Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Across the Street

Across the Street from yesterday's Blog Post 1553 Mahon Avenue was another house celebrating the Christmas season. This time the decorations were traditional Christmas lights. This was the house at 1605 Mahon Avenue. It sat on the north west corner of Mahon Avenue and West 16th Street. This house was built for $4,500 in 1945 by J. W. Mottershaw. However, in the 1950 City Directory his name is spelled Mottershead. In that year John W. and Daisy Mottershead lived in the house. John Mottershead worked as a machinist at American Can. Daisy Mottershead was a clerk at the Royal Bank.

In 1960 the owner was Mrs. Elsie L. Adams. By 1971 Ernest D. and Elsie L. Moore were the owners. Ernest Moore was employed as a security officer at Pinkerton's of Canada. The Moore's continued to own the home through 1995/1996 and Ernest continued his job as a security officer at Pinkerton's of Canada during that time. In the 1995/1996 City Directory William Dennison was also reported as a resident at 1605 Mahon Avenue. The 1999/2000 North and West Vancouver Phone Directory lists Mrs. E. D. Moore still living at the 1605 Mahon Avenue Home.

The photo of 1605 Mahon 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 1605 Mahon Avenue had been demolished and a new multifamily unit 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.