Friday, June 4, 2010
Women Only

This little home at 208 East 24th Street is just below the Upper Levels Highway in the City of North Vancouver. It seems that it was  mostly owned by women and not many different women at that. There was Ella and Kathleen and Janet. The $1,375 house was built in 1941 by E.E. Jessup. In the 1943, 1945, 1950, and 1960 City Directories the owner continued to be reported as Ella E. Jessup, a widow.

In 1971 another widow was the owner of the house. Her name was Kathleen E. Hayes. The house was listed as "Vacant" in 1980. And in 1991 and 1995/96 the woman owning the house was Janet Rothwell. Janet was employed as a clerk at the Royal Bank of Canada.

The photo of 208 East 24th Street 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 208 East 24th Street had been demolished and a new house 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.