Tuesday, August 3, 2010

House With a Pool

This Deep Cove Tudor detailed home at 706 Roslyn Blvd. was built in 1958 for $13,800 by D. Smith. Darrel H. and Mariette D. Smith reported owning the house in 1971 and 1980 as well. In 1971 Darrell Smith was president of B.C. Tile and in 1980 he and Marriette are listed as retired.

The 1991 owners of the "house with a pool" were Eugene A. and Ethel A. Cherneski. Eugene was the vice president and general manager of the Vancouver Centre Development Ltd. In 1995 Eugene and Ethel Cherneski reported that they had lived in the house for more than 9 years. That means that they were the owners since the mid 1980's. Eugene Cherneski was now the president and general manager of SDM Realty Advisors Ltd. Other residents listed in the 1995/1996 City Directory as living at 706 Roslyn Blvd. were "Elliot and Valerie-Ann" (Sarah Henderson 2011 e mail) Cherneski. Eugene Cherneski was also listed at the 706 Roslyn Blvd. address in the year 2006/2007 North and West Vancouver Phone Directory.

The large two storey home at 706 Roslyn Blvd. features a pool in the backyard and a view of Burrard Inlet and the mountains beyond. (See photo above.) The neighbors report it has been vacant for over a year.

Demolition: Permit applied for from the District of North Vancouver

in July 2010.

Photo: Taken in July 2010 by SW.

Monday, August 2, 2010

Grey Stucco Near Mahon

There is no listing of even the address of 343 West 17th Street in the 1940, in 1950, and 1955 City Directories. But in 1960 John H. and Edith L. Richardson were the owners. John H. Richardson was a fisherman. In 1960 Ernest V. and Alice E. Hall, a retired couple, are recorded as living in the grey stucco house at 343 West 17th Street.

Then by 1971 Gerhardus C. and Margaret DeWit were the owners. Gerhardus Dewit was employed as an accountant in 1971 and was retired by 1980. The Dewit's are reported as still owning the house in the 1995/1996 City Directory.

This grey stucco house with flowers lining the path to the front door is typical of homes built in the 1950's in the City of North Vancouver. The one storey homes feature large windows on either side of the front door and small windows that let light into the basement to make it more usable for living space. The house at 343 West 17th Street is near Mahon Park, in fact, the park is at the end of the block. For more information on Mahon Park see the June 28th, 2010 Blog "Christmas on Mahon".

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

Sunday Church Feature

Manito United Methodist Church

Spokane, Washington

The 1999 church booklet "Manito Memories" reports that the original  Manito Methodist Church was chartered in 1909 and a building designed by Kirtland Cutter built across the street from the existing parking lot in 1911.  The present building at 3220 S. Grand Blvd. was also designed by Kirtland Cutter. Construction was started in 1923 and the building was dedicated in 1924. The tower of the building was modeled after the Basilica of San Francisco in Assisi, Italy. (See Note.)  


"After the building was completed in 1924, the Spokesman-Review article described the church as..."The main auditorium seats 300 the gallery 125. On the same floor are the Epworth League room, a prayer room and the pastor's study.  On the street level floor are a ladies community room, a community hall seating 100, a dining room seating 100, and an electric kitchen.  The community hall will be a valuable for general purposes at any time.  The gymnasium is two stories high, extending from a sub basement through the ceiling of the street floor.  It will have a basketball and handball courts with shower baths, barber shop and toilet facilities for both men and women."(Link 3.)


The tower of the building was modeled after the Basilica of San Francisco in Assisi, Italy.  The sanctuary can hold a congregation of 250 and there is also a small chapel for intimate weddings and memorial services. (See Note.)

"After World War II, the South Hill area, like the rest of the nation, experienced a baby boom and the church was bursting at the seams.  Plans were drawn up for a three story educational wing addition that would contain classrooms, a chapel, bride's room, offices and library.   A new sanctuary was also part of the plan.  The educational wing cost $275,000 so the new sanctuary building was postponed.  The new wing was consecrated on January 17, 1960.  The new sanctuary was never built, which leads to a challenge since the two buildings don't line up well.  As a result, there are many steps to move from one level to another. " (Link 3.)

In 1968 the church became Manito United Methodist Church.  Today approximately 100 worshipers attend the Sunday service.  (*See Note.)


"Kirtland Kelsey Cutter was primarily a Spokane architect with a significant practice in Spokane, Seattle, and Southern California, as well as commissions as far away as England. Of Spokane’s many prolific and successful architects, he is the best known to the general public today. Spokane is where he first made his reputation, his buildings giving clues about the “economy, power structure, social life, and changing fortunes” of the growing city ... Cutter’s career spanned 50 years, from 1889 to his death in 1939. His legacy of large-scale houses and public buildings still standing in Spokane, Seattle, Southern California, and elsewhere is varied and impressive.

"With the encouragement of his uncle, Horace Cutter, a Spokane banker, Kirtland Cutter came to the fledgling city in 1886 and decided to practice architecture rather than to pursue a career in art. Initially Cutter supplemented his income from architecture by working as a teller in his uncle’s bank. His first residential designs were for his uncle and for his own house, “Chalet Hohenstein,” in 1887. On the basalt-strewn South Hill overlooking downtown Spokane, both were in a somewhat Swiss style. He received two important commissions in 1889, probably through his uncle’s banking connections. He made a success of two fine Tudoresque half-timbered houses, also on the South Hill, for James N. Glover (1837-1921), considered the father of Spokane, and businessman F. Rockwood Moore. With these residences, Cutter “had begun his long career in Spokane designing houses in an Arts and Crafts manner that seemed to grow out of the rocky hillsides”..." (See Link 1.)

Among the other Spokane buildings that Kirtland Cutter designed are: 1898- Amasa B. Campbell House, now part of the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; 1898-Patsy Clark Mansion 2208 West Second Avenue which contains the largest stained glass window ever made by Tiffany Studios;
1910-Spokane Club; 1911-Monroe Street Bridge; 1912-Waikiki Mansion, now Gonzaga University's Bozarth Center; and 1914-The Davenport Hotel. (See Link 1.)

Photo: Taken in Spokane, Washington in 2007 by SW.
Note:   Thank you Rev. Flora Bowers for the history information given in our
               2010 phone conversation.
Link 1: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirtland_Cutter
Link 2: http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=115
Link 3: http://www.manitoumc.org/history

End of Month Index

July 2010

Arranged by Subject and Address Country, State/Province, City, Street: numerical East, alphabetical, numerical West.

CANADA

British Columbia

City of North Vancouver

1404 Bewicke Avenue, Big Changes on Bewicke-1, Monday, July 12, 2010.

1416 Bewicke Avenue, Big Changes on Bewicke-2, Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
1428 Bewicke Avenue, Big Changes on Bewicke-3, Wednesday, July 14, 2010.
1436 Bewicke Avenue, Big Changes on Bewicke-4, Thursday, July 15, 2010.
1456 Bewicke Avenue, Big Changes on Bewicke-5, Friday, July 16, 2010.

1707 Grand Boulevard, Let the World Hear Music, Tuesday, July 6, 2010.

402 East Keith Road, Perhaps Two Families, Monday, July 5, 2010.

502 East Keith Road, Happy Canada Day, Flag Flying on East Keith Road,

        Thursday, July 1, 2010.

1624 St. Andrew's Avenue, St. Andrew, Wednesday, July 7, 2010.

120 West 14th Street, Saturday Special Feature, New City NV Library a Beaut!

        Saturday, July 10, 2010.

215 West 15th Street, The House Behind the Gate, Friday, July 9, 2010.

322 West 21st Street, Address Around f0r 87 Years, Thursday, July 8, 2010.

309 West 27th Street, 1911 Wallace Home, Friday, July 2, 2010.
235 West 28th Street, Just in the City of NV, Friday, July 23, 2010.

North Vancouver District

260 Institute Road, Sunday Church Feature, "Posthumous-Methodist Church",

        Lynn Valley, B.C., Sunday, July 11, 2010.

548 Kings Road, "The English on King's Road", Monday, July 19, 2010.
390 Monteray Avenue, "A View of the World", Friday, July 20, 2010.
2398 Panorama Dr., "Additions to Panorama Park", Tuesday, July 27, 2010.
2412 Panorama Dr., "Turquoise Cottage", Wednesday, July 28, 2010.
2420 Panorama Dr., "On the Beach", Thursday, July 29, 2010.

3738 Phyllis Road, "One Block of Phyllis", July 21, 2010.
388 Tempe Crescent, "71 Years of Pink Azaleas and Purple Rhodos",
        Monday, July 26, 2010.

1842 Westover Road, "High on the Westover Hill", July 20, 2010.

ISRAEL

Sea of Galilee, Sunday Church Feature, Church of the Beatitudes, Israel.

        Sunday, July 25, 2010.

Bet She'an, Sunday Church Feature, Bet She'an, Israel, Saturday Travel
        Feature, Saturday, July 24, 2010.

KOREA

Seoul

1988 Seoul, Korea, Olympic Site, Saturday Travel Feature, Seoul Olympic Park,

        Seoul Korea, Saturday, July 17, 2010.

Young Nak Presbyterian Church, Seoul, Korea, Sunday Church Feature, Young

        Nak Presbyterian Church in Seoul, Korea, Sunday, July 18, 2010.

UNITED STATES

California

540 Alabama Street, San Francisco, California, Saturday Travel Feature,

        Developing Environments, SF, Saturday, July 3, 2010.
1520 Green Street, Happy July 4th, Sunday Church Feature, Holy Trinity

       Cathedral, San Francisco, California, Sunday, July 4, 2010.

Washington

Riverfront Park Carousel, Spokane, Washington, Special Birthday Feature,
     Happy Third Birthday, Holly!  Thursday, July 22, 2010.

FEATURES

Saturday Travel Features

540 Alabama Street, San Francisco, California, Saturday Travel Feature,

        Developing Environments, SF, Saturday, July 3, 2010.

1988 Seoul, Korea, Olympic Site, Saturday Travel Feature, Seoul Olympic Park,

        Seoul Korea, Saturday, July 17, 2010.

Bet She'an, Sunday Church Feature, Bet She'an, Israel, Saturday Travel

Feature, Saturday, July 24, 2010.

Sunday Church Features

260 Institute Road, Sunday Church Feature," Posthumous-Methodist Church
        Lynn Valley", B.C., Sunday, July 11, 2010.

1520 Green Street, Happy July 4th, Sunday Church Feature, "Holy Trinity  
        Cathedral", San Francisco, California, Sunday, July 4, 2010.

Young Nak Presbyterian Church, Seoul, Korea, Sunday Church Feature, "Young

       Nak Presbyterian Church" in Seoul, Korea, Sunday, July 18, 2010.

Sea of Galilee, Sunday Church Feature, "Church of the Beatitudes", Israel,

       Sunday, July 25, 2010.

Photo: North Shore mountains taken from East Broadway in Vancouver, B.C. by SW in 2006.

Friday, July 30, 2010
A View of the World

On the street above Montroyal Boulevard at the very top of Delbrook Avenue in the District of North Vancouver sits the house at 390 Monteray Avenue. The  mountain side lot demands the steep front driveway and the twenty steps beside it just to get to the steps leading to the front door. The view from the top of all these steps is the reward-Burrard Inlet and downtown Vancouver.

The white house with its large front garage and sundeck above was built in 1962 for $13,000 by Ocean Builders. In 1965 Robert J. and Maggie McCarthy were the owners. Robert McCarthy was employed as a salesman. In 1971 Norman M. Barker, the chief clerk at the Vancouver School Board lived in the house. By 1980 the resident was Mrs. Vera Kulish.

In 1991 and 1995/1996 Andresen International Inc. reported its address as 390 Monteray Avenue. Andresen International Inc. did import export marketing. Hans-Uwe Andresen was the president. Both he and his wife Ann Marie Andresen were the home owners of 390 Monteray Ave. The Andresen's are also listed as having their home at 390 Monteray Ave. in the year 2000 and the year 2006/2007 North and West Phone Directory.

This 2,803 sq. ft. home has 5 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms.  It is For Sale for
$1,098,000.  That includes the view. (See Link.)

Demolition Permit: Applied for in July 2010.
Photo: Taken in July 2010 by SW.
Link: http://www.greatervancouvergroup.com/agents.html/al=14421/SearchResults.form?page=1&lvm=default

Thursday, July 29, 2010
On the Beach

The two storey house at 2420 Panorama Dr. is the most northern of the three houses owned by the District of North Vancouver to be demolished with the land being added to Panorama Park in Deep Cove. The Building Permit book's only listing for this address is for a 1962 $200 carport to be constructed at the request of G. H. Robinson. Mrs. Betty Robinson, the widow of G. H., is listed in the 1965 City Directory as still owning the house.

In 1971 the residents were Keith E. and Nancy A. Byers. Keith Byers was employed as a mechanic at Western Outboard and Equipment. In 1980 the owner was Mary Nakano. Mary Nakano worked as a receptionist for Dr's. P. K. Will and J. K. Poole.

The owner in 1991 was Joshua Stimpson, the manager at Harmony Silks and Designs. For the 1995/1996 City Directory he reported that he had lived in the house for more than 9 years. So, he had moved in during the mid 1980's. Also living in the house in 1995/1996 was Peter B. Stimpson. Joshua Stimpson was still the manager at Harmony Silks and Designs and Peter B. Stimpson was the manager at Dana Designs. The 1999/2000 North and West Vancouver Phone Directories list Joshua Stimpson's address as  2420 Panorama Dr. The 2006/2007 and the 2008/2010 issues list Joshua Stimpson and A. L. Stimpson as living at that address.

The photo above is the rear of the house facing Panorama Dr. The photo below is the front of the house facing the Panorama Park path and the waters of Deep Cove. For more information on the three houses on Panorama Dr. to be demolished, Panorama Park, and Deep Cove see the Blogs July 27 "Additions to Panorama Park", July 28 "Turquoise Cottage", and the Links listed below.

Demolition Permit: Applied for in July 2010.

Photos: 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

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