Mahon Avenue is two streets to the west and parallel to Lonsdale Avenue, the main drag of the City of North Vancouver. It runs from Esplanade on the south and into the District of North Vancouver up as far as Braemar Elementary School. Edward Mahon (some pronounce it "mohn") was "a prime figure in the North Vancouver Land and Improvement Company" which also owned the Capilano Suspension Bridge from 1910 to 1935. The avenue and a park are named in his honor.
J. F. Leighton built the initial house at 1920 Mahon Avenue for $2775. In 1935 he added a $50 garage. In 1938 he added a $250 dairy. And in 1940 J.S. Leighton did a $100 house alteration. The white stucco house looks like it was built originally as a box with additions of side and front structures, a punch out front window and upstairs dormers.
There are several listings of John Leighton being a dairyman. He received a building permit to add a dairy to the Mahon Avenue house in 1938. The 1925 City Directory lists him as a dairyman living at 264 West 19th Street. West 19th and Mahon Ave. is the site of the 1920 Mahon Ave. house. And at the North Vancouver Archives there is a photo of Wagg Park on West 19th Street being the site of the Leighton dairy.
A Permit for Demolition from the City of North Vancouver was applied for in August of 2009.
Photo: Taken August 27, 2009 by SW.
Quote from: "The Ambitious City, A History of the City of North Vancouver",
by Warren Sommer.
