Wednesday, December 8, 2010
At the Edge of the Forest
The original house at 1210 Dempsey Road sat on the edge of the forest at the crest of Dempsey Road. The little white house was at the northern border of the District of North Vancouver to the west of Mountain Highway. It was built in 1948 for $3,750 by W. D. McRae. IN 1952 D. R. Thompson made an $800 alteration. And in 1958 D. R. Thompson applied for a Building Permit for a $2000 house at that location. In 1960 Doug R. and Hazel A. L. Thompson were still the owners of the house. Doug Thompson worked as a transit operator at B.C. Electric.
By 1971 the owner was Mrs. Jessie I. Dunn. Jessie Dunn was employed by General Paint as a computer typer supervisor. In 1980 the owners were John R. and Janet L. Mee. John was employed as a manager at P. Lawson Travel.
By the mid 1980's the Paul and Janine Crocock had bought the 1210 Dempsey Road home. Janine Crocock was also listed as living at the 1210 Dempsey Road address in the 1999/2000 North and West Vancouver Phone Directory. Both in 1991 and 1995/1996 Paul Crocock stated that he worked as an adjuster at ICBC. During that time Janine stated that she worked as a travel agent at No 1.
The real estate ad in the Link below listed the house for sale for $698,000. The house sat on a 9,230 sq. ft. lot with a partial view of the city. The 2144 sq. ft. home had three bedrooms and one bedroom. The lot is located in the east end of the Braemar subdivision, backed by the greenbelt. The Link shows interior photos of this Dempsey Road home.
Demolition: Permit applied for in November 2010.
Photos: Taken in November 2010 by SW.
