Christmas on William Avenue
William Avenue is in both the City and District of North Vancouver. Its southern starting point is East 14th Street in the eastern border area of the Grand Boulevard area of the City of North Vancouver. It is interrupted by Loutet Park and the Upper Levels Highway at East 18th Street. Then it continues to the East 29th Street border with the District of North Vancouver. Here it extends north to Princess Park and Tennyson Crescent.
And at 1533 William Avenue, in the photo above, it was Christmas. A fringe of snow graced the front yard, icicle lights decked on the house, and colored Christmas lights decorated the garden tree and bushes. There is no Building Permit reported at the North Vancouver Archives for this two level house with the living room and kitchen on the upper floor. The first City Directories to list the address are in about 1960. The owner at that time was W. A. Houghton. In 1971 the owners were Donald C. and Gloria E. Smith. Donald Smith was employed as a controller at Buckerfield's. In 1980 "No Return" was the only City Directory listing. And the last owner to be verified was Barbara Hamilton, a park control worker for the City of North Vancouver. That was in 1991.
The photo of 1533 William Avenue 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 1533 William Avenue had been demolished and a new home 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.
