1020 Chilco Street

1020 Chilco Street; detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, volume 1; Plate 54 Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay; Vancouver City Archives, 1972-582.38; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-54-denman-street-to-haro-street-to-chilco-street-to-comox-street.

 

1020 Chilco Street was on the northeast corner of Chilco Street and Comox Street.

Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 69, Lot 28.

 

Chilco Street and Comox Street – Detail from Goad’s Atlas of the city of Vancouver – 1912 – Vol 1 – Plate 8 – Barclay Street to English Bay and Cardero Street to Stanley Park.

 

There is one reference to this property in Heritage Vancouver Society’s database of historic building permits: http://permits.heritagevancouver.org/index.php?cID=1 [searched February 26, 2019].

 

District:	Vancouver
Permit:	1233
Owner:	Prescott, J. W.
Architect:	W. Tinney & Company
Builder:	W. Tinney & Company
Legal Address:	DL: 185 Block: 69 Sub: Resub: Lot: 28
Date (Y-M-D):	1912-01-12
Street Number:	[1020]
Street Name:	Chilco Street
Value:	$2,500.00
Remarks:	1 dwelling house
Reference ID:	VN-3300-3301-31

 

Vancouver directory listings from 1902 to 1937.

 

1902 to 1910, and 1912 to 1937	Prescott, John William
1910	Breed, Everett Mark
1911	Bayley, Henry Cort

 

In October 1937, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.

 

Vancouver Province, October 16, 1937, page 32, column 8.

 

In 1939, the house offered rental accommodation.

 

Vancouver Province, September 16, 1939, page 28, column 6.

 

In 1946 and 1951, the house was for sale.

 

Vancouver Province, March 30, 1946, page 27, column 4.

 

Vancouver Province, March 19, 1951, page 28, column 7.

 

In 1951, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.

 

Vancouver Sun, June 4, 1951, page 29, column 6.

 

In July 1951, the house was demolished, and building material from the house was for sale.

 

Vancouver Sun, July 5, 1951, page 25, column 7.

 

In 1952, a new rental apartment building was on the site, with an address of 1020 Chilco Street.

 

1020 Chilco Street, Glassheat heating system advertisement; Vancouver Sun, October 18, 1952, page 23, columns 5-8.

 

1040 Chilco Street, 1030 Chilco Street and 1020 Chilco Street; 1954; detail from First Beach; BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

1020 Chilco Street; Google Streets; searched February 26, 2019; image dated August 2011.

 

1030 Chilco Street and 1040 Chilco Street

In 1938, an apartment building with a half-timber exterior appeared on the south half of lot 28. The addresses were 1030 Chilco Street, 1040 Chilco Street and 1995 Comox Street.

 

Vancouver Province, May 21, 1938, page 35, column 7.

 

The apartment offered rental accommodation.

 

Vancouver Province, September 8, 1938, page 20, column 3.

 

Vancouver Province, July 30, 1940, page 16, column 3.

 

Vancouver Sun, May 8, 1958, page 35, column 6.

 

Vancouver Sun, May 23, 1959, page 42, column 2.

 

Vancouver Sun, September 23, 1964, page 51, column 1.

 

1030 Chilco Street and 1040 Chilco Street; Google Streets; searched February 26, 2019; image dated August 2011.

 

1995 Comox Street; Google Streets; searched February 26, 2019; image dated May 2015.

 

Sources

Stanley Park Inn, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1030 Chilco Street, Vancouver; https://www.innsite.com/inns/B282045.html