891 Chilco Street

Vancouver Sun, January 8, 1938, page 21, columns 1-2.

 

891 Chilco Street; 885 Chilco Street and 875 Chilco Street; detail from First Beach, 1954; BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

875 Chilco Street was on the west side of Chilco Street, between Haro Street and Barclay Street.

Legal Description: district Lot 185; Block 67; Lot 14A.

 

Chilco Street between Haro Street and Barclay Street – 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.

 

875 Chilco Street; 885 Chilco Street and 891 Chilco Street; Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver Vol. 1, 1913; Plate 62, Chilco Street to Burrard Inlet to Stanley Park boundary to Pendrell Street; 1972-582.37.

 

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 24, 2019].

 

District:	Vancouver
Permit:
Owner:	Bigerton, J.
Architect:	Grant & Henderson
Builder:	Campbell, Burke & McClay
Legal Address:	DL: 185 Block: 67 Sub: Resub: Lot: 14-15 [A-B-C-D-E of]
Date (Y-M-D):	1909-04-05
Street Number:	2014-2022 (also 875-885-891)
Street Name:	Haro Street (also Chilco Street)
Value:	$15,000.00
Remarks:	5 dwelling houses [2014-2022 Haro Street, 875-885-891 Chilco Street]
Reference ID:	VN-3001-3001-93

 

Vancouver directory listings from 1911 to 1927.

 

1910	Bealey, Robert John
1911	Brooks, C.S.
1912, 1914 to 1915	Brooks, Philip Ranney
1913	Lea, William James
1916 to 1919	Boyce, Charles Frederick
1920	Eddy, Albert Clarke

 

The house provided rental accommodation from the 1930s to the early 1960s.

 

Vancouver Province, March 14, 1941, page 29, column 3.

 

Vancouver Sun, December 16, 1954, page 43, column 4.

 

The lot later became part of the parking area for the Laguna Vista apartment building, which appeared at 2020 Haro Street in 1966.

 

Southwest corner of Chilco Street and Haro Street; Google Streets; searched February 24, 2019; image dated April 2009.

 

Vancouver Sun, January 28, 1966, page 44, column 6.

 

Vancouver Sun, March 25, 1966, page 44, columns 7-8.

 

Laguna Vista Apartments, postcard; https://www.hippostcard.com/listing/street-view-of-laguna-vista-luxurious-apartment-building-vancouver-5-briti/17237086.