Grand Boulevard
Grand Boulevard "was developed by the North Vancouver Land and Improvement Company as a high class residential enclave. A number of grand houses were built, mostly on key corner lots, before the 1913 Depression halted further construction. A number of more modest infill houses were built during the 1920's." (See Reference.)
The green strip boulevard extends from East Keith Road to East 19th Street. And from approximately 1908 to 1947 a street car traveled up the center of this boulevard carrying passengers from the foot of Lonsdale Avenue to Lynn Valley.
The house at 817 Grand Boulevard was built after the time of the streetcar. There is no listing in the Building Permit book, but by 1955 it was listed in the City Directory. The owners of the home at that time were Roy H. L. and Dency M. Arnold. Roy Arnold was the proprietor at Kiddies Shoeland. In 1960 and 1971 the owners were Vernon R. and Kathleen R. Hill. During these years Vernon Hill worked at solicitors Macrae, Montgomery, Macrae, Hill, and Cunnningham.
Rear of 817 Grand Boulevard
In 1980 the owners were Walter H. and Chao-Hwa Shui. Walter Shui was employed as an engineer at Crippen Engineering. Angela Shui, a student, was also a resident of the house. The Walter Shui family also lived in the house in 1991. Te and Joyce Wong bought the house in 1991 and were still listed as the owners in the City Directory in 1995/1996.
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 817 Grand Boulevard had been demolished and a stately new single family home new had been built. See below and the Link for more photo of this new home.
Home by SW and available for viewing at the North Vancouver
Archives. Bottom photo from Link.
Reference: City of North Vancouver Heritage Inventory 1994.
