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List of heritage buildings in Vancouver

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header10Heritage Building Classification
label20Class A:
data20Primary Significant
label21Class B:
data21Significant
label22Class C:
data22Character or Contextual
header30Heritage Protection Subclass
label31Class (M):
data31Municipal – City of Vancouver Government
label32Class (P):
data32Provincial – British Columbia Government
label33Class (F):
data33Federal – Canadian Government
header40Other sub-classifications
label41Class (H):
data41Heritage Revitalization Agreement
label42Class (HC):
data42Heritage Conservation Covenant
label43Class (I):
data43Interior features & fixtures are protected
label46Class (L):
data46Landscapes are protected
header50National Historic Sites
data51Although 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.
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belowDetailed listings: https://guidelines.vancouver.ca/policy-vancouver-heritage-register.pdf

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 ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Brock House
(Thorley Park)3875
Point Grey RoadThis 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.1911Samuel Maclure, architect[[Image:Brock House.JPG200px]]
**Bay Theatre
(Starlight Theatre)**907-935
Denman StreetThis 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'.1939Dominion Construction Ltd., original builder
Paul Kwasnicky, architect?[[Image:Bay Theater (Vancouver).JPG200px]]
Pantages Theatre144-156
East Hastings StreetDemolished 2011.1907–1908Edward Evans Blackmore, architect & designer B. Marcus Priteca[[File:Pantages Theatre Vancouver circa1912.jpg200px]]
Holy Rosary Cathedral646
Richards StreetThe 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.1899–1900Julien & Williams, architects[[Image:Holy Rosary Cathedral Vancouver (29785801877).jpg200px]]
Provincial Courthouse800
West Georgia StreetThis 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.1906–1913Francis Rattenbury, architect[[Image:Vancouver Art Gallery Robson Square from third floor.jpg200px]]
**Gabriola
(Angus Apartments)**1531
Davie StreetGabriola 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.1901Samuel Maclure, architect[[Image:Vancouver Angus Apartments.jpg200px]]
Hycroft Manor1489
McRae AvenueThe 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.1909Thomas Hooper, architect[[Image:Vancouver Hycroft building.jpg200px]]
[[Image:Hycroft.JPG200px]]
Heritage Hall
Class: A(M)3102
Main Street
Mount PleasantOriginally 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.1914Archibald Campbell Hope, architect[[Image:Vancouver heritage hall.jpg200px]]
[[File:Heritage Hall.JPG200px]]
Hastings Mill Store1575
Alma RoadThe 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.1865Erected by Captain Edward Stamp & Associates
[[Image:Hastings Mill Store.JPG200px]]
Orpheum Theatre884
Granville StreetOriginally 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.1927B. Marcus Priteca, architect[[Image:Vancouver BC Orpheum.jpg200px]]
**Aberthau House
(Rear House)**4397
West 2nd AvenueThis 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.1909Samuel Maclure, architect[[Image:Aberthau Mansion Front view.jpg200px]]
St. Andrew's-Wesley United Church1012
Nelson Streeturl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331200419/http://stainedglasscanada.ca/site.php?site=270date=2012-03-31 }}1931–1933George Twizell & Robert Twizell, architects[[Image:St. Andrew's Wesley United Church Vancouver.jpg200px]]
[[File:St. Andrew Wesley Church.JPG200px]]
**Tulk House ''Rosemary'''''
(**Order of the Convent of Our Lady of the Cenacle''')3689
Selkirk StreetThis Tudor Revival manor was built for whiskey baron & lawyer, Edward Tulk, who named the house after his daughter Rosemary.1915Samuel Maclure & Cecil Fox, architects[[Image:Vancouver 3689 Selkirk.jpg200px]]
[[File:Tulk House - Rosemary.JPG200px]]
St. James Anglican Church303
East Cordova StreetAn art deco variant on Byzantine church design.1935–1937Adrian Gilbert Scott, architect[[Image:St James Anglican Church.jpg200px]]
Christ Church Cathedral690
Burrard StreetStyle is English Romanesque1889–1895Charles Osborn Wickenden, architect[[Image:ChristChurchCathedral Vancouver BC CA 2011-05-12.JPG200px]]
Beatty Street Drill Hall620
Beatty StreetHome of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), the most senior military unit in the city.1899–1901David Ewart, architect[[Image:BeattyStDrillHallII.jpg200px]]
Seaforth ArmouryBurrard Street @ 1st AvenueHome of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada1935–1936McCarter and Nairne, architects[[Image:Seaforth Armoury.jpg200px]]
The Vancouver Club915
West Hastings1912–1914Sharp & Thompson, architects[[Image:Vancouver Club Hastings Street.JPG200px]]
Alexandra Park Haywood Bandstand1755
Beach AvenueThe 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[[Image:Vancouver Alexandra Park Bandstand.jpg200px]]
First Baptist Church969
Burrard StreetThe church suffered a serious fire in 1931. But was restored by a parishioner, Charles Bentall, owner of Dominion Construction.1911Burke, Horwood, & White, architects[[Image:First Baptist Church (1911), Vancouver 01.jpg200px]]
[[File:First Baptist Church.JPG200px]]
St. Paul’s Anglican Church of the West End, Vancouver1130
Jervis StreetThis Gothic Revival church is built in Vancouver's West End.1905William Henry Archer, architect[[Image:St. Paul's Anglican Episcopal Church.JPG200px]]
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral154
East 10th AvenueThe 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.1950Sergius Timoshenko, architect[[Image:Outside of HTUOC.jpg200px]]
Stanley Park PavilionStanley Park1911[[Image:Stanley Park Pavilion 01.jpg200px]]
Fire Hall No. 1270-280
East Cordova StreetPossibly 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."1906–1907William T. Whiteway, architect[[Image:Fire Hall Arts Centre.jpg200px]]
Coroner's Court238-240
East Cordova StreetThis 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 1986.1932Arthur J. Bird, architect[[Image:Coroner's Court.jpg200px]]
Chalmers Church2801 Hemlock1912Samuel Buttrey Birds, architect[[Image:Vancouver Chalmers Church.jpg200px]]
Evangelistic Tabernacle85 East 10th AvePlease see Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church1909–1910
**St. Mary's (Kerrisdale)
Church & Hall**2498
West 37th AveThe church and the parish hall are both designated as heritage buildings.url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331200515/http://stainedglasscanada.ca/site.php?site=306date=2012-03-31 }}Sharp & Thompson, architects[[Image:St. Mary's (Kerrisdale).JPG200px]]
Vancouver Public Library750
BurrardThis 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 Team1410.1957Harold Semmens and Doug Simpson, architects[[Image:Vancouver Library Burrard Street.jpg200px]]
Japanese Hall & School475
Alexander StreetSeized 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.1928Sharp & Thompson, architects[[Image:Vancouver Japanese School and Hall.jpg200px]]
Stanley Theatre2750
Granville StreetThis 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.1930Henry Holdsby Simmonds, architect[[Image:Stanley Theatre.jpg200px]]
Terminal City Lawn Bowling Club1650 West 14th Avenue1935
Connaught Park Fieldhouse2390 West 10th Avenue1925
Memorial Park South Fieldhouse5950
Prince Albert1930
Vancouver Rowing Club ClubhouseStanley ParkOriginally 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[[Image:Vancouver Rowing Club Clubhouse 01.jpg200px]]
Unitarian Church of Vancouver949 W 49th AvenueThis modernist church was built in 1964, and added to the Canadian Register of Historic Places in 2008.1964Wolfgang Gerson, Architect
Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church2525
Quebec StreetThis 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 1994.1909Parr and Fee, architects[[Image:Mount Pleasent Presbyterian Church.JPG200px]]
St. Francis of Assisi Church2025 & 2035
Napier Street[[Image:St. Francis of Assisi Church.JPG200px]]
[[File:St. Francis of Assisi Rectory.JPG200px]]
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Coastal Church1160 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."1918Matheson 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 ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Douglas Lodge
(Bank of Commerce)2799
Granville StreetThis 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 Canada1912W.M. Dodd, architect[[Image:Douglas Lodge.JPG200px]]
London Building626 West Pender StreetEdwardian 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.1912Architects: Somervell & Putnam[[Image:London_Building.jpg200px]]
Firehall #61000
Nicola Street1907Honeyman and Curtis, architects[[Image:Vancouver Firehall No 6 02.jpg200px]]
Royal Bank Tower (Vancouver)675
West Hastings Street1929-1931Sumner Godfrey Davenport, architect[[Image:RBC WHastings.jpg200px]]
**Tellier Tower
(Holden Building)**10-16
East Hastings Street1910–1911William Tuff Whiteway, architect[[Image:Vancouver Holden Building Tellier Tower 2011.jpg200px]]
Hudson's Bay Insurance Company900 West Hastings1911William A. Doctor, architect
Dick Building1490
West BroadwayNamed after William Dick, who was a Vancouver business man and MLA.1929Townley & Matheson, architects[[Image:Vancouver Dick Building.jpg200px]]
[[File:Dick Building.JPG200px]]
Sun Tower100
West Pender StreetOriginally 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.1912L. D. Taylor; William T. Whiteway, architect[[Image:SunOneTwo.jpg200px]]
Federal Building715
West Hastings StreetPart of the Sinclair Centre complex.1937[[Image:FederalBuilding.jpg200px]]
Marine Building355
Burrard StreetThe 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.1929–1930J. W. Hobbs; McCarter and Nairne, architects[[Image:Marine Building in 1947.jpg200px]][[Image:MNP Tower 2015.jpg200px]]
National Harbours Board Building50
North Dunlevy Street1905[[Image:Harbour Commissioner's.jpg200px]]
BC Permanent Loan Building330
West Pender Street1907Hooper and Watkins, architects[[Image:BC Permanent Loan Building.JPG200px]]
**Canada Permanent Building
(Century House)**432
Richards Street1911John Smith Davidson Taylor, architect[[Image:Vancouver Canada Permanent Building Century House 2011.jpg200px]]
Vancouver Block736
Granville StreetBuilt 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 $400,000.1912Parr and Fee, architects[[Image:VancouverBlock.jpg200px]]
Winch Building739
West Hastings StreetPart of the Sinclair Centre complex.1909Thomas Hooper, architect[[Image:WinchBuilding.jpg200px]]
Vancouver City Hall453
West 12th AvenueAfter 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.1936Townley & Matheson, architects[[Image:Vancouver City Hall.JPG200px]]
Canadian Northern Railway Station
(Pacific Central Station)1150
Station StreetThis 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.1917–1919Pratt & Ross, architects[[Image:Pacific Central Dawn.jpg200px]]
Waterfront Station
Class: A(M)601
Cordova StreetWaterfront Station is a major intermodal public transportation facility and the main transit terminus in Downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.1914Barott, Blackader, and Webster[[Image:Vancouver Waterfront Station.jpg200px]]
Toronto Dominion Bank560-580 West Hastings Street1920
Bank of Montreal - Main & Prior Branch
Class: B(M)(H)(I)906
Main Street
StrathconaThis 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.1929Honeyman & Curtis, architects[[File:Bank of Montreal - Main & Prior Branch.JPG200px]]
Commercial & 1st
Class: A1704
East 1st Avenue
Grandview-WoodlandCommercial & residential building that is the heart of what the locals called The Drive (referring to Commercial Drive).[[File:1704 1st Avenue.JPG200px]]

Educational

(Group E) - schools and day care centers up to the 12th grade.

Name
Heritage ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Lord Strathcona Elementary School
Class: A(M) & B(M)592
East Pender Street
StrathconaDescended 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[[Image:Lord Strathcona School, Vancouver 3.jpg200px]]
[[File:Lord Strathcona School, Vancouver 6.jpg200px]]
Convent of the Sacred Heart
(St. Georges School)
Class: A(M)(L)3851
West 29th Avenue
Dunbar-SouthlandsThe 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. Badgley1912Charles G. Badgley, architect[[Image:Convent of the Sacred Heart 2.JPG200px]]
Normal School
Class: A(M)501
West 12th Avenue
FairviewNow 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.1909Pearce & Hope, architects[[Image:Normal School - outside mall.JPG200px]]
[[Image:Normal School - inside mall.JPG200px]]
Model School
Class: A(M)555
West 12th Avenue
FairviewNow 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.1905Edward Evans Blackmore, architect[[Image:Model School - outside mall.JPG200px]]
[[Image:Model School - inside.JPG200px]]
472 Schoolhouse
Class: B(M)906
West 19th Avenue
FairviewThis 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
1908unknown[[Image:School 472.JPG200px]]

Factory

(Group F) - places where goods are manufactured or repaired (unless considered "High-Hazard" (below)). Examples: factories and dry cleaners.

Name
Heritage ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhotoPlaque

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 ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto

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 ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Taylor Manor
Class: B(M)951
Boundary Road
Hastings-SunriseThis 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 89.1913Perry & Fowler, architects[[Image:Taylor Manor.JPG200px]]
**C.G. Johnson House
(Oakhurst)**
Class: A(M)(H)950
West 58th Avenue
MarpoleThis Craftsman style house was built for shipping magnate Major C. Gardiner Johnson. The home became a private nursing home, called Oakhurst, in 1938.1912R. Mackay Fripp, architect[[Image:C. Gardiner Johnson House Oakhurst.JPG200px]]
Glen Brae House
(Glen Hospital)
(Canuck Place)
Class: A(M)1690 Matthews Avenue
ShaughnessyBuilt for the lumber and real estate baron William Lamont Tait.1910Parr and Fee, architects[[Image:Vancouver Glen Brae house.jpg200px]]

Mercantile

(Group M) - places where goods are displayed and sold. Examples: grocery stores, department stores, and gas stations.

Name
Heritage ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Woodward's Building101
West Hastings StreetThe 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.1908William T. Whiteway, architect[[Image:Woodwards development.jpg200px]][[Image:W43 Tower Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Hudson's Bay Department Store674
Granville StreetThe 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
1950Burke, Horwood & White, architects[[Image:Bay Building, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
**Vancouver Motors
(Dominion Motors)**901 Seymour Street1925Townley and Matheson, architects[[Image:Vancouver Motors 2011.jpg200px]]
Canadian Linen Supply1228-1232
Richards Street1932Townley and Matheson, architects[[Image:Canadian Linen Supply Building 2011.jpg200px]]
Jones Tent & Awning2034 West 11th Avenue1919
Foley Building698
West 16th AvenueThis 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.1909Unknown[[Image:Foley Building.JPG200px]]
Bank of Montreal
Class: C2490
Main Street
Mount Pleasant[[File:Bank of Montreal.JPG200px]]
Royal Bank
Class: B2345-2349
Main Street
Mount Pleasant[[File:Royal Bank.JPG200px]]

Residential

(Group R) - places providing accommodations for overnight stay (excluding Institutional). Examples: houses, apartment buildings, hotels, and motels.

Name
Heritage ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Shannon7255 Granville Street1912–1913B.T. Rogers; Somerville and Putnam, architects
Hodson Manor1254 West 7th Avenue1894 and 1903
James England House2300 Birch Street1907
Steamboat/Fairview House1151 West 8th Avenue1890
Banff Apartments1201 W. Georgia StreetOriginally 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.1909Henry Barton Watson, architect[[Image:Banffapt.jpg200px]]
Hotel Vancouver900 West Georgia StreetThis 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 & 1916.1929–1939John S. Archibald & John Schofield, architects[[Image:Hotel vanc 2007.jpg200px]]
Sylvia Hotel1154 Gilford StreetA 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.1911–1912W.P. White, architect[[Image:Sylvia hotel vancouver.jpg200px]]
Davis House166 West 10th Avenue1891
The Roedde House1415 Barclay StreetThis Queen Anne style house is currently maintained by the Roedde House Preservation Society.1893Gustav Roedde; Francis Rattenbury, architect[[Image:Roedde House 01.jpg200px]]
Hirshfield House1963 Comox StreetPrivate residential, West End. The style is Arts and Crafts both in building design and landscaping.1910Gamble and Knapp, architects[[Image:Hirshfield House 01.jpg200px]]
Tudor Manor1311 Beach Avenue1927–1928Townley and Matheson, architects[[Image:Vancouver Tudor Manor.jpg200px]]
Residential2202 Cypress StreetPrivate1914
Residential2220 Cypress StreetPrivate1914
Residential1096 West 10th AvenuePrivate1922
Residential883 Broughton StreetPrivate residential, West End.1903[[Image:883-891 Broughton Street, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Residential889 Broughton StreetPrivate residential, West End.1903[[Image:883-891 Broughton Street, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Residential891 Broughton StreetPrivate residential, West End.1903[[Image:883-891 Broughton Street, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Residential1416 Haro StreetPrivate1909
Residential1430-1432 Haro StreetPrivate1902
Residential1436 Haro StreetPrivate1907
Barclay Manor1447 (1477?) Barclay StreetThis 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
1909R.J. McDonald, architect (1909)[[Image:Barclay Manor 02.jpg200px]]
Weeks House1459 Barclay StreetThis typical West End architecture style house is now part of the Barclay Heritage Square.1895built for George W. Weeks[[Image:Weeks House 02.jpg200px]]
url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331200545/http://stainedglasscanada.ca/site.php?site=326date=2012-03-31 }}2532 Columbia Street1900
Residential1642 Stephens StreetPrivate1911
Residential3846 West 10th AvePrivate1936–1937
Residential117 West 10th AvenuePrivate1895
Residential140 West 10th AvePrivate1910
Residential144 West 10th AvenuePrivate1894
Residential148 West 10th AvenuePrivate1908
Residential150 West 10th AvenuePrivate1907
Residential156 West 10th AvenuePrivate1894
Residential
Class: A2953 - 2955 Ontario StreetPrivate1907[[Image:2953-2955 Ontario St, Vancouver BC.jpg200px]]
Residential989 ButeNow Ashby House B&B, West End.1899[[Image:989 Bute Street, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Residential1235 Nelson StreetPrivate residential, West End.1931Ross A. Lort, architect[[Image:1235 Nelson St, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Kensington Place1386 Nicola StreetPrivate residential, West End.1912Phillip Julien, architect[[Image:Kensington Place, Vancouver 01.jpg200px]]
Residential2967 West 42nd AvenuePrivate1915
Fee House1119 Broughton1904Parr and Fee, architects[[Image:Fee House Vancouver,jpg.JPG200px]]
Residential2055 West 14th AvenuePrivate1910
Randall Building535-565 West GeorgiaOriginally an office building for the brokerage firm, S.W. Randall Company1929Richard T. Perry, architect[[Image:Vancouver Randall Building 2011.jpg200px]]
Residential8264 HudsonPrivate1912
Residential835-839 Cambie StreetPrivate1929
Residential1037 Matthews AvenuePrivate1913
Haigler House3537 West 30th Avenue1925
Residential849, 853, 863, 867 Hamilton StreetPrivate1895–1900
Residential2740 YukonPrivate1913
Residential1865 West 16th AvenuePrivate1912
Residential280 East 6th AvenuePrivate1908
Residential2675 Oak StreetPrivate1929
Residential967 West 8th AvenuePrivate1905
Residential1178 Hamilton StreetPrivate1912
Residential901-911 Homer StreetPrivate1910
Residential1183 West 10th AvenuePrivate1907
Residential2830 West 1st AvenuePrivate1909
Residential901 West 23rd AvenuePrivate1912
Residential138 West 10th AvenuePrivate1904
Residential800 Cassiar StreetPrivate1912
Residential2836-2838 Birch StreetPrivate1910
Vernon Block225-255 East Broadway Street1930Townley and Matheson, architect[[Image:Vernon Block Vancouver.JPG200px]]
Residential2622 West 5th AvenuePrivate1914
Residential3143 Crown StreetPrivate1941
Abbott House720 Jervis Street1900
Residential1200 Homer StreetPrivate1912
Residential638 and 644 Hawks AvenuePrivate1905
Hotel St. Clair577-579 Richards StreetHotel, previously "Dunsmuir Rooms"1911Samuel Buttrey Birds, architect[[Image:Vancouver Hotel St Clair 2011.jpg200px]]
Residential5709 Wales StreetPrivate1912
Avalon Dairy Farmhouse2661 East 43rd AvenuePrivate1908Jeremiah Crowley
Residential3358 SE Marine DrivePrivate1911
Residential3010 West 5th AvenuePrivate1921
Residential2990 West 5th AvenuePrivate1920
Residential2216-2218 St. George StreetPrivate1911
Residential518 BeattyPrivate1911
Residential1050 NicolaPrivate residential, West End.1909[[Image:1050 Nicola Street, Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Grauer House364 West 10th Avenue1919
Residential1554 East 10th AvenuePrivate residence in East Vancouver The mailing address actually reads 1552 E. 10th Ave.1912[[Image:1554 East 10th Avenue.JPG200px]]
Residential2006 West 15th AvenuePrivate
Residential2855 West 6th AvenuePrivate
Queen Charlotte1101 Nicola StreetPrivate residential, West End.1928[[Image:Queen Charlotte 01.jpg200px]]
Residential5338 Larch StreetPrivate
Thomas Shaughnessy House1551 Angus Drive
Residential679 East Georgia StreetPrivate
Hotel Georgia801 West GeorgiaA 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.1927Garrow and Graham Sr., architects[[Image:Vancouver Hotel Georgia 2011.jpg200px]]
Residential2104 East 19th AvenuePrivate residence in East Vancouver located across from Trout Lake service house in John Hendry Park.[[Image:2104 East 19th Avenue.JPG200px]]
Residential285 West 17th AvenuePrivate
Residential1114 Barclay StreetPrivate
Residential837 West 19th AvenuePrivate
Residential2132 Cypress StreetPrivate
Residential1850 West 5th AvenuePrivate
Residential656-658 Union StreetPrivate
Residential1234 Matthews AvenuePrivate
Residential2640 Oxford StreetPrivate
Residential42 and 46 West 10th AvenuePrivate
Residential1641 Dunbar StreetPrivate
Residential615 and 621 Princess StreetPrivate
Residential211 Columbia StreetPrivate
W Brydon Jack House3338 Granville Street
Residential800 Hawks AvenuePrivate
Residential664 East Georgia StreetPrivate
Residential1210 Lakewood StreetPrivate
Residential2919 East 29th AvenuePrivate residence in East Vancouver located close to the 29th Avenue Skytrain Station.[[Image:2919 East 29th Avenue.JPG200px]]
Residential2620 Oxford StreetPrivate
Residential3223 West 37th AvenuePrivate
Residential326 West Pender StreetPrivate
Hawks Avenue residences504, 508, 512, and 516 Hawks Avenue1899 and 1900
Douglas Lodge2799 Granville Street1907William M. Dodd, architect[[Image:Vancouver Douglas lodge.jpg200px]]
St. Luke's Home309 East Cordova Street1924
Palms Hotel869-873 Granville StreetOnly facade has been retained1893William Blackmore, architect[[Image:Vancouver Palms Hotel 2011.jpg200px]]
Residential330 West 15th AvePrivate1912
BC Electric Building
(BC Hydro Building)970 BurrardCommonly 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.1955–1957Thompson, Berwick, Pratt, and Partners, architects[[Image:Electra Building.jpg200px]]
Gardner House3152 West 49th AvenueThe 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.1958Kenneth Gardner, architect[[Image:Gardner House.JPG200px]]
**Washington Hotel
(Hotel Maple)
(Hastings Hotel)**177-179 East Hastings Street1912Parr and Fee, architects[[Image:Washington Hotel Vancouver.jpg200px]]
Residential6120 McDonald StreetThis a Georgian Revival style private residence, originally built for G.L. Smellie.1921William T. Whiteway, architect[[Image:6120 McDonald St.JPG200px]]
Residential6120 McDonald StreetThis a Tudor Revival style private residence, originally built for Dr. Brett Anderson.1930Hodgson & Simmons, architects[[Image:Anderson House.JPG200px]]
Residential1550 Balfour AvenuePrivate
'J.J. Miller's Kurrajong'''''1098 Salsbury DriveThis Queen Anne style house was built for Australian, J.J. Miller who developed homes in the Grandview area of East Vancouver.1908[[File:J.J. Miller's Kurrajong.JPG200px]]
Victoria Court
Class: B1942
East 1st Avenue
Grandview-WoodlandResidential apartments[[File:Victoria Court.JPG200px]]
Mellish House
Class: B(M)2325
East 1st Avenue
Grandview-WoodlandArchitect Frederick Mellish built this Bungalow style home for his family.1919Frederick Mellish, architect & builder[[File:Mellish House.JPG200px]]
Residential
Class: A2033-2035
East 2nd Avenue
Grandview-WoodlandHouse was built before the by-laws that restrict any house from being built right at the front of the property line.[[File:2033-2035 East 2nd Avenue.JPG200px]]
Wenonah Apartments
Class: B2703-2707
Main Street
Mount PleasantFormerly Leonard Apartments1912William P. White, architect[[File:Wenonah Apartments.JPG200px]]
Belvedere Court
Class: B2539-2549
Main Street
Mount Pleasant1912Arthur Julius Bird, architect[[File:Belvedere Court.JPG200px]]
Ashnola Apartments
Class: B2152
Main Street
Mount Pleasant1913Braunton and Liebert, architects[[File:Ashnola Apartments.JPG200px]]
Caroline Court
Class: B1058
Nelson StreetResidential apartments. Built for James M Pattullo by Dominion Construction in 1911 at a cost of $150,000.1911J P Matheson, architect[[File:Caroline Court Apartments Vancouver facade.png200px]]
Residential
Class: C3171 West 5th AvenuePrivate1920Fred Melton, architect and builder[[File:3171 West 5th Avenue, Vancouver BC.jpg200px]]

Storage

(Group S) - places where items are stored (unless considered High-Hazard). Examples: warehouses and parking garages.

Name
Heritage ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Stewart & Comrie Warehouse1140-1150 Hamilton1911

Utility and miscellaneous

(Group U) - others. Examples: water towers, barns, towers.

Name
Heritage ClassLocation
NeighbourhoodDescriptionYearBuilder or
ArchitectPhoto
Cambie Heritage BoulevardKing Edward Avenue and Southwest Marine DriveA linear central median planted with approximately 450 trees, with two flanking one-way streets and street edge boulevards1940Planning firm of Harland Bartholomew and Associates, authors of ‘The Plan for the City of Vancouver.’[[Image:Cambie Street Median.JPG200px]]

References

References

  1. "Vancouver Heritage".
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  4. [http://historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=11022 Historic Places of Canada]
  5. Smith, Charlie. (November 1, 2015). "Vancouver building that used to be home to Justin Trudeau damaged after ambulance crashes into limousine". [[The Georgia Straight]].
  6. Buente, Gail. (2009-10-16). "Vancouver, Victoria and Whistler Colourguide". Formac Publishing Company Limited.
  7. https://www.heritagesitefinder.ca/location/1690-matthews-st-vancouver-bc
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