1945 Barclay Street

1945 Barclay Street – Vancouver City Archives Bu P508-105; http://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/exterior-of-residence-1945-barcley-street;rad

1945 Barclay Street – Vancouver Public Library – Accession Number 16076 – date October 22 1943.

1945 Barclay Street – interior – Vancouver Public Library – Accession Number 16077 – date October 22 1943.

1945 Barclay Street – living room – Vancouver Public Library – Accession Number 16078 – date October 22 1943.

1945 Barclay Street – kitchen – Vancouver Public Library – Accession Number 16079 – date October 22 1943.

1945 Barclay Street was on the north side of Barclay Street, about midway between Gilford Street and Chilco Street.

Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 67, Lots 26 and 27.

1900 Block Barclay Street – Detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1901 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.

1900 Block Barclay Street – Detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1903 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.

1900 Block Barclay Street – North side – Detail from Goad’s Atlas of the city of Vancouver – 1912 – Vol 1 – Plate 7 – Coal Harbour to Barclay Street and Cardero Street to Stanley Park.

1945 Barclay Street; 1913, detail from Denman Street to Haro Street to Chilco Street to Comox Street; 1972-582.29 – Plate 54; Reference code: AM1594-MAP 383-: 1972-582.29; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-54-denman-street-to-haro-street-to-chilco-street-to-comox-street.

Heritage Vancouver Society confirms that the City of Vancouver issued a building permit on October 29, 1906 to William McNeill for a house valued at $8,000. The architect was Samuel Maclure.

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 January 31, 2019]. Presumably it relates to the small building at the northeast corner of Lot 27 (above).

District:	Vancouver
Permit:
Owner:	McNeil, Wm.
Architect:	McNeil, Wm.
Builder:	McPherson & Sinclair
Legal Address:	DL: 185 Block: 67 Sub: Resub: Lot: 27
Date (Y-M-D):	1909-08-03
Street Number:	1945
Street Name:	Barclay Street
Value:	$400.00
Remarks:	Frame stable
Reference ID:	VN-3012-3012-195

Vancouver directory listings for 1945 Barclay Street from 1907 to 1924.

1907 to 1916	McNeill, William
1917	Moody, Harrison Pushaw
1918 to 1924	McNeill, William

The house was later a private residence and a rooming house.

Vancouver Province, November 14, 1924, page 30, column 8.

Vancouver Province, October 20, 1941, page 22, column 7 [selected portions].

The house was still on the property until the mid-1960s.

By November 1967 an apartment building called Barclay Place was on the site.

Vancouver Sun, November 30, 1967, page 74, column 2.

1945 Barclay Street; Google Streets, searched January 31, 2019; image dated May 2012.

 

Sources

Barclay Place, 1945 Barclay Street, Vancouver; http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=53931.