A Long History
The house at 252 West 13th Street has a long history and it started in the year 1922. This was the year the builder of the $4000 house was listed in the Building Permit Book at the North Vancouver Archives as A. Walsh. The builder of a $100 house addition in 1936 was listed as E. H. Markle.
In 1950 and 1960 the owners were Peter M. and Catherine M. Fraser. Peter Fraser worked as a mechanic at Begg Motors in 1950 and in automotive repairs at 221 West 1st Street in North Vancouver in 1960. In 1971 John and May Rhead were the residents. John Rhead was employed as a painter at Enno's Custom Boats. The resident in 1980 was W. Rose. By 1986 George A. and Janet Perryman owned the house. They were also reported as the owners in 1991 and 1995, at which time they were retired.
The photo of 252 West 13th 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 additional information This was true in the case of 252 West 13 St. In this case it was a Development Proposal Sign to allow the building of a triplex. (See photo below.) (See Link.)
A "North Shore News" photo of the actual demolition in September 2001 was added later. (See photo below.) Queen Mary Elementary School is in the background.
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 252 West 13th Street had been demolished and a series of three row houses had been built.
Demolition: September 2001.
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.
Link: http://search.suttonwestcoast.com/listings/info/p-2-252-w-13th-st#listings/info/p-2-252-w-13th-st
