Friday, October 15, 2010


Friday, October 15, 2010
House in the Back

The first mention of the 238 West 28th Street address at the North Vancouver Archives seems to be in the 1955 City Directory.  Then, not really the address just the designation "ns New House" is listed  between the 235 and 242 West 28th Street listings.  In 1960 the residents were Don P. and Muriel V. Fletcher.  Don Fletcher was employed as an office manager at the Hudson Bay Company.
In 1971 the owners were Leo J. and Claire A. Schaff. Leo Schaff worked as a mechanic for the North Vancouver District. 

By 1980 the owners were Ronald I. and Cindy Burrows.  Ronald Burrows was employed as a maintenance manager for Smart Coach Lines.  They continued to own the house in 1991 and 1995/1996.  In 1991 Ronald Burrows was a manager at B. C. Transit and in the 1995/1996 City Directory his occupation is listed as a manager of Perimeter Transportation Ltd.

The house at 238 West 28th Street is in the Upper Lonsdale area of the City of North Vancouver.  It is 1 1/2 blocks west of Lonsdale Avenue and 2 blocks south of Queens Road.  There is an out building at the back of the lot of approximately 850 square feet that was allowed because of the size of the original home and the size of the lot.  This was built around the year 2000.

The photo of 238 West 28th Street was taken by Suzanne Wilson as part of her
Year 2000 Photography Project, Your House/Our Home.  2000 photos of homes in the City of North Vancouver were photographed. 

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 238 West 28th Street had been demolished and a new single family home had been built.

The web site of REMAX Realtors has listed the property at 238 West 28th Street for sale at $1,549,000.

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.




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