Behind the Wrought Iron Fence
The house behind the wrought iron fence was at 260 East 17th Street in the City of North Vancouver. 260 East 17th Street is only two blocks and easy walking distance from Lonsdale Avenue and 17th Street, the shopping hub of the City. Here a home was reported in the Building Permit book as being built in 1926 by Edward S. Alexander. Edward was a journalist and continued to live in the house at least until 1931. The house in the photo above looks more like a home built in the 1950's. However, there is no evidence as to it being built at that time.
In 1940 the home owners were Helen and D. M. Moore, retired. Moore's also lived in the house in 1950, but this time it was Mary R. and Jason M. Moore. Mason was a mill worker at King Lumber. In 1960 the resident was Mrs. Rosalie F. L. Carney. Rosalie was the proprietor at White Swan Hairdressing at 1205 Lonsdale Avenue. The owners in 1971 were Howard A. and Dorothy I. Thompson. Howard was employed as a teacher in the North Vancouver School District. In 1980 the house was reported as being vacant. By 1991 Nancy J. Calder had moved in. Nancy worked as a clerk at Stong's Markets. Then in 1996 R. Birch was living at 260 East 17th. He reported that he had been living there for four years.
The photo of 260 East 17th 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 from the present or previous home owner sometimes including personal photographs.
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 260 East 17th Street had been demolished and a new duplex had been completed.
Photo: 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.
