Wednesday, April 14, 2010
White House on William

The bright white house at 2427 William Avenue was built in for $11,000 in 1959 by Trail Construction. The front door seems to indicate that this home was built with what is known in North Vancouver as a "cathedral" entrance. That means that inside the front door there is one set of steps going up stairs and one set of steps going down stairs. (See March 19 Blog post for another home with a cathedral entrance.) However, unlike many of these style of homes the one at 2427 William Avenue was built with the the downstairs carport area filled in giving and extra room on that lower level.

In 1960 Don G. and Edna M. Edwards were living in the William's Street house. Don was a branch manager at one of the Dominion Stores. by 1971 the residents were W. Marshall and Coleen I. Davies. W. Marshall was an employee at A. Mitchell Motors. Then by 1980 Sergius and Tatania Kobasew bought the house and stayed for at least 26 year. During this time Sergius was retired. However, in the 1991 and the 1995/96 City Directories Tatiana is reported as working as a bookkeeper at Bryant Management. Also in 1991 another owner was reported. That was Maria Ivanov, also retired.

William Avenue is found in both the City and District of North Vancouver. It starts in the City at East 14th Street, south and one block west of Loutet Park. The street here breaks at the Sutherland Secondary School campus and then the Upper Levels Highway. It then continues north to cross Lynn Valley Road and into the District at the East 29th Street border. William Street ends in the District at Princess Park. To students at Sutherland Secondary School in the 1970's to the year 2001 the most important building on William Avenue was the corner store at 1604, just south of the school. William's Confectionery opened in 1978. Jim Jordon rebuilt the store with its large distinctive round window in the 1980's. By the time it was demolished in the year 2001 it was named Williams Food Market. See 2001 photo below.

Demolition: Permit applied for Williams Food Market in 2001. Permit applied for 2427 William Avenue in March 2010.
Photos: Taken in 2001 of Williams Food Market by SW. Taken in March 2010 of 2427 William Avenue by SW.