1911 Nelson Street

1911 Nelson Street [tentative identification]; about 1908 – detail from Vancouver City Archives – PAN P103 – [View of the 1900 Block and 2000 Block of Nelson Street].

1911 Nelson Street; detail from First Beach, 1954; BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

1911 Nelson Street was on the northwest corner of Nelson Street and Gilford Street.

Legal description: District Lot 185, Block 68, Lot 33.

1900 Block Nelson Street – 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.

 

1900 Block Nelson Street – 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.

 

1911 Nelson 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 10, 2019]. This relates to a new house that appeared on the north half of lot 33 in 1921.

 

District:	Vancouver
Permit:	A-133
Owner:	City of Vancouver & Rhodes, B. A.
Architect:	Building Inspector
Builder:	Ramage, A. L.
Legal Address:	DL: 185 Block: 68 Sub: Resub: Lot: N 1/2 of 33
Date (Y-M-D):	1921-01-27
Street Number:	963
Street Name:	Gilford Street
Value:	$5,000.00
Remarks:	Dwelling/House; New;
Reference ID:	VN-19215232-34

 

Vancouver directory listings from 1902 to 1920:

1902	Gilbert, Charles Ransom
1903	Dalton, William Tinniswood
1904 to 1907	Innes, Anthony William Vancouver
1908 to 1911	O’Brian, Clarence MacLean
1912	Carew-Gibson, Edward Arthur
1914 to 1917	Hayes, Mary Elizabeth
1918 to 1920	Rhodes, Harry

 

The house later became a rooming house.

 

Vancouver Sun, November 27, 1940, page 20, column 3.

 

Vancouver Province, May 14, 1955, page 36, column 4.

 

In 1967, a new apartment building called “Gilford Towers” appeared on the property, with an address of 999 Gilford Street.

 

Vancouver Sun, March 23, 1967, page 46, column 6.

 

999 Gilford Street; Google Streets; searched February 10, 2019; image dated May 2012.

 

Sources

Gilford Towers, 999 Gilford Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=54183.

Gilford Towers, 999 Gilford Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; http://www.urbandb.com/canada/british-columbia/vancouver/gilford-towers/#.XGEWHVVKjIU.