Tuesday, September 7, 2010

A Week of Black and White

Capilano Highland's Stucco

The house at 910 Beaumont Drive in the Capilano Highland's area of the District of North Vancouver was a typical 1950's stucco home. It was built for $9000 in 1951 by D.S. Stoddard. The series of small square windows next to the front door set is apart from its neighbors.

In 1955 the owners of the house were William A. and Alix Smedman. William worked as a clerk for Daly and Morin. Mrs. Alex Smedman was employed as a stenographer by N. Jefferson. In 1960 the owners were Harry W. and Ada Tisdall. Harry Tisdall worked as a claims clerk for the PGE. The Pacific Great Eastern Railroad was the original name of B. C. Rail. (See Link.) In 1971 the owners were John M. and Margarete E. Slauenwhite. John Slauenwhite was a trust officer at Royal Trust.

And by 1980 the owners were Walter R. and Vicki Voros. Walter R. worked as a production manager for Teleflex Canada Ltd. It is interesting to note that by 1980 the listing of the wife's name was no longer listed in the City Directory  in parentheses (Vicki). It is now simply listed as "and Vicki". In the earliest City Directories the wife's name was not listed at all. This seems true in the 1925 and 1931 publications. By 1940 the wife's name was listed in the parentheses form (Vicki).

In 1991 and 1995 the owner of the house at 910 Beaumont Dr. was Brenda J. Brown. She reported in 1995 that she had lived there more than 9 years, so probably moved in around 1985. In 1991 Brenda Brown was employed as a barrister at Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson. And in 1995 Brenda Brown was a lawyer at Davis and Company.

By 2010 a new large single family home had been built on the property at 910 Beaumont Drive.

A Week of Black and White

The Black and White photos of all the homes this week were taken in July of 2007 as part of the Demolition and Construction North Vancouver Archives Project by Suzanne Wilson. On notification of City and District applications for Demolition Permits the photos were taken and documented. Negatives and contact prints were filed at the North Vancouver Archives as part of their permanent photo collection. The project ran from 2001 to 2010.

Demolition Permit: Applied for in 2007.
Photos: The black and white photo Demolition and Construction Project photo Roll # 85 Negative 5 on file at the North Vancouver Archives. (The photo above was taken of the contact sheet with a digital camera.)
Link:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_Great_Eastern_Railway