Monday, June 28, 2010

Christmas on Mahon

The icicle Christmas lights twinkled on the house at 1553 Mahon Avenue when the above photo was taken in the year 2000. There is no listing in the Building Permit Book at the North Vancouver Archives for this house on the south west corner of Mahon Avenue and West 16th Street. There is no listing in the 1950 City Directory as well. However, there is a record of H. R. Ceasar living in the house in the 1952 issue.  In 1955 the residents were H. R. and Leona Ceasar. In 1960 and in every issue up to 1995/1996 the owners were listed as H. Robert and Leona M. Ceasar.

In 1952 H. Robert Ceasar worked as a laborer for North Vancouver City. Leona M. Ceasar was the proprietor at Van's Coffee Shop. And Elaine D. Ceaser was a student nurse at Vancouver General Hospital.  By 1971 Hugh Ceasar was an equipment operator for North Vancouver City. And in 1980, 1991, and 1995/1996 Hugh Ceasar reported to the City Directory that he was retired.

The house at 1553 Mahon Avenue was demolished in 2005 and multifamily housing was built.

Mahon (some pronounce it "mahn")  Avenue is two streets to the west and parallel to Lonsdale Avenue, the main drag of the City of North Vancouver. It runs from Esplanade on the south and into the District of North Vancouver up as far as Braemar Elementary School. Edward "Mahon a prime figure in the North Vancouver Land and Improvement Company also owned the Cupolaing Suspension Bridge from 1910 to 1935." The avenue and a park are named in his honor.

Demolition: Permit applied for in 2005.

Photo: Taken as part of Suzanne Wilson's Year 2000 Photography Project,

Your House/Our Home.

Quote: From "The Ambitious City, A History of the City of North Vancouver", by Warren Sommer, page 52.