydock site, undertaken by F.G. historic resources. Architectural & Planning Consultants. This report includes and updates information gathered in • The City of North Vancouver Heritage Inventory, 1994 previous inventories, including: A comprehensive update that included additional sites and further information on diff erent categories of resources, undertaken by F.G. Architectural & Planning Consultants. 2 heritage register 2013 In 1994, the Heritage Inventory was adopted as the City’s heritage value. Properties on a community heritage register are Community Heritage Registry as part of the Heritage Conservation eligible for inclusion on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. A Procedures Bylaw. The inventory and the development of number of North Vancouver sites have already been documented supportive heritage policies has resulted in a very successful through Statements of Signifi cance and can be found online at heritage program that has conserved and protected many www.historicplaces.ca. signifi cant heritage resources for the benefi t of the community. The City of North Vancouver has consistently been one of the As the Federal heritage programs have developed, there has most progressive jurisdictions in the province in the management also been a strong movement within the heritage conservation of local heritage resources, and has a very high success rate at fi eld towards values-based heritage management, recognizing maintaining, protecting and celebrating community heritage that contemporary society must answer the demands of many resources. stakeholders, all of who envision the value of heritage places in their own way. In recent decades the heritage fi eld has expanded The methodology for the 2013 Heritage Register Update and extended to include a much wider range of value perspectives. involved a number of sequential steps, the fi rst of which was Achieving balance among this complex range of cultural, social the determination of background historic context, followed and economic values has become central to the sustainable by a site-by-site survey of every building and structure within conservation of heritage resources. The Federal Government, the boundaries of the City. This was the third time that the City through the Historic Places Initiative, has embraced this values- has been fully surveyed, and attention was paid to ensure that based approach. Consistent with current best practices, and in representative as well as exceptional buildings were recognized. A keeping with the framework of the provincial and federal heritage number of resources were chosen for further investigation; these registers, the former inventory evaluation categories (Primary, were surveyed and photographed, and inventory forms were Secondary, Supplemental and Modern) have been eliminated in prepared as part of the research process. The chosen resources favour of a streamlined Register listing (Register A and Register B) were then thoroughly researched, including a search of all relevant that places the emphasis on a values-based assessment of each municipal and archival sources. site. As part of this current update, it was considered critical Inclusion on the Heritage Register does not constitute heritage to include representative buildings from all of the major designation or any other form of permanent heritage protection, development periods of the City, including the post-World War but a number of these sites have received legal protection through Two era. Extensive background research was used to guide the the following mechanisms: evaluation and inclusion of buildings. A wide range of resources has thus been listed and described, including a number of new • Designated Municipal Heritage Site: protected by a City sites added since the 1994 Heritage Inventory. Bylaw • Protected Municipal Heritage Site: protected by a Dates of construction were often derived by comparing a legal covenant registered on Land Title, a Heritage number of diff erent sources; dates given in this inventory are Revitalization Agreement or a Heritage Conservation considered known if they are accurate to within one year; other Area Bylaw. dates are listed as circa. Names given to buildings are generally the earliest one that can be determined, or in the case of most The exteriors of these municipally-protected sites may not be residences, the name of the fi rst owner. altered without the approval of City Council. What is the Heritage Register? Throughout this project, respect was shown for the rights of the The Heritage Register is an offi cial listing of properties, individual property owners. Anyone wishing to see these buildings established by Resolution of City Council, that are identifi ed as should be conscious of each owner’s privacy, and should not cross having heritage character or heritage value to the community. the bounds of private property. It is hoped that the owners and A Heritage Register facilitates the integration of heritage tenants of these buildings will fi nd this historic information to be considerations with community planning, enables monitoring of a source of pride, and assist in the process of the conservation and properties through licensing and permit application processes, and restoration of these important historic sites. informs property owners and prospective buyers of a property’s 3 heritage register 2013 4 heritage register 2013 ‘THE AMBITIOUS CITY’ he City of North Vancouver occupies an ideal location eighty fi ve acres by including the Grand Boulevard, three hundred “ on the north shore of the Burrard Inlet, directly opposite and forty six feet wide and twelve block in length, a feature which Tthe City of Vancouver from which it is distant about two is destined to become distinctive and of the highest value as the and one half miles, and with which it is connected by means of a city increases in population.” modern ferry service operated on a half hourly schedule.” “Though incorporated less than two years, the city already has a “The entire north shore of the Inlet originally comprised population of about 3,500, and is rapidly growing... The city enjoys the district municipality of North Vancouver, but a centre of the all the advantages of modern city conditions. The lines of the BC population having sprung up at the most convenient point, Electric Railway Company give ready access to all parts of the city the City was incorporated on May 13th, 1907, the boundaries while their electric lighting system provides up-to-date facilities in enclosing about 4,000 acres.” this regard for streets and residences etc. The telephone system of the BC Telephone Company gives modern local and long distance “The townsite is of the highest excellence in every respect... facilities. The waterworks system is owned by the corporation The land rises from the seaboard on about a three per cent grade and was installed at a cost of $110,000... The assessed value of creating the best natural conditions for sewage and drainage and property in the city is over four millions of dollars... Improvements likewise providing an elevation which aff ords an excellent view are exempt from taxation, the land alone providing civic revenue.” from all parts of the townsite, which constitutes one of the greatest attractions from a residential standpoint. The slope is towards “There is a full complement of churches, schools, hotels, etc.” the south, while towards the north the location is protected by retreating hills giving at once a delightful combination of a Henderson’s BC Directory, 1910, pp 940-943 sunny southern slope eff ectively protected from cold winds. The thoroughfares of the city are wide, many being eighty feet and some one hundred and one hundred and fi fty feet in width. There are in all about thirty eight acres within the city which have been set aside for public park purposes, the total of which is swelled to 5 heritage register 2013 CHRONOLOGY OF HISTORIC EVENTS uring the fi rst several years of its incorporated existence, War Two, the City became a hub of wartime industrial production, the City of North Vancouver was often referred to as ‘The and after the cessation of hostilities settled into a period of DAmbitious City’. This was understandable considering gradual development that has resulted in its current situation.