List of heritage buildings in Vancouver facts for kids
Heritage Building Classification | |
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Class A: | Primary Significant |
Class B: | Significant |
Class C: | Character or Contextual |
Heritage Protection Subclass | |
Class (M): | Municipal – City of Vancouver Government |
Class (P): | Provincial – British Columbia Government |
Class (F): | Federal – Canadian Government |
Other sub-classifications | |
Class (H): | Heritage Revitalization Agreement |
Class (HC): | Heritage Conservation Covenant |
Class (I): | Interior features & fixtures are protected |
Class (L): | Landscapes are protected |
National Historic Sites | |
Although the buildings may be designated National Historic Sites by the Federal Government of Canada, the site is not protected until there is municipal or provincial designation or it has a Historical Revitalization Agreement. | |
Detailed listings: [1] | |
The following is a list of buildings and structures classified as Schedule "A" and Schedule "B" heritage buildings by the City of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. These are designated heritage buildings, and as such are legally protected by the city's heritage by-law No. 4837.
- The list does not include:
- Buildings in Gastown or Chinatown. These areas are geographically designated heritage sites by the province of British Columbia, although the city is responsible for protecting heritage buildings therein.
- Buildings and structures designated by By-laws enacted since 31 January 2003.
- Other heritage structures that may be protected by the federal or provincial governments.
Assembly
(Group A) - places used for people gathering for entertainment, worship, and eating or drinking. Examples: churches, restaurants (with 50 or more possible occupants), theatres, and stadiums.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Brock House (Thorley Park) |
3875 Point Grey Road |
This Tudor Revival house was originally a private residence and at one time a Royal Canadian Mounted Police detachment. This is now a seniors activity centre, Brock House Society, and a restaurant open to the public. Brock House Restaurant stages over 200 weddings per year. For more information see the Society's 2012 publication THORLEY PARK TO BROCK HOUSE: From Family Home to Heritage Landmark, 1912 - 2012. Jo Pleshakov, Editor. | 1911 | Samuel Maclure, architect | |
Bay Theatre (Starlight Theatre) |
907-935 Denman Street |
This Art Moderne style theatre included a sign tower. The present owners, Amadon Group, requested a variance from the city by-laws in order to make the building viable and preserve the heritage building. The redesign was by Hewitt, Tan & Kwasnicky Architects'. | 1939 | Dominion Construction Ltd., original builder Paul Kwasnicky, architect? |
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Pantages Theatre | 144-156 East Hastings Street |
Demolished 2011. | 1907–1908 | Edward Evans Blackmore, architect & designer B. Marcus Priteca | |
Holy Rosary Cathedral | 646 Richards Street |
The cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver. Among other notable events, it was the setting for the civic funeral of popular English Bay lifeguard Joe Fortes. The style is French Gothic, and very different from the castellated Anglican, United Church and Baptist churches on Burrard. | 1899–1900 | Julien & Williams, architects | |
Provincial Courthouse | 800 West Georgia Street |
This Neo-classical building was originally designed by Francis Rattenbury, who also designed the Empress Hotel & the Parliament Building in Victoria. In 1912 the West wing was added and designed by Thomas Hooper. In 1983 the building was renovated & restored by architect, Arthur Erickson and is the current home of the Vancouver Art Gallery. |
1906–1913 | Francis Rattenbury, architect | |
Gabriola (Angus Apartments) |
1531 Davie Street |
Gabriola, was built for B.T. Rogers, founder of B.C. Sugar Refining Co. This Queen Anne grand mansion, is located in the Vancouver West End. The building became the Angus Apartments in 1925. It became a restaurant, but it is currently vacant. | 1901 | Samuel Maclure, architect | |
Hycroft Manor | 1489 McRae Avenue |
The house of General Alexander Duncan McRae and family where frequent parties were hosted that were "must attend" for the city's socialites. McRae donated it to the government of Canada for use as a veteran's hospital. It is now used by the University Women's Club. Today it is one of the most-used filming locations in Vancouver. | 1909 | Thomas Hooper, architect | |
Heritage Hall Class: A(M) |
3102 Main Street Mount Pleasant |
Originally a post office, this building was occupied by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in the 1970s before being restored in the 1980s as a community arts venue. The design is said to derive from a misdirected set of plans that were meant for another city in the Prairies, which got the smaller building meant to have been constructed here. | 1914 | Archibald Campbell Hope, architect | |
Hastings Mill Store | 1575 Alma Road |
The oldest building in Vancouver, moved by barge from its original location at the north foot of Dunlevy to Point Grey & Alma. The Native Daughters of British Columbia opened it as a museum. | 1865 | Erected by Captain Edward Stamp & Associates | |
Orpheum Theatre | 884 Granville Street |
Originally a vaudeville house on Theatre Row, the building was fully restored in the 1970s and is now an important live music venue and home to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. | 1927 | B. Marcus Priteca, architect | |
Aberthau House (Rear House) |
4397 West 2nd Avenue |
This Tudor Revival was built for James S. Rear, General Manager, of American Life Insurance. Later bought by Col. Victor Spencer who called it Aberthau (Welsh for: place filled with light). Presently, it is a cultural and recreational center run by the Vancouver Park Board. |
1909 | Samuel Maclure, architect | |
St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church | 1012 Nelson Street |
This a Gothic Revival style church. The church was constructed after the union of the Methodist & Presbyterian churches, to form the United Church of Canada. | 1931–1933 | George Twizell & Robert Twizell, architects | |
Tulk House Rosemary (Order of the Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle) |
3689 Selkirk Street |
This Tudor Revival manor was built for whiskey baron & lawyer, Edward Tulk, who name the house after his daughter, Rosemary.
It was also home to the Lieutenant Governor of B.C., John William Fordham Johnson. From 1947, the house was owned by the Order of the convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle until 1996, where it was used as a retreat. |
1915 | Samuel Maclure & Cecil Fox, architects | |
St. James Anglican Church | 303 East Cordova Street |
An art deco variant on Byzantine church design. | 1935–1937 | Adrian Gilbert Scott, architect | |
Christ Church Cathedral | 690 Burrard Street |
Style is English Romanesque | 1889–1895 | Charles Osborn Wickenden, architect | |
Beatty Street Drill Hall | 620 Beatty Street |
Home of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), the most senior military unit in the city. | 1899–1901 | David Ewart, architect | |
Seaforth Armoury | Burrard Street @ 1st Avenue | Home of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada | 1935–1936 | McCarter and Nairne, architects | |
The Vancouver Club | 915 West Hastings |
1912–1914 | Sharp & Thompson, architects | ||
Alexandra Park Haywood Bandstand | 1755 Beach Avenue |
The Alexandra Park Bandstand is situated in a triangular-shaped park bordered by Beach Avenue, Burnaby Street and Bidwell Street in Vancouver's West End, overlooking English Bay. | 1915 | ||
First Baptist Church | 969 Burrard Street |
The church suffered a serious fire in 1931. But was restored by a parishioner, Charles Bentall, owner of Dominion Construction. | 1911 | Burke, Horwood, & White, architects | |
St. Paul’s Anglican Church of the West End, Vancouver | 1130 Jervis Street |
This Gothic Revival church is built in Vancouver's West End. | 1905 | William Henry Archer, architect | |
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral | 154 East 10th Avenue |
The Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Parish was established in Vancouver on May 9, 1937. At Easter in 1950, the first Divine Liturgy was served in the newly built, but as yet unfinished, church. In December 1977, the Vancouver City Council designated the church as an architectural Heritage Building and an engraved plaque was placed on the exterior of the church building. The Parish is classified as a Cathedral under the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada. |
1950 | Sergius Timoshenko, architect | |
Stanley Park Pavilion | Stanley Park | 1911 | |||
Fire Hall No. 1 | 270-280 East Cordova Street |
Possibly the first fire hall in North America designed specifically for motorized fire trucks, this building was converted into the Fire Hall Arts Centre in the 1970s. Listed as "Fire Hall No. 2." | 1906–1907 | William T. Whiteway, architect | |
Coroner's Court | 238-240 East Cordova Street |
This building was originally the facility for the city coroner and was later used by the city analyst. It was turned into a museum for the Vancouver Police Department as a project marking the city's centennial in 1986. | 1932 | Arthur J. Bird, architect | |
Chalmers Church | 2801 Hemlock | 1912 | Samuel Buttrey Birds, architect | ||
Evangelistic Tabernacle | 85 East 10th Ave | Please see Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church | 1909–1910 | ||
St. Mary's (Kerrisdale) Church & Hall |
2498 West 37th Ave |
The church and the parish hall are both designated as heritage buildings. | 1913 1923 |
Sharp & Thompson, architects | |
Vancouver Public Library | 750 Burrard |
This is the second Vancouver Public Library central branch building after the Carnegie and before the current Library Square opened in 1995. The building is occupied by a lingerie store, the studios of CTV Vancouver station CIVT-TV, part of Bell Media and The Beat 94.5, 103.5 QM/FM, Team 1040, and Team1410. | 1957 | Harold Semmens and Doug Simpson, architects | |
Japanese Hall & School | 475 Alexander Street |
Seized by the government as part of the Japanese Canadian internment during the Second World War, this building was an important centre of the Japanese community in Vancouver. It has since been returned and restored as a cultural centre and a language school. | 1928 | Sharp & Thompson, architects | |
Stanley Theatre | 2750 Granville Street |
This Moorish style interior art deco theatre is the last surviving neighbourhood theatre in Vancouver. Today it is a live theatre called the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. | 1930 | Henry Holdsby Simmonds, architect | |
Terminal City Lawn Bowling Club | 1650 West 14th Avenue | 1935 | |||
Connaught Park Fieldhouse | 2390 West 10th Avenue | 1925 | |||
Memorial Park South Fieldhouse | 5950 Prince Albert |
1930 | |||
Vancouver Rowing Club Clubhouse | Stanley Park | Originally located on the other side of Coal Harbour, at the foot of the bluff below Hastings Street below the foot of Howe and near the Vancouver Club, the original building was floated across to the present location and rebuilt as a stationary building on pilings. The style is mock Tudor. | 1911 | ||
Unitarian Church of Vancouver | 949 W 49th Avenue | This modernist church was built in 1964, and added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2008. | 1964 | Wolfgang Gerson, Architect | |
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church | 2525 Quebec Street |
This Romanesque Revival church was used as a church until 1989. The building was used as a performing arts theatre, but was converted to a residential complex by 1994. | 1909 | Parr and Fee, architects | |
St. Francis of Assisi Church | 2025 & 2035 Napier Street |
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First Church of Christ, Scientist Coastal Church |
1160 West Georgia Street | " ... notable as a rare example of a building constructed during the First World War. The two-storey building is a finely-executed example of the Colonial Revival style, uncommon in Vancouver. ... located in downtown Vancouver in a mid-block site with frontage on both West Georgia Street ... and Alberni Street." | 1918 | Matheson and De Guerre |
Business
(Group B) - places where services are provided (not to be confused with mercantile, below). Examples: banks, insurance agencies, government buildings (including police and fire stations), and doctor's offices.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Douglas Lodge (Bank of Commerce) |
2799 Granville Street |
This Georgian Revival building is a commercial & residential landmark building on the corner of Granville Street and 12th Avenue. Once home of Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Douglas Lodge, a heritage building |
1912 | W.M. Dodd, architect | |
London Building | 626 West Pender Street | Edwardian Commercial building which was built for the London and British North American Company in 1912 when Britain was still a significant source of investment money for Vancouver buildings. | 1912 | Architects: Somervell & Putnam | |
Firehall #6 | 1000 Nicola Street |
1907 | Honeyman and Curtis, architects | ||
Royal Bank Tower (Vancouver) | 675 West Hastings Street |
1929-1931 | Sumner Godfrey Davenport, architect | ||
Tellier Tower (Holden Building) |
10-16 East Hastings Street |
1910–1911 | William Tuff Whiteway, architect | ||
Hudson's Bay Insurance Company | 900 West Hastings | 1911 | William A. Doctor, architect | ||
Dick Building | 1490 West Broadway |
Named after William Dick, who was a Vancouver business man and MLA. | 1929 | Townley & Matheson, architects | |
Sun Tower | 100 West Pender Street |
Originally built as the Vancouver World building, it acquired its current name when the Vancouver Sun (originally the Vancouver News-Advertiser) newspaper occupied the building between 1937 and 1964. At time of construction, it was the tallest building in the British Empire, succeeded in that capacity by the Marine Building and preceded by the Dominion Building. | 1912 | L. D. Taylor; William T. Whiteway, architect | |
Federal Building | 715 West Hastings Street |
Part of the Sinclair Centre complex. | 1937 | ||
Marine Building | 355 Burrard Street |
The tallest skyscraper in the British Empire when it opened in 1930, this marine-themed Art Deco structure cost $2.3 million but was sold to the Guinness family for only $900,000 once the Great Depression set in. It was restored in the 1980s. Its terra-cotta tiled art deco entrance, ornate revolving door and etched brass elevators doors form one of the busiest filming locations in the city. | 1929–1930 | J. W. Hobbs; McCarter and Nairne, architects | |
National Harbours Board Building | 50 North Dunlevy Street |
1905 | |||
BC Permanent Loan Building | 330 West Pender Street |
1907 | Hooper and Watkins, architects | ||
Canada Permanent Building (Century House) |
432 Richards Street |
1911 | John Smith Davidson Taylor, architect | ||
Vancouver Block | 736 Granville Street |
Built in 1912 for Dominic Burns, brother of Sen. Patrick Burns, who also managed P. Burns & Co. Meat Packing. The building permits were filed on January 23, 1911, for a cost of $75.70. The building was completed for a total cost of $400,000. | 1912 | Parr and Fee, architects | |
Winch Building | 739 West Hastings Street |
Part of the Sinclair Centre complex. | 1909 | Thomas Hooper, architect | |
Vancouver City Hall | 453 West 12th Avenue |
After years of political wrangling while city affairs were conducted from a temporary location in the Holden Building, the new city hall was finally completed on 4 December 1936, Vancouver's jubilee year. The original design included a twin to the current building, across Cambie Street where the City Square redevelopment of the former Normal School and Model School is now, as a gateway leading across a jointly planned rebuild of the Cambie Street Bridge. The larger project was cancelled because of the Depression. | 1936 | Townley & Matheson, architects | |
Canadian Northern Railway Station (Pacific Central Station) |
1150 Station Street |
This Neoclassical Revival building is the built on landfill that was originally part of False Creek. It continues to function as a train station but in 1993 the station became a multi transportation station where intercity buses also depart from. The heritage designation includes the neon sign. | 1917–1919 | Pratt & Ross, architects | |
Waterfront Station Class: A(M) |
601 Cordova Street |
Waterfront Station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. | 1914 | Barott, Blackader, and Webster | |
Toronto Dominion Bank | 560-580 West Hastings Street | 1920 | |||
Bank of Montreal - Main & Prior Branch Class: B(M)(H)(I) |
906 Main Street Strathcona |
This Classical Revival style temple bank is one of three that were designed by Honeyman & Curtis. In 2005 this building was incorporated into a new development of apartments and acts as the main foyer to these units. | 1929 | Honeyman & Curtis, architects | |
Commercial & 1st Class: A |
1704 East 1st Avenue Grandview-Woodland |
Commercial & residential building that is the heart of what the locals called The Drive (referring to Commercial Drive). |
Educational
(Group E) - schools and day care centers up to the 12th grade.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Lord Strathcona Elementary School Class: A(M) & B(M) |
592 East Pender Street Strathcona |
Descended from the first school in Vancouver, Lord Strathcona Elementary consists of four buildings and is now adjoined to a community centre. The primary building was constructed in 1921 from the bricks from the original 1891 school building on this site. It was originally called the East End School before changing its name (followed many years later by the neighbourhood) to Strathcona. | 1897 1913 1915 1921 1930. |
William Blackmore, architect | |
Convent of the Sacred Heart (St. Georges School) Class: A(M)(L) |
3851 West 29th Avenue Dunbar-Southlands |
The Convent of the Sacred Heart high school was founded by the Sisters of the Sacred Heart, in 1912, in the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was an all-girls Catholic school until 1979, when it was sold to St. George's School (Vancouver) and became an all-boys (non denominational) Junior school. The building has become a Vancouver City Heritage Building and St. George’s has restored, maintained and expanded the school’s Gothic Revival style architecture. The Architect of the school was: Charles G. Badgley | 1912 | Charles G. Badgley, architect | |
Normal School Class: A(M) |
501 West 12th Avenue Fairview |
Now along with the former Model School, it is part of the City Square Shopping Centre. This Gothic Revival style building was a school for teachers. (King Edward High School was four blocks west on 12th Avenue and became the King Edward Campus of Vancouver Community College until its relocation, after a fire, to East Broadway near Clark Drive). In 1989 the school was redesigned by architect, Paul Merrick, to become offices & stores for the inside of a mall. | 1909 | Pearce & Hope, architects | |
Model School Class: A(M) |
555 West 12th Avenue Fairview |
Now along with the former Normal School, it is part of the City Square Shopping Centre. This Romanesque Revival was originally an elementary school teacher's training school. In 1989 the school was redesigned by architect, Paul Merrick, to become offices & stores for the inside of a mall. There were four attempts to demolish the Normal & Model Schools by the Vancouver School Board. | 1905 | Edward Evans Blackmore, architect | |
472 Schoolhouse Class: B(M) |
906 West 19th Avenue Fairview |
This Pioneer Cottege style school was the second school to open in what was then, the Municipality of Point Grey. The school was saved by the Douglas Park neighbourhood and Allen & Bronna Fenichel. The building was moved to the present location behind their house of 906 West 19th. | 1901 1908 |
unknown |
Factory
(Group F) - places where goods are manufactured or repaired (unless considered "High-Hazard" (below)). Examples: factories and dry cleaners.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo | Plaque |
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High-hazard
(Group H) - places involving production or storage of very flammable or toxic materials. Includes places handling explosives and/or highly toxic materials (such as fireworks, hydrogen peroxide, and cyanide).
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Institutional
(Group I) - places where people are physically unable to leave without assistance. Examples: hospitals, nursing homes, and prisons. In some jurisdictions, Group I may be used to designate Industrial.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Taylor Manor Class: B(M) |
951 Boundary Road Hastings-Sunrise |
This Tudor Revival building was built by the City of Vancouver in 1915, as a dormitory for destitute seniors. Originally called Old People's Home was renamed Taylor Manor after ex-Vancouver Mayor Louis Denison Taylor who died in poverty at age 89. | 1913 | Perry & Fowler, architects | |
C.G. Johnson House (Oakhurst) Class: A(M)(H) |
950 West 58th Avenue Marpole |
This Craftsman style house was built for shipping magnate Major C. Gardiner Johnson. The home became a private nursing home, called Oakhurst, in 1938. | 1912 | R. Mackay Fripp, architect | |
Glen Brae House (Glen Hospital) (Canuck Place) Class: A(M) |
1690 Matthews Avenue Shaughnessy |
1910 | William Lamont Tait; Parr and Fee, architects |
Mercantile
(Group M) - places where goods are displayed and sold. Examples: grocery stores, department stores, and gas stations.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Woodward's Building | 101 West Hastings Street |
The Original 1903-08 section of the Woodward's Department Store store was saved and is restored at the corner of Hastings and Abbott Streets, and is integrated into the mixed-use Woodward's development.
It now houses SFU's School for the Contemporary Arts. |
1908 | William T. Whiteway, architect | |
Hudson's Bay Department Store | 674 Granville Street |
The Hudson's Bay Company (chartered 1670) built this department store at the intersection of West Georgia and Seymour (the part in shadow in the photograph) and also along Granville, then filled in the corner of West Georgia and Granville by replacing older buildings (the joins being seamless and visible only by the slightest difference in the shade of the terra cotta), and finally made an addition in simplified style along Seymour in the Downtown Vancouver area. The same architectural building is also found in the Hudson's Bay stores in the cities of Victoria, Calgary and Winnipeg. | 1913 1926 1950 |
Burke, Horwood & White, architects | |
Vancouver Motors (Dominion Motors) |
901 Seymour Street | 1925 | Townley and Matheson, architects | ||
Canadian Linen Supply | 1228-1232 Richards Street |
1932 | Townley and Matheson, architects | ||
Jones Tent & Awning | 2034 West 11th Avenue | 1919 | |||
Foley Building | 698 West 16th Avenue |
This Edwardian style building was the first commercial building of the new Municipality of Point Grey. Owner, James B. Foley, ran his real estate business, while renting the corner unit to a grocery store. | 1909 | Unknown | |
Bank of Montreal Class: C |
2490 Main Street Mount Pleasant |
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Royal Bank Class: B |
2345-2349 Main Street Mount Pleasant |
Residential
(Group R) - places providing accommodations for overnight stay (excluding Institutional). Examples: houses, apartment buildings, hotels, and motels.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
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Shannon | 7255 Granville Street | 1912–1913 | B.T. Rogers; Somerville and Putnam, architects | ||
Hodson Manor | 1254 West 7th Avenue | 1894 and 1903 | |||
James England House | 2300 Birch Street | 1907 | |||
Steamboat/Fairview House | 1151 West 8th Avenue | 1890 | |||
Banff Apartments | 1201 W. Georgia Street | Originally Florence Court residential hotel, now rental apartments. The last remaining example of the New York-style posh residential hotels and apartments that once lined West Georgia Street between Thurlow St. and Stanley Park. The building lost some of its original classical detail to modernization attempts in the period between 1940 and 1970. The building was deteriorating through the 1980s and 1990s and suffered a serious fire in October 2002. Since the fire the interior of the building has been completely re-plumbed, re-wired and otherwise restored. | 1909 | Henry Barton Watson, architect | |
Hotel Vancouver | 900 West Georgia Street | This heritage hotel was the 3rd Hotel Vancouver and took 11 years to complete. The first two original hotels were built on the corner of Granville & Georgia in 1887 & 1916. | 1929–1939 | John S. Archibald & John Schofield, architects | |
Sylvia Hotel | 1154 Gilford Street | A historic hotel on English Bay, the Sylvia was originally an apartment building before being converted during the Second World War to house merchant marine crews. It was the tallest building in the West End until the late 1950s, and the location of the first cocktail bar in the city. The "dine in the sky" restaurant was eventually moved to the ground floor. | 1911–1912 | W.P. White, architect | |
Davis House | 166 West 10th Avenue | 1891 | |||
The Roedde House | 1415 Barclay Street | This Queen Anne style house is currently maintained by the Roedde House Preservation Society. | 1893 | Gustav Roedde; Francis Rattenbury, architect | |
Hirshfield House | 1963 Comox Street | Private residential, West End. The style is Arts and Crafts both in building design and landscaping. | 1910 | Gamble and Knapp, architects | |
Tudor Manor | 1311 Beach Avenue | 1927–1928 | Townley and Matheson, architects | ||
Residential | 2202 Cypress Street | Private | 1914 | ||
Residential | 2220 Cypress Street | Private | 1914 | ||
Residential | 1096 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1922 | ||
Residential | 883 Broughton Street | Private residential, West End. | 1903 | ||
Residential | 889 Broughton Street | Private residential, West End. | 1903 | ||
Residential | 891 Broughton Street | Private residential, West End. | 1903 | ||
Residential | 1416 Haro Street | Private | 1909 | ||
Residential | 1430-1432 Haro Street | Private | 1902 | ||
Residential | 1436 Haro Street | Private | 1907 | ||
Barclay Manor | 1447 (1477?) Barclay Street | This Queen Anne style home was once a private hospital, a home for Catholic working girls, a former boarding house, and it is now a senior's centre. Barclay Manor is part of Barclay Heritage Square in the West End. | 1890 1909 |
R.J. McDonald, architect (1909) | |
Weeks House | 1459 Barclay Street | This typical West End architecture style house is now part of the Barclay Heritage Square. | 1895 | built for George W. Weeks | |
The Bloomfield House | 2532 Columbia Street | 1900 | |||
Residential | 1642 Stephens Street | Private | 1911 | ||
Residential | 3846 West 10th Ave | Private | 1936–1937 | ||
Residential | 117 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1895 | ||
Residential | 140 West 10th Ave | Private | 1910 | ||
Residential | 144 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1894 | ||
Residential | 148 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1908 | ||
Residential | 150 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1907 | ||
Residential | 156 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1894 | ||
Residential Class: A |
2953 - 2955 Ontario Street | Private | 1907 | ||
Residential | 989 Bute | Now Ashby House B&B, West End. | 1899 | ||
Residential | 1235 Nelson Street | Private residential, West End. | 1931 | Ross A. Lort, architect | |
Kensington Place | 1386 Nicola Street | Private residential, West End. | 1912 | Phillip Julien, architect | |
Residential | 2967 West 42nd Avenue | Private | 1915 | ||
Fee House | 1119 Broughton | 1904 | Parr and Fee, architects | ||
Residential | 2055 West 14th Avenue | Private | 1910 | ||
Randall Building | 535-565 West Georgia | Originally an office building for the brokerage firm, S.W. Randall Company | 1929 | Richard T. Perry, architect | |
Residential | 8264 Hudson | Private | 1912 | ||
Residential | 835-839 Cambie Street | Private | 1929 | ||
Residential | 1037 Matthews Avenue | Private | 1913 | ||
Haigler House | 3537 West 30th Avenue | 1925 | |||
Residential | 849, 853, 863, 867 Hamilton Street | Private | 1895–1900 | ||
Residential | 2740 Yukon | Private | 1913 | ||
Residential | 1865 West 16th Avenue | Private | 1912 | ||
Residential | 280 East 6th Avenue | Private | 1908 | ||
Residential | 2675 Oak Street | Private | 1929 | ||
Residential | 967 West 8th Avenue | Private | 1905 | ||
Residential | 1178 Hamilton Street | Private | 1912 | ||
Residential | 901-911 Homer Street | Private | 1910 | ||
Residential | 1183 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1907 | ||
Residential | 2830 West 1st Avenue | Private | 1909 | ||
Residential | 901 West 23rd Avenue | Private | 1912 | ||
Residential | 138 West 10th Avenue | Private | 1904 | ||
Residential | 800 Cassiar Street | Private | 1912 | ||
Residential | 2836-2838 Birch Street | Private | 1910 | ||
Vernon Block | 225-255 East Broadway Street | 1930 | Townley and Matheson, architect | ||
Residential | 2622 West 5th Avenue | Private | 1914 | ||
Residential | 3143 Crown Street | Private | 1941 | ||
Abbott House | 720 Jervis Street | 1900 | |||
Residential | 1200 Homer Street | Private | 1912 | ||
Residential | 638 and 644 Hawks Avenue | Private | 1905 | ||
Hotel St. Clair | 577-579 Richards Street | Hotel, previously "Dunsmuir Rooms" | 1911 | Samuel Buttrey Birds, architect | |
Residential | 5709 Wales Street | Private | 1912 | ||
Avalon Dairy Farmhouse | 2661 East 43rd Avenue | Private | 1908 | Jeremiah Crowley | |
Residential | 3358 SE Marine Drive | Private | 1911 | ||
Residential | 3010 West 5th Avenue | Private | 1921 | ||
Residential | 2990 West 5th Avenue | Private | 1920 | ||
Residential | 2216-2218 St. George Street | Private | 1911 | ||
Residential | 518 Beatty | Private | 1911 | ||
Residential | 1050 Nicola | Private residential, West End. | 1909 | ||
Grauer House | 364 West 10th Avenue | 1919 | |||
Residential | 1554 East 10th Avenue | Private residence in East Vancouver The mailing address actually reads 1552 E. 10th Ave. | 1912 | ||
Residential | 2006 West 15th Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 2855 West 6th Avenue | Private | |||
Queen Charlotte | 1101 Nicola Street | Private residential, West End. | 1928 | ||
Residential | 5338 Larch Street | Private | |||
Thomas Shaughnessy House | 1551 Angus Drive | ||||
Residential | 679 East Georgia Street | Private | |||
Hotel Georgia | 801 West Georgia | A landmark hotel in downtown Vancouver, Hotel Georgia has housed numerous celebrity guests over the years, including Queen Elizabeth II, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, and Errol Flynn, who died while a guest in 1959. It was restored in 1998 and a 52-story skyscraper addition to the property is currently under construction. | 1927 | Garrow and Graham Sr., architects | |
Residential | 2104 East 19th Avenue | Private residence in East Vancouver located across from Trout Lake service house in John Hendry Park. | |||
Residential | 285 West 17th Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 1114 Barclay Street | Private | |||
Residential | 837 West 19th Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 2132 Cypress Street | Private | |||
Residential | 1850 West 5th Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 656-658 Union Street | Private | |||
Residential | 1234 Matthews Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 2640 Oxford Street | Private | |||
Residential | 42 and 46 West 10th Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 1641 Dunbar Street | Private | |||
Residential | 615 and 621 Princess Street | Private | |||
Residential | 211 Columbia Street | Private | |||
W Brydon Jack House | 3338 Granville Street | ||||
Residential | 800 Hawks Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 664 East Georgia Street | Private | |||
Residential | 1210 Lakewood Street | Private | |||
Residential | 2919 East 29th Avenue | Private residence in East Vancouver located close to the 29th Avenue Skytrain Station. | |||
Residential | 2620 Oxford Street | Private | |||
Residential | 3223 West 37th Avenue | Private | |||
Residential | 326 West Pender Street | Private | |||
Hawks Avenue residences | 504, 508, 512, and 516 Hawks Avenue | 1899 and 1900 | |||
Douglas Lodge | 2799 Granville Street | 1907 | William M. Dodd, architect | ||
St. Luke's Home | 309 East Cordova Street | 1924 | |||
Palms Hotel | 869-873 Granville Street | Only facade has been retained | 1893 | William Blackmore, architect | |
Residential | 330 West 15th Ave | Private | 1912 | ||
BC Electric Building (BC Hydro Building) |
970 Burrard | Commonly known to the locals as the BC Hydro Building, this was the head office tower for the B.C. electricity & gas utility company until 1995, when it was converted into private apartment residences. | 1955–1957 | Thompson, Berwick, Pratt, and Partners, architects | |
Gardner House | 3152 West 49th Avenue | The construction of the house is unique in that a concrete slab was poured, then jacked up. A second slab was poured and brick walls were erected. The first slab was rested on the bricks and the second slab was jacked up with a final pouring of the third slab which formed the foundation. | 1958 | Kenneth Gardner, architect | |
Washington Hotel (Hotel Maple) (Hastings Hotel) |
177-179 East Hastings Street | 1912 | Parr and Fee, architects | ||
Residential | 6120 McDonald Street | This a Georgian Revival style private residence, originally built for G.L. Smellie. | 1921 | William T. Whiteway, architect | |
Residential | 6120 McDonald Street | This a Tudor Revival style private residence, originally built for Dr. Brett Anderson. | 1930 | Hodgson & Simmons, architects | |
Residential | 1550 Balfour Avenue | Private | |||
J.J. Miller's Kurrajong | 1098 Salsbury Drive | This Queen Anne style house was built for Australian, J.J. Miller who developed homes in the Grandview area of East Vancouver. | 1908 | ||
Victoria Court Class: B |
1942 East 1st Avenue Grandview-Woodland |
Residential apartments | |||
Mellish House Class: B(M) |
2325 East 1st Avenue Grandview-Woodland |
Architect, Frederick Mellish built this Bungalow style home for his family. | 1919 | Frederick Mellish, architect & builder | |
Residential Class: A |
2033-2035 East 2nd Avenue Grandview-Woodland |
House was built before the by-laws that restrict any house from being built right at the front of the property line. | |||
Wenonah Apartments Class: B |
2703-2707 Main Street Mount Pleasant |
Formerly Leonard Apartments | 1912 | William P. White, architect | |
Belvedere Court Class: B |
2539-2549 Main Street Mount Pleasant |
1912 | Arthur Julius Bird, architect | ||
Ashnola Apartments Class: B |
2152 Main Street Mount Pleasant |
1913 | Braunton and Liebert, architects | ||
Caroline Court Class: B |
1058 Nelson Street |
Residential apartments. Built for James M Pattullo by Dominion Construction in 1911 at a cost of $150,000. | 1911 | J P Matheson, architect | |
Residential Class: C |
3171 West 5th Avenue | Private | 1920 | Fred Melton, architect and builder |
Storage
(Group S) - places where items are stored (unless considered High-Hazard). Examples: warehouses and parking garages.
Name Heritage Class |
Location Neighbourhood |
Description | Year | Builder or Architect |
Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stewart & Comrie Warehouse | 1140-1150 Hamilton | 1911 |
Utility and miscellaneous
(Group U) - others. Examples: water towers, barns, towers.
See also
- List of old Canadian buildings
- List of tallest buildings in Vancouver
- List of National Historic Sites of Canada in British Columbia
- Architecture of Vancouver