
2000 Block of Beach Avenue, south side; detail from English Bay Beach looking towards Stanley Park, 1890s; Vancouver City Archives; Be P151; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/english-bay-beach-looking-towards-stanley-park.
2052 Beach Avenue was on the south side of Beach Avenue, between Stanley Park and Chilco Street.
Legal Description: District Lot 185; Block 71; north half of Lot 22 and part of Lot 23.

2000 Block Beach Avenue – detail from Insurance plan – City of Vancouver – July 1897 – revised June 1903 – Sheet 45 – Comox Street to English Bay and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.

2000 Block Beach Avenue – 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.
![2062 Beach Avenue, 2060 Beach Avenue, 2058 Beach Avenue, 2056 Beach Avenue, 2052 Beach Avenue, and 2042 Beach Avenue; detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, volume 1; Plate 63; Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay]; Vancouver City Archives, 1972-582.38; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-haro-street-to-chilco-street-to-comox-street.](https://westendvancouver.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2062-beach-avenue-2060-beach-avenue-2058-beach-avenue-2056-beach-avenue-2052-beach-avenue-and-2042-beach-avenue-detail-from-goade28099s-atlas-of-vancouver-volume-1-plate-63.jpg?w=594)
2062 Beach Avenue, 2060 Beach Avenue, 2058 Beach Avenue, 2056 Beach Avenue, 2052 Beach Avenue, and 2042 Beach Avenue; detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, volume 1; Plate 63; Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay]; Vancouver City Archives, 1972-582.38; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-comox-street-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-english-bay.
There are no references to this property in Heritage Vancouver Society’s database of historic building permits: http://permits.heritagevancouver.org/index.php?cID=1 [searched August 26, 2019].
Vancouver directory listings from 1903 to 1922.
1903 to 1907 | Atkinson, Edward Octavius |
1908 | Kimberly, Edward |
1909 to 1911 | Loutit, Stewart |
1912 | Elliott, Robert |
1913 to 1922 | Lowery, David Alexander |
1923 to 1924 | Vacant |
1925 to 1926 | Not listed under Vancouver streets |
It appears that the house was moved or demolished as part of the city’s program to create more park space along English Bay.
In 1962, this lot was part of the beach-front park area on English Bay.

South side of 2000 block Beach Avenue; 1962; detail from West End from the air, Vancouver City Archives; Air P96; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/west-end-from-air.
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