1877 Pendrell Street

1877 Pendrell Street and 1869 Pendrell Street; detail from First Beach, 1954; BO-54-211; http://vintageairphotos.com/bo-54-211/.

 

1877 Pendrell Street and 1869 Pendrell Street, 1962; detail from West End from the air, Vancouver City Archives; Air P96; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/west-end-from-air.

 

1877 Pendrell Street was on the north side of Pendrell Street, east of Chilco Street.

Legal Description: District Lot 185; Block 70; west half of Lot 35.

 

1800 Block Pendrell 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
1800 Block Pendrell 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.

 

1877 Pendrell Street and 1869 Pendrell Street; detail from Goad’s Atlas of Vancouver, volume 1; Plate 63 Denman Street to Comox Street to Stanley Park boundary to English Bay; Vancouver City Archives, 1972-582.38; https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/plate-63-denman-street-to-comox-street-to-stanley-park-boundary-to-english-bay.

 

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 April 27, 2019].

 

District: Vancouver
Permit: 4901
Owner: Harvey, O.
Architect: Coffin & McLennan
Builder: Coffin & McLennan
Legal Address: DL: Block: Sub: Resub: Lot:
Date (Y-M-D): 1913-05-06
Street Number: 1877
Street Name: Pendrell Street
Value: $180.00
Remarks: Dwelling house
Reference ID: VN-3400-3401-776

 

Vancouver directory listings from 1907 to 1924.

 

1907 New house
1908 to 1918 Harvey, Oliver
1916 to 1924 Simmonds, George Albert

 

In 1918, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.

 

Vancouver Province, October 14, 1918, page 15, column 2.

 

From time to time, the house offered rental accommodation.

 

Vancouver Province, November 25, 1918, page 14, column 7.

 

Vancouver Sun, October 18, 1922, page 14, column 6.

 

In 1925, a fire damaged the verandah of the house.

 

Vancouver Sun, July 18, 1925, page 22, column 5.

 

In 1930, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.

 

Vancouver Province, August 9, 1930, page 14, column 6.

 

The house continued to offer rental accommodations from the 1940s to the 1960s.

 

Vancouver Province, November 24, 1949, page 23, column 2.

 

Vancouver Province, February 13, 1960, page 43, column 3.

 

 

In 1960, the house was for sale.

 

Vancouver Sun, December 24, 1960, page 36, column 4.

 

In 1964, the furniture from the house was for sale.

 

Vancouver Province, September 2, 1964, page 22, column 6.

 

By 1966, the lot was part of the site of Pacific Sands Apartments at 1122 Gilford Street.

 

Vancouver Sun, March 30, 1966, page 46, column 6.
Vancouver Sun, March 30, 1966, page 46, column 6.

 

The Pacific Sands, 1122 Gilford Street, https://pacific-sands.com/
The Pacific Sands, 1122 Gilford Street, https://pacific-sands.com/