Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Triumvirate on Mount Seymour Parkway
There are three single family homes sitting on the south side of the east end of the 3600 block of Mount Seymour Parkway. They are the last of the single family homes on this long block. The other housing is multifamily homes. And across the street at this corner that is Mount Seymour Rd. and the entrance to Mount Seymour Provincial Park, is Parkgate Shopping Center. There is no listing in the Building Permit Book at the North Vancouver Archives for any of the three homes. And the 1960 and 1965 City Directories do not even list Mount Seymour Parkway.
The first of the three similar single family homes, the most western, is at 3601 Mount Seymour Parkway. It was listed in the 1971 City Directory and so was its owner, Eakujapaa. In 1980 the owners was named Elmer Akuganpas.
In 1991 and 1995/1996 the owners were Clive and Wendy Mynott. Clive Mynot was employed as a fitter welder at Pacific Truck and Trailer Ltd. during that time. Clive continued to live at 3601 Mount Seymour Parkway in the year 2000 since it was reported in the 1999/2000 North and West Vancouver Phone Directory as his address. And the Mynott family continued to live there in 2006/2007 since the Phone Directory listed Leslie Mynott at that address. It seems that Clive Mynott did not move far in 2008/2010 as he was then listed in the Phone Directory as being at 1931 Deep Cove Road. Deep Cove crosses Mount Seymour Parkway about a mile east of the 3601 Mount Seymour Parkway address.
Note: The room on the lower floor that featured large sliding glass doors probably started out as a garage. A driveway leads to it. This similar house design was seen in the Blog Post at 2895 Edgemont Blvd., "The Reverend's House", November 16, 2010.
Note: To see the other 2 homes of the triumvirate see Blog Posts:
3615 Mount Seymour Parkway, "The House in the Middle", Nov. 18, 2010.
3633 Mount Seymour Parkway, "Watt on the Corner", November 19, 2010.
Demolition: Permit applied for in November 2010.
Photo: Taken in November 2010 by SW.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI am one of the original owner's daughters. His name is Elmer Aaro Kujanpaa. I remember my parents pouring over the blueprints of this house and making changes to make it their 'home'. Moving the frontroom to the western side of the house was one of the changes. Putting the front door level with the upstairs of the house was another change, the original plan was a cathedral entrance. The deck in the back with sliding glass doors leading to it from the dining room was another change. The kitchen door remained as access at the top of the stairs. Inside the house, the original plans had a door leading to the basement, my parents had the door removed and an open stairway with an iron rod railing surrounding it and a gate at the top of the stairs. We moved into our house at the end of July 1964. Besides my parents there were 4 of us children. We all grew up as children do and moved on. My parents eventually sold the house in the early 80's. Whenever we were in Vancouver we would take a tour of North Van and pass by what used to be 'our' house. Our roots were there, many good memories are there. Never did we ever imagine that 'our' house would be demolished in our lifetime. The house was only 46 years old.
Thank you Suzanne for wanting to collect information about the houses and those who had lived there. You understand that a house is not just a house, it is a home.
I am another daughter of the original owners. This home was actually joint owned by our parents. This home was, as mentioned, built to the specifications of our parents. But, the road, Mount Seymour Parkway was not the original name of the road. The original name of the road was East Keith Road. It was a two lane road that went east to Dollarton Hwy and then Deep Cove. There was a rather large creek that flowed beside the house, and an equally large ditch that was in front. When the road was widened, the ditch was removed. Our parents sold the house and moved out in May of 1980. Thankfully we do have our memories.
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