$250 1930 Foundation
This two storey house with the large eastern side yard sits on the first lot on the north side of West 19th Street and Chesterfield Avenue. A large side yard with a laurel hedge separates it from the traffic on Chesterfield Ave. It has been at 206 West 19th Street for the last 80 years. The house was owned by C. Maitland when the building permit for a $250 foundation was applied for in 1930. The actual date of the building of the house with the front bay window is not noted in the Building Permit book at the North Vancouver Archives, but in 1944 J. Bonar applied for a building permit for a $750 addition. Jason and Florence E. Bonar continued to live there in 1955. Jason was an employee at Burrard Dry Dock. By 1960 Florence is listed as widow. However, there was at least one other family that owned the house between the building of the foundation in 1930 and the addition in 1944. That family was Thomas M. and Anna L. Moon in 1940. Thomas worked as a labourer at BCER.
In 1971 Arthur A. and Lillian Howard owned the house at 206 West 19th Street. Arthur was employed as a janitor in the North Vancouver School District. He had retired by 1980. In 1991 Catherine Bauer was the owner. She must have bought the house the year earlier since in the 1995/96 City Directory she is reported as having owned the house for 6 years. Another Bauer, J. Bauer is listed in the year 2000 phone book as living at the 206 West 19th Street address.
The house next door to the west, 210 West 19th Street is also scheduled for demolition. A large triplex will be built on the two lots.
Note: Photo included in the Year 2000 Photography Project, Your House/Our Home by SW that is available at the North Vancouver Archives housed in the Community History Centre at 3203 Institute Rd.
Demolition: Permit applied for in March 2010.
Photo: Taken in March 2010 by SW.
