1957 Pendrell Street was on the north side of Pendrell Street, between Gilford Street and Chilco Street.
Legal Description: District Lot 185, Block 70, Lot 29.
The 1912 Vancouver fire insurance atlas did not show any buildings on Lot 29.
It appears that the house on this lot was originally at 1940 Beach Avenue until the City of Vancouver acquired the property in 1913.
Arthur Henry Bradbury became the owner of the house at 1940 Beach Avenue (but not the land on which it stood). On April 29, 1914, Mr. Bradbury obtained a permit to move the two-storey frame residence from 1940 Beach Avenue to 1957 Pendrell Street.
Frederick William Gosse (1883-1968) was the house mover. (The 1938 photograph below shows F.W. Gosse’s firm moving a building to the Vancouver Exhibition grounds.)
This copy of the 1913 Vancouver fire insurance map includes a later overlay that shows the house at 1957 Pendrell Street.
There are two references to this property in Heritage Vancouver Society’s database of historic building permits: http://permits.heritagevancouver.org/index.php?cID=1 [searched April 24, 2019].
| District: | Vancouver |
| Permit: | 6586 |
| Owner: | Bradbury, A. H. (of 1940 Beach Ave.) |
| Architect: | Owner |
| Builder: | Gosse, F. W. [DBR] |
| Legal Address: | DL: 185 Block: 70 Sub: Resub: Lot: E 1/2 of 29 |
| Date (Y-M-D): | 1914-04-29 |
| Street Number: | 1957 |
| Street Name: | Pendrell Street |
| Value: | $700.00 |
| Remarks: | Dwelling house; Move 2-storey frame residence [DBR] |
| Reference ID: | VN-3500-3501-525 |
On August 3, 1914, Mr. Bradbury received a permit to build a garage on the property.
| District: | Vancouver |
| Permit: | 6977 |
| Owner: | Bradbury, A. H. |
| Architect: | Owner |
| Builder: | Bradbury, A. H. |
| Legal Address: | DL: 185 Block: 70 Sub: Resub: Lot: E 1/2 of 29 |
| Date (Y-M-D): | 1914-08-03 |
| Street Number: | 1957 |
| Street Name: | Pendrell Street |
| Value: | $200.00 |
| Remarks: | Office/Store; 1-storey frame garage [DBR] [added legal desc.] |
| Reference ID: | VN-3500-3501-914 |
Vancouver directory listings from 1915 to 1920:
| 1915 to 1916 | Pemberton, William Henry |
| 1917 to 1920 | Smith, Sid B. |
| 1920 | Vacant (street listing) |
The house remained at 1957 Pendrell Street from 1914 to the mid-1960s. It offered rental accommodation for much of the time.
In 1920, the contents of the house were for sale by auction.
In 1942, a fire destroyed two automobiles that were parked in the garage at the rear of the house.
The house was still standing in 1968.
By 1969, the house was demolished. The lot was part of the site of the Belmac apartment building, which had an address of 1947 Pendrell Street. Further information appears on the page for 1947 Pendrell Street.
Sources
Frederick William Gosse (house mover)
Frederick William Gosse (26 September 1883 – 3 January 1968); https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZKM-PV7
“Newfoundland Vital Statistics, 1753-1893,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9T-FKHZ : 9 March 2018), Frederick William Gosse, 26 Sep 1883; citing Birth, Spaniard’s Bay, Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, Canada, Provincial Archives, St. John’s.
“Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4D5-KPD : 25 May 2018), Frederick William Gosse and Gertrude Alice Gibbs, 16 Sep 1907; citing Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,300.
“British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872-1986; 1992-1993”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLYQ-986 : 8 November 2017), Fredrick William Gosse, 1968; http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/0ed26259-8662-4511-864f-8b88dc374f05.
Frederick William Gosse, death notice, Vancouver Province, January 6, 1968, page 30, column 2.
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