Friday, September 17, 2010
North Shore Hospice

Several houses in the 300 block of East 13th Street and 14th Street have been demolished to make way for the North Shore Hospice. "The 1,400 square metre (15,000 square foot) hospice is being built on Lions Gate Hospital land located one block east of the hospital on East 14th Street in the City of North Vancouver.

"It will contain 15 spacious and comfortable private rooms and shared gathering areas including a living room, kitchen, a healing garden and a sacred space. The hospice features leading-edge design by award-winning architects, engineers and consultants and will be consistent with standards set by Community Care Facilities Licensing. " (See Link.) As of September 2010 the Hospice was still under construction.


One of the houses demolished for the Hospice was at 332 East 13th Street. There is no record in the Building Permit Book at the North Vancouver Archives as to when it was built. There is also no listing in the 1940 or 1945 City Directories of that address. But by 1950 the owners of 332 East 13th Street are listed as Thomas A. and Dorothea A. Cummings. Thomas Cummings was employed by Wrigley Printing.


In 1960 the owners were Nels and Ethel Oie. Nels worked as a carpenter. In 1971 the owner was Gemma V. Phillips. Gemma Phillips was a secretary for Freeman Freeman Silvers and Koffman. The resident in 1980 was Thomas Gillis, a laborer for Pacific Elevators. In 1991 the City Directory reported that the house was "Vacant". Richard A. Campbell must have moved in the next year. For in the 1995/1996 City Directory he reported living there for 4 years. In 1995/1996 Alysa Golden also lived at the 332 East 13th Street address.

In the photo above is a streetscape of the 300 block of East 13th Street. It was a series of typical 1950's stucco homes.

Demolition Permit: Applied for from the City of North Vancouver in 2007.
Photos: Black and White taken by SW in 2007 as part of the Demolition and Construction Project for the North

Vancouver Archives, Roll #85 negative 24 and 28. Colored digital photo taken in August 2010 by SW.

Link:http://www.vch.ca/about_us/news/media_contacts/news_releases/construction_begins_on_north_shore_hospice