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The Sheppard Residence at 518 E 18th St was built in 1922 and was also designed by Blackadder. When that didn’t work, they alerted Nickel Bros, the go-to contractor for prepping a salvageable house to be moved, finding a buyer and handling the daunting logistics of getting it there. I immediately recognize the “Fromme Block” which sits at the corner of Lynn Valley Road and Mountain Highway. I also see the tracks of the Lynn Valley streetcar that ended at what we now know as the “End of The Line” store. And in so doing, I learned about the two iterations of the “Lynn Valley General Store”. So, join me as we turn back the clock to do a bit of time travelling to the early days of Lynn Valley.
It was owned by the general manager of the Canadian Fishing Company before being used by religious institutions. Now it’s a residential space, but it still has its magnificent ballroom with original features. Tudor Revival-style was popular in Vancouver, and this mansion pays tribute to the style. It’s actually huge, and so is the lot it’s on — 39,596 square feet, to be precise. The 12-bedroom home comes with a coach house and a garden teahouse around the back, and it was named after the original owner’s daughter, Rosemary.
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The new owner of the Cook residence has been eager to know more about its heritage value and the history of its previous inhabitants. Both the Cook and Schiplo homes were lived in by the families of labourers who worked in the shipyards on the North Vancouver waterfront. Heritage buildings have a character and charm that results from a combination of historic materials and finishes, uniquely crafted design features and architectural elements of the period – all of which are difficult to replicate today. And, for these special attributes to survive, heritage buildings require regular maintenance. Sunshine yellow and well-decorated, this house built in 1899 became a B&B. Triple columns on the front porch compliment the box-style build, and the wooden windows are original.
Back when this Tudor Revival-style home was built in 1912, it only cost $8,000 to construct. It was originally built for a barrister and his family and was later purchased by a physician. Although they’re rare in Vancouver, this example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture is positively charming. Its stucco exterior, arched windows and doorways, and wrought iron gateways are all part of its original design, but it was painted salmon in the ’90s.
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A heritage home in North Vancouver known as the Copper Cottage is up for re-location, says the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society, which is working with a developer in the hopes of saving the house from demolition. A heritage home in North Vancouver known as the Copper Cottage is up for re-location, says the North Shore Heritage Preservation Society which is working with the developer in the hopes of saving the house from demolition. McWhinnie told the judge it’s important that the fine be substantial as a deterrent to others.
A couple rooms have been added over the years, but the original doors and windows were incorporated into the new construction. The Harvie Residence, built in 1928, at 952 Grand Boulevard is an excellent example of a more modest cottage style home with Tudor Revival design elements. Check out this time-lapse video of one of three houses trucked down St. Patricks Avenue to Seaspan’s dock for barging to its new home. With its tall and narrow proportions, the Schiplo Residence was done more in the Victorian style. It was built on spec by a carpenter with an eye for ornamentation, including lathe-turned veranda columns with intricate scroll-cut brackets. The new committee will try to save them before they are lost to demolition.
Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA)
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The building was first used as the Bank of Commerce, which is part of why it looks so stately in its Georgian Revival style. Now it’s a heritage apartment, complete with touch-ups in 1980 from architect Richard Henrique. Built sometime around 1911, Hycroft Manor is an absolutely gorgeous Shaughnessy estate despite its intimidating grey facade. The front features six huge neo-classical pillars before a stone doorway with a terrace overhead.
Destruction of heritage homes 'deeply upsetting': mayor
The legal case revolved around the demolition of a designated heritage house on a forested lot in North Vancouver’s Edgemont neighbourhood. A man occasionally called the “Father of the Port of Vancouver” lived in this Craftsman-style home, which is easy to spot for its yellow and green paint and lumber siding. Wealthy politician and businessman Ronald M. Maitland lived there starting in 1929 until it was turned into a nursing home, then eventually converted into condos. It’s part of the Churchill Gardens development and surrounded by greenery and other pretty homes to enjoy. Technically it’s not a house, but it’s easy to visit because it’s right on Granville, and it has a neat past.
There are seven Tudor Revival style homes in the municipality of West Vancouver as per the Heritage Register. The Young House, built in 1914, at 2385 Haywood Ave is one of the earliest permanent buildings in the area and one of the first examples of Tudor Revival in West Vancouver. The former Gleneagles Clubhouse at 6155 Gleneagles Dr, built in 1928, was converted to a private home and serves as a successful example of the adaptive re-use of historic sites. The most notable Tudor Revival style building in West Vancouver is arguably the striking Capilano Golf and Country Club built in 1938.
A North Vancouver development company has been fined $200,000 by a judge for demolishing a heritage home by West Coast Modern architect Fred Hollingsworth, in contravention of a heritage revitalization agreement. Under a heritage revitalization agreement with the municipality, portions of the Hollingworth-designed Forster Residence were supposed to be retained. For full-size, walk-up, elaborate homes, you’ll mostly want to look to Strathcona, Chinatown, the West End, Downtown, Commercial Drive, parts of New West and Burnaby, and Hastings Sunrise. The large living room, with its large wood beams across the ceiling and granite fireplace, is in its original condition.
“At Cascadia Green Developments, we are committed to providing accessible homes, from our rent-to-own plan, live work studios and relocating houses whenever possible. Moving these three homes is an ideal fit for our company’s vision,” said Cascadia founder Farzad Mazarei,” in a press release. The Cook and Schiplo residences from 424 and 428 East Third St. were built in 1927 and 1908, respectively.
In the next part of our architecture series, we will be looking at the Tudor Revival style. Late Saturday night, contractors gingerly loaded up two North Vancouver heritage homes and moved them to barges to ferry them to their new permanent locations on Lopez Island in the San Juans and Bowen Island. Think of it as retiring to quieter island community when you reach a certain age and city living is no longer for you – except it’s the house that we’re talking about.
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