Friday, July 16, 2010
Big Changes On Bewicke-5

The last house on the 1400 block of Bewicke Avenue is at 1456. As with the other homes on the block no records are available until the mid 1950's. In 1955 The owners were Jean M. and Cliff Halverson. Cliff worked as a plasterer.

By 1960 Mrs. Hillary J. Hurst was the owner. She was the widow of G. Hurst. She continued to own the house at least until 1980. In 1960 she was employed as a stenographer at Eaton's. In 1971 she still worked at Eaton's but as a clerk. And in 1980 she reported that she was retired.

In 1991 Mark Kennedy reported to the City Directory that he was the owner. And in 1995/1996 the only entry in the City Directory for 1456 Bewicke Avenue was "not verified".

All the properties on the 1400 block of Bewicke Avenue are slated for demolition. The house at 1444 is under a blue tarp. The project that has been presented is that of an 18 unit development.

Demolition: Permit applied for in 2009.

Photo: Digital colored above taken in 2010 by SW. A black and white negative and photo on a contact sheet taken in July 2009 as part of the Demolition and Construction Project 2001-2010 is on file at the North Vancouver Archives.
Reference: See Blog Post July 12, 2010 for more information on Bewicke Avenue.
Reference 2: See Blog Post July 13, for more information about the homes in the 1400 block of Bewicke Avenue.