Bay Window Shingled Home
The white shingled house with the front bay window was built at 211 East 18th Street. The date a building permit was applied for does not seem to be documented. However, a house with similar features, the bay window, the windows in the front gable end of the roof, and the glass panels in the front door was built in 1930 at 206 West 19th Street. (See Blog Post Friday, April 23, 2010.)
The first City Directory listing of 211 East 18th Street was found in the 1931 edition. The owners were John C. and Jean Kirkness. John worked as a meat cutter, and Jane was a clerk at Woodwards. In 1940 John C. and Ann R. Kirkness lived in the house. Now John was the proprietor at Norland Smoke Shop. By 1950 Fredrich H. and Gertrude F. Smith were the owners. Fredrich was employed as an accountant at the Bank of Montreal. In 1960 Alan G. and Dora Harrison were now the owners. Alan was a packer at Eaton's. By 1971 the Olson's had moved in. Johann M. and Beryl E. Olson were the owners. Johann was the caretaker at the North Vancouver Drill Hall. Johann (no initial) a student was also a resident of 211 East 18th Street. Johann M. and Beryl were still living in the house in 1980, but by this time Johann had retired. In 1991 C. Wong was the owner and in 1995 he reported to the City Directory that he had been living there for five years.
The photo of 211 East 18th 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 211 East 18th Street had been demolished and new housing was under construction.
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.
