Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Capilano Road Oldie
The house at 2840 Capilano Road is older than the Building Permit book listings. The first listing is already for a $2500 house addition in 1952. The next listing is for a $500 garage in 1956. The owner at both of these times was R. Beachtold. In 1960 there is a listing in the City Directory for probably the same person, but the spelling of the name is different. It changes the "a" to "r" resulting in Berchtold. Rudolph Berchtold was employed as a structural iron worker. His wife Bertha was employed as a stenographer by the Canadian Government. By 1971 Rudolph was a structural iron worker for Kootenay Engineering.
In 1980 Phillippi Brunelle owned the house. He was retired. In 1991 there was another new owner, L. Groenendyk and his company Artistic Gardening and Landscaping. In 1991 the spelling of the last name is again reported differently. Now the final "k" has been dropped, resulting in Groenendy. However, the business of Artistic Gardening and Landscaping is the same. The 1995/96 City Directory and the year 2000 phone book continue to list L. Groenendy and Artistic Gardening and Landscaping at being at 2840 Capilano Road. Today the internet lists Artistic Gardening and Landscaping and L. Groeneny on West 25th Street in North Vancouver. Between the house at 2840 Capilano Rd. and Artistic Gardening and Landscaping they have travelled the record keeping highway from Building Permit to City Directory to phone book to the internet.
Capilano Road is the western border of North Vancouver District. It runs from the Native Lands in the south up to Montroyal Blvd. where it turns into Nancy Green Way. From there it goes a short way to the base of Grouse Mountain. On its way up the mountain side it passes several other prominent North Vancouver tourist attractions. First is the Capilano Suspension Bridge, next is the Capilano Salmon Hatchery, then the Cleveland Dam, and finally the Grouse Mountain Skyride. Viewing of the Salmon Hatchery and the Cleveland Dam are free.
Demolition Permit: Applied for November 2009.
Photo Taken: November 2009.
