Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Turquoise Cottage

This turquoise cottage at 2412 Panorama Dr. was built in 1929 right on the beach in Deep Cove at the most eastern point of the District of North Vancouver. At this time there was no Panorama Dr. address. The listing in the 1931 City Directory for this location was "Burns Ave. North Vancouver north across 2nd St. at Deep Water B-15 on Map". In the 1940 and 1950 City Directories there is no Panorama Dr., Burns Ave., or Burns Crescent listed. In the 1960 City Directory Burns Ave. is listed but not the address 2412. The photo above is the back of the house sitting among the tall trees next to Panorama Dr. The photo below is the front of the house featuring an upper deck with a view of the waters of Deep Cove.

When C. E. Scott built the house on the beach in 1929 the construction cost $500. In 1959 the Building Permit book lists W. J. White as building a $500 addition to the house. The widow of W. J. White, Mrs. J. O. White, owned the house until at least 1971. In 1980 George Walkem was the owner of 2412 Panorama Dr. In 1991 he reported to the City Directory that he was a dyslexia tutor. R. George Walkem continued to live there until at least 1995/1996.

2412 Panorama Dr. is one of the three houses that are presently owned by North Vancouver District and will be demolished with the land added to Panorama Park. (For more information see the July 27th Blog "Additions to Panorama Park" and July 29 Blog, "On the Beach".)


Demolition Permit: Applied for in July 2010.
Photo: Taken in July 2010 by SW.

Link 1: http://www.yelp.ca/biz/panorama-park-north-vancouver
Link 2: http://www.deepcovebc.com/parkspanorama.html
Link 3: http://www.deepcoveyc.com/history.php