2000 Nelson Street

 

2000 Nelson Street – detail from Vancouver Public Library – Nelson Street at Chilco – Accession Number 7171; http://www3.vpl.ca/spePhotos/LeonardFrankCollection/02DisplayJPGs/73/7171.jpg

2000 Nelson Street – detail from Vancouver Public Library – Two views of Nelson Street houses – Accession Number 7149; http://www3.vpl.ca/spePhotos/LeonardFrankCollection/02DisplayJPGs/72/7149.jpg

2000 Nelson Street – detail from Vancouver City Archives – PAN P103 – [View of the 1900 Block and 2000 Block of Nelson Street]; AM54-S4-: PAN P103; date 1908

2000 Block Nelson Street – south side – about 1910 – postcard Residences on Nelson Street – Vancouver BC

2000 Nelson Street was at the southwest corner of Nelson Street and Chilco Street. (Although there were references to 2000 Nelson Street in the 1901 and 1902 Vancouver directories, they should probably refer to the house at 2001 Nelson Street for those years.)

Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 69, Lots 14 and 15.

2000 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.

2000 Nelson Street; 1913, detail from Chilco Street to Burrard Inlet to Stanley Park boundary to Pendrell Street; 1972-582.37 – Plate 62; Reference code: AM1594-MAP 383-: 1972-582.37; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-62-chilco-street-to-burrard-inlet-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-pendrell-street.

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 February 11, 2017].

In 1906, Ivan Glen Campbell built the house at 2000 Nelson Street. He lived there until 1949.

In May 1950, the house and its contents were for sale.

Vancouver Sun, May 18, 1950, page 39, column 4.

In June 1950, the house’s heating system was for sale.

Vancouver Sun, June 14, 1950, page 43, column 6.

By 1951, a new rental apartment had appeared on the property, with an address of 1025 Chilco Street.

Vancouver Province, December 21, 1951, page 30, column 7.

The name of the building was “Erwill Apartments.”

Vancouver Sun, February 12, 1955, page 41, column 7 [selected portions of advertisement].

1025 Chilco Street; Google Streets; searched February 12, 2019; image dated April 2009.

2000 block Nelson Street, south side; Vanmapp, City of Vancouver; http://vanmapp.vancouver.ca/pubvanmap_net/default.aspx. [Includes 1912 Goad’s map of Vancouver and property addresses in 2019.]