Friday, February 5, 2010
Lloyd on Lloyd

What are the chances of building a house on a street with the same name as yours?  Well Robert and Wilma Lloyd did.  They built it at 2015 Lloyd Avenue  in 1949 for $6,500 and in 1954 a $400 addition.  This was the typical North Vancouver home of the time and many can still be seen throughout the area.  The houses are basically stucco with horizontal wood clapboard covering the lower front of the house. A large picture window with an opening side section sits on one side of the front door, the living room side of the entrance hall.   The high triple windows sit on the other side of the front door, the bedroom side of the entrance hall.  Even the bright blue painted cedar siding is reminiscent of the times.

The Lloyds continued to live on Lloyd Avenue at least until 1960 when Robert was working as a cat operator for General Construction. In 1971 Jack and Florence Morton owned the house.  In 1980 Jack had his own company, Jack Morton Realty and Insurance. In 1990 the City Directory lists Jack as president of that company. And when the new millennium rolled around, the phone directory indicates that Jack was still owner of the white stucco and blue shiplap house on Lloyd Avenue.  He had lived the house for over 30 years.

Lloyd Avenue was named for Arthur Henry Orland Lloyd, a trustee for Lonsdale Estates.  It is a block west of Mackay Avenue which is the eastern border between the City and District of North Vancouver.  This District area street starts at West 1st Street and runs north across Marine Drive, through Pemberton Heights, and across the Upper Levels Highway to end at Murdo Fraser Golf Course.  The house at 2015 Lloyd Avenue is in the Pemberton Heights area.

Research: Thank you to Dick Lazenby for information on Arthur Henry
             Orland Lloyd.
Demolition Permit: Applied for November 2009.
Photo: Taken December 2009 by SW.