1968 Georgia Street was one of four similar houses on the south side of Georgia Street, near the intersection with Chilco Street. (See the page on 1954 Georgia Street for detailed early photographs of one of the houses. The page on Whitfield Walker Stuart has a more detailed view of the store in front of 1974 Georgia Street.)
The Architect
In 1899, G.W. Blackman obtained a permit to build four houses on Georgia Street.
“Vancouver’s Growing Time,” Vancouver Daily World, September 30, 1899, page 3, column 4 (Georgia Street).
Early plans show all four houses set back from the street front.
Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1901 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.
Insurance plan – City of Vancouver, July 1897, revised June 1903 – Sheet 43 – Coal Harbour to Comox Street and Bidwell Street to Stanley Park.
Whitfield Walker Stuart lived in the house at 1974 Georgia Street from 1904 to 1907. In 1908, he obtained a permit to build an apartment building at the southeast corner of Georgia Street and Chilco Street.
Vancouver Province, November 14, 1908, page 1, column 4.
The new building was finished by the spring of 1909.
Vancouver Province, April 3, 1909, page 48, columns 4-5. (Barely visible on the left, 1968 Georgia Street appears to be moved to the front of its lot.)
About the same time as the new apartment building was going up, the house at 1968 Georgia Street was moved to the north end of its lot, so that its front was directly on Georgia Street. The house was raised, as well, and the new ground floor became the location of a store and restaurant.
Vancouver Province, February 2, 1909, page 16, column 1.
1900 Block Georgia 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.
1900 Block of Georgia Street, south side, 1925; detail from National Air Photo Library: BA12.25; reproduced in Above Canada, Then and Now, by John McQuarrie, Ottawa, Magic Light Publishing, 1999, page 193.
In 1910, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.
Vancouver Province, January 27, 1910, page 2, column 6.
The house often offered rental accommodation.
Vancouver Daily World, October 20, 1911, page 22, column 5.
In 1913, the house was for sale.
Vancouver Daily World, February 26, 1913, page 25, column 7.
1968 Georgia Street was the contact address in 1915 for the sale of a cigar and confectionery store.
Vancouver Province, July 20, 1915, page 14, column 6.
In 1921, the assets of a soda fountain business were for sale at 1968 Georgia Street.
Vancouver Province, July 5, 1921, page 14, column 1.
In the mid- and late-1930s, Mary J. Davidson operated the Park View Tea Rooms at 1968 Georgia Street. She appeared in a list of dealers for Swift’s ham and bacon products.
Vancouver Province, April 17, 1935, page 11, column 2.
Vancouver Sun, June 10, 1938, page 17, column 7.
In 1940, a fish and chip restaurant at 1968 Georgia Street was for sale.
Vancouver Sun, January 13, 1940, page 23, column 2.
Vancouver Province, June 12, 2000, page D2, column 2.
A fire in 1960 destroyed the Stanley Park Armouries (formerly called the Horse Show Building). The fire damaged the building at 1964 Georgia Street, but 1968 Georgia Street and 1974 Georgia Street were relatively unharmed. (The house at 1954 Georgia Street had been demolished in 1955.)
The property later became part of the site of the Laguna Parkside apartment building, which has an address of 1925 Alberni Street. (Further information appears on the page for the Horse Show Building.)
1900 West Georgia Street, south side, west end of block; Google Streets, searched January 7, 2020; image dated May 2012.
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