Friday, May 14, 2010
Christmas on 14th Street

The stucco and brick clad house at 424 East 14th Street was at least built by 1960. No record of its construction is listed in the Building Permit book or 1925, 1940, 1950, or 1955 City Directories at the North Vancouver Archives. But in 1960 the owners are reported to be Keith M. and Magaret R. Yelland. Keith worked as a train clerk for the Canadian Pacific Railroad. By 1980 only Margaret is listed as the owner.

In 1991 Linda D. Blaine was the owner. Linda was employed by the Botanical Gardens at the University of B.C. She continued to work at UBC in 1995 and reported that by that time she had lived at 424 East 14th Street for six years.

Linda is not listed in the year 2000 phone book as living at 424 East 14th Street. But since this is the year the photo above was taken whoever was living there was celebrating Christmas with strings of Christmas lights.

The photo of 424 East 14 Street was taken by Suzanne Wilson as part of her Year 2000 Photography Project, Your House/Our Home. 2000 photos of homes in the City of North Vancouver were photographed. Approximately 800 of these were accompanied by some history of the house or a photo.


In the month of June 2007 Suzanne Wilson celebrated the City of North Vancouver's 100 birthday by distributing to their home owners copies of 1000 photos taken for the Y2K Project. At this time it was discovered that the home photographed at 424 East 14th Street had been demolished and a new house had been built.


Photos: Taken in the year 2000 by SW.
Reference: The Year 2000 project was donated by Suzanne and Alan Wilson to the North Vancouver Archives and is available for viewing.