2095 Beach Avenue

Compton Lodge, 2095 Beach Avenue, probably 1928; Vancouver Public Library; VPL Accession Number 30118; https://www3.vpl.ca/spePhotos/LeonardFrankCollection/02DisplayJPGs/412/30118.jpg.

Compton Lodge was an apartment building at 2095 Beach Avenue. It appeared in 1928 on what was previously a largely-vacant lot.

Legal Description: District Lot: 185; Block: 71; Lot 20, Lot 19 and west portion of Lot 18.

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.

District Lot: 185; Block: 71; Lot 20, Lot 19 and portion of Lot 18, detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, volume 1, plate 63; Vancouver City Archives, 1972-582.38; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-comox-street-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-english-bay.

Joseph Pollard Hodgson acquired the property in the early 1920s. In 1923 he subdivided the property and he prepared to build three houses: one with a Pendrell Street address, and two facing Beach Avenue.

District:	Vancouver
Permit:	A-5061
Owner:	Hodgson, J. P
Architect:	Sharp & Thompson
Builder:	Hodgson, J. P
Legal Address:	DL: 185 Block: 71 Sub: Resub: Lot: A of 19 & 20
Date (Y-M-D):	1923-01-18
Street Number:	2090
Street Name:	Pendrell Street
Value:	$9,000.00
Remarks:	Dwelling/House; New; Hollow tile w/ stucco exterior set off w/ red brick facing, full concrete bsmt., ground plan H-shaped design, 44-ft x 44-ft, semi-bungalow, six rooms grnd., leaded glass windows througout, Pendrell St. frontage feature large leaded glass window. Plans for two other residences in Mr. Hodgson’s subdivided lots, facing Beach Avenue [JOC Jan-17-1923 p1]
Reference ID:	VN-19235347-14

Vancouver Daily World, January 20, 1923, page 1, column 6.

The architect for the three houses was George Lister Thornton Sharp, who lived at 1054 Denman Street in 1917 and 1918.

 Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada: 1800 to 1950; SHARP, George Lister Thornton (1880-1974); http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/1297:  “PARK ROAD, at Pendrill Street, large residence for J.P. Hodgson, facing Stanley Park, 1923 (Vancouver Daily World, 20 Jan. 1923, 1, descrip.).”

The builders did proceed to build the Pendrell Street house. From 1924 to 1928, Joseph Hodgson was at living at 2090 Pendrell Street.

Wrigley Henderson Amalgamated BC Directory, 1924, page 864 [edited image].

However, it appears that the two proposed houses on Beach Avenue were never built. They did not appear in the Vancouver directory from 1924 to 1928.

In 1928, Joseph Hodgson built Compton Lodge on the Beach Avenue portion of the property.

Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1928, section 3, page 9, columns 3-6.

The architect for Compton Lodge was Richard Thomas Perry (1884-between 1956 and 1974).

Northern Who’s Who; a Biographical Dictionary of Men and Women, edited by C.W. Parker, Vancouver Press Association, 1916, page 657; https://archive.org/details/northernwhoswhob01park/page/656.

The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1355. Ancestry.com. UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Name: Richard T Perry; Arrival Age: 71; Birth Date: 28 Nov 1884; Port of Departure: Port Antonio, Jamaica; Arrival Date: 9 Apr 1956; Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England; Ports of Voyage: Port Antonio and Kingston; Ship Name: Uganda; Shipping 43/01.

Richard Perry designed a similar, somewhat larger building in Calgary, Alberta. The building was called the Barnhart Apartments, and it was ready to occupy in the fall of 1929.

Barnhart Apartments, Calgary Herald (Calgary, Alberta), October 19, 1929, page 30. Richard T. Perry, L.A.I. B. A., Architect. C. E. Barnhart, General Contractor. “The beautiful Barnhart apartments, located at Twelfth avenue and Sixth street west, are now ready for occupancy. The building was designed by Major R. T. Perry, architect, and built by C. E. Barnhart, the contractor who constructed the Barnhart Model Home. It contains 25 suites with an annex providing accommodation for another five suites. J. Knight was superintendent of construction on this building and J. C. Aitken foreman. One of the features of the building is the heavily Insulated walls which make the suites practically sound-proof. All the most modern electrical appliances are contained within, and the apartment house is one of the finest of its kind in Western Canada.”

The builder of the Barnhart Apartments was Carroll Eben Barnhart (1887-1950), a Vancouver-based contractor who later became a stocks and bonds salesman.

The Barnhart Apartments building is still standing at the northwest corner of Sixth Street and 12th Avenue SW. The street address is 1121 6 Street SW. (See Barnhart Apartments, Beltline Heritage Group, Calgary, Alberta; https://beltline.ca/community/heritage/barnhart-apts.; Barnhart Apartments, Alberta Register of Historic Places; https://hermis.alberta.ca/ARHP/Details.aspx?DeptID=1&ObjectID=4664-0319.)

Barnhart Apartments, 1121 Sixth Street SW, Calgary, Alberta; Google Streets, searched April 29, 2021; image dated May 2019.

Compton Lodge: 1920s and 1930

In 1929, Compton Lodge was for sale.

Vancouver Province, March 7, 1929, page 25, column 5.

Pemberton and Son Vancouver Limited, advertisement; Vancouver Sun, March 30, 1929, page 24, columns 6-7 [portion of advertisement].

Vancouver Sun, August 15, 1931, page 25, columns 3-6.

Compton Lodge, 2095 Beach Avenue, August 9, 1935; Vancouver Public Library; VPL Accession Number 11456; https://www3.vpl.ca/spePhotos/LeonardFrankCollection/02DisplayJPGs/1/11456.jpg.

The address of 2090 Pendrell Street continued to exist until the 1950s. However, sometimes it appeared to be part of Compton Lodge.

Vancouver Province, February 26, 1929, page 44, column 3.

Vancouver Province, May 6, 1939, page 30, column 1.

Death of Joseph Hodgson

Joseph Hodgson died in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1935.

Vancouver Province, February 14, 1935, page 4, columns 1-2.

Vancouver Province, February 16, 1935, page 17, column 2.

Vancouver Sun, February 15, 1935, page 4, column 8.

Joseph’s wife, Persis, died in 1957.

Vancouver Sun, December 27, 1957, page 36, column 3.

Compton Lodge: Later Years

Compton Lodge continued to offer rental accommodations until the late 1950s.

In February 1958, Eco Construction Limited advertised for tenders to demolish 2095 Beach Avenue.

Vancouver Sun, February 14, 1958, page 38, column 4.

In March 1958, house-wreckers demolished the building.

Vancouver Sun, March 3, 1958, page 30, column 1.

In the fall of 1958, advertisements appeared for a new apartment building called “The Beach Park,” with an address of 2095 Beach Avenue.

Vancouver Province, October 17, 1958, page 43, columns 1-2.

The new building was open for inspection on June 13, 1959.

Vancouver Sun, June 12, 1959, page 15, columns 1-2.

2095 Beach Avenue; 1962; detail from West End from the air, Vancouver City Archives; Air P96; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/west-end-from-air.

“The Beach Park,” 2095 Beach Avenue; Google Streets, searched March 9, 2019; image dated June 2014.

Sources

Compton Lodge

“Commands View of Sea and Mountain,” Vancouver Sun, October 6, 1928, section 3, pages 9-10. [Promotional advertisement for Compton Lodge].

Joseph Pollard Hodgson

Joseph Pollard Hodgson (1880–1935); Birth: 6 SEP 1880, Westminster Middlesex, England; Death: 13 FEB 1935, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (ancestry.ca).

Joseph Pollard Hodgson (6 September 1880 – 13 February 1935); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GHGJ-PLJ.

“England and Wales Census, 1881,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q273-6S2Z : 10 December 2017), Joseph P Hodgson in household of Joseph W Hodgson, St Margaret And St John The Evangelist Westminster, London,Middlesex, England; from “1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 14, Piece/Folio 113/104, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,339.

“England and Wales Census, 1901,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9ZM-7NG : 20 May 2019), Joseph H Hodgson in household of Joseph Wm Hodgson, Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom; from “1901 England, Scotland and Wales census,” database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Brixton subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.

“Canada, British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:MNPT-PLK : 8 November 2017), Entry for Joseph Pollard Hodgson, death 13 Feb 1935, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; citing reference 1099, film B13153, Division of Vital Statistics, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,953,017.

Richard Thomas Perry (architect)

Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada, 1800-1950; PERRY, Richard Thomas (1884- c. 1935); http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/2062: “COMPTON LODGE APARTMENTS, Beach Avenue at Lagoon Drive, for J.P. Hodgson, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 23 May 1928, 48; Vancouver Sun, 6 Oct. 1928, Section 3, p. 9, illus. & descrip.)”

“British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JDD3-52Q : 11 March 2018), Richard Thomas Perry and Dora Olive Scaldwell, 16 Apr 1910; citing Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B11375, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 1,983,703.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLBK-4D9 : 8 November 2017), Dora Olive Perry, 1974. (wife of Richard Thomas Perry).

Dora Olive Perry, death notice, Vancouver Province, April 17, 1974, page 33, column 2: “Perry: On April 14. 1974, Dora Olive Perry, of 130 East Queens Road. North Vancouver, in her 90th year. Widow of Colonel R. T. Perry, North Vancouver. Survived by 1 son Richard C. G. Perry. North Vancouver: 1 daughter, Mrs. V. B. Wyman-Pilcher, California; 1 granddaughter. Mrs. Elizabeth Fedigan; and 1 great-granddaughter, Christina Ann Fedigan, North Vancouver. Rev. G. N. Haworth will conduct the funeral service on Thursday. April 18, at 12 noon, in St. Martin’s Church. 195 East Windsor Road. North Vancouver. Interment Forest Lawn. Burrard Funeral Chapel, directors.”

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK6G-DL2B : 8 November 2017), Perry, 1926. [daughter of Richard Thomas Perry].

British Columbia Death Registrations; Registration Number: 1989-09-014317; Richard Courcelles Grenay Perry; BC Archives Microfilm Number: B17136; GSU Mfilm Number: 1709279; date of death: August 13, 1989; place of death: Vancouver; age at death: 73.

The Beach Park

BCCondos.net; The Beach Park; 2095 Beach Avenue; https://bccondos.net/2095-beach.

Vancouvercondos.ca; Beach Park – 2095 Beach Avenue, https://www.vancouvercondos.ca/beach-park-2095-beach-avenue-vancouver.

Carroll Eben Barnhart (probable builder of Barnhart Apartments in Calgary, Alberta)

“Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FM7G-V3J : 13 February 2020), Carrol Oben Barnhart, 1887.

“Canada Census, 1891,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MW2T-LC6 : 3 August 2016), Carral Barnhart, Kenyon, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148139.

“Canada Census, 1901,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KH25-SRZ : 23 February 2021), Carroll Barnhart in household of William Barnhart, Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 9, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.

“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FL5D-FTW : 8 November 2017), Carroll Eben Barnhart, 1950.