Monday, August 23, 2010
Palm Tree on West 14th Street
The number of houses built on West 14th Street until 1960 seems scant. Two are listed in the 1994 City of North Vancouver Heritage Inventory. The Follis Residence, on page 117, was built in 1907 at 311 West 14th Street. The William Knowles Residence,on page 64, was built in 1909 at 328 West 14th Street. The Building Permit Book lists a house at 321 West 14th Street in 1913. And in 1950 there is a listing in the City Directory for a house at 346 East 14th Street. In the 1955 City Directory none of those houses is even listed. So that is a possible total of only 4 houses built on West 14th Street up to about 1960. Today there is a full block of houses.
In 1960 and 1971 the owners of 342 West 14th Street were Leo W. and Margaret A. St. Cyr In 1960 Leo St. Cyr was a cat operator at Hollyburn Country Club. In 1971 He was a power saw operator. In 1980 there was "No Return" to inquiries by the staff at the City Directory office.
In the 1991 and 1995/1996 City Directories and the 2008/2010 North and West Vancouver Phone Directories John Battista is listed as the resident at 342 West 14th Street. As of 1991 he reported that he had lived there for 6 years, so must have moved in 1985. John Battista worked as a fireman in North Vancouver. In 1991 Keven Broadbent, another City of North Vancouver fireman, moved in and was listed as a "New Neighbor". He was also listed in the 1995/1996 City Directory.
The photo of 342 West 14th 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.
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 342 West 14th Street had been demolished and a new duplex had been built.
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.
