1844 Barclay Street

1844 Barclay Street; detail from First Beach, BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

Denman Street – north of Barclay Street – around 1904 (Vancouver Public Library VPL 2654). 1844 Barclay Street would have been on the left side of this photograph.

 

1844 Barclay Street was on the south side of Barclay Street, near the middle of the block between  Denman Street and Gilford Street.

Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 68, Lot 4.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

1844 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.

 

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 2, 2019].

 

Municipality:	Vancouver
Permit:
Owner:	Healey, Marg.
Architect:	Matheson, J. P.
Builder:	Matheson, J. P.
Legal Address:	DL: 185 Block: 68 Sub: Resub: Lot: 4
Date (Y-M-D):	1902-06-10
Street Number:
Street Name:	Barclay Street
Value:	$2,500.00
Remarks:	Frame dwelling s.t.
Reference ID:	VN-8216-8217-13

 

Vancouver directory listings from 1902 to 1924.

 

1902 to 1905	Healy, John Justin
1906 to 1909	Hargrave, William Hamer
1910	Walsh, Walter William
1912 to 1913	Henderson, Thomas Morrison
1914 to 1924	Akhurst, William Adolphus

 

The house later became a rooming house.

 

Vancouver Province, December 10, 1940, page 21, column 1.

 

Vancouver Province, November 2, 1950, page 30, column 7.

 

Vancouver Province, January 4, 1960, page 21, column 7.

 

By November 1963, a rental apartment building called “The Coast Park” was on the site.

 

Vancouver Sun, September 23, 1963, page 38, column 2 [edited image].

1844 Barclay Street; Google Streets; searched February 2, 2019; image dated September 2011.

 

Sources

Vancouver Management Limited; Coast Park, 1844 Barclay St.; http://vml.bc.ca/property/?rental&buindingname=COAST%20PARK&city=Vancouver&unitId=12420.

Coast Park, 1844 Barclay Street, Vancouver BC Canada; http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=54799.