Monday, May 14, 2010

House of Multipaned Windows

This house with two three panel sets of multi paned windows sits at 647 East 22nd Street in the City of North Vancouver. It is snug between Greenwood Park on the north, Grand Boulevard to the south and the Upper Levels Freeway on the east. Queensbury Elementary School is just a block away. There is no listing of this address in either the Building Permit book or the 1940 City Directory.

However, by 1945 George S. and Ellen M. Pow owned the house. George Pow was employed as a pressman at North Shore Press. In 1950 another George was the owner. This time it was George B. and Lilias G. Wight. This George was employed as a driver for Laurance and Lawrence. In 1960 Cecil J. D. and Margaret J. Gillies were reported as the owners. Cecil was an engineer at Vancouver Ice. The residents in 1971 and owners in 1980 were Michael F. and Anne M. Ryan. Michael Ryan was a mechanic at Hoffar's Ltd., marine engineers at 2350 Willingdon in Burnaby. In 1980 Michael F. Ryan worked as an engineer at Cullen Diesel which was at the 2350 Willingdon address. The residents at 647 East 22nd Street in 1991 and 1995 were John and Susan Martin. John reported being retired in both years. They must have moved there in 1989 because they reported in 1995 that they had lived there for 6 years.

In the month of June 2007 Suzanne Wilson celebrated the City of North Vancouver's 100 birthday by distributing to their home owners copies of 1000 photos taken for the Y2K Project. At this time it was discovered that the home photographed at 647 East 22nd Street had been demolished.  A large new home has been built with a separate garage on the lane.



Photo: Taken in the year 2000 by SW.
Reference: The Year 2000 Project was donated by Suzanne and Alan Wilson to the North Vancouver Archives and is available for viewing.