Western Fuel Company House #24
715 Farquhar Street, Nanaimo, Colombie-Britannique, V9R, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2002/10/07
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1916/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2005/10/04
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Western Fuel Company House #24 is a one and one-half storey, Edwardian building located in one of Nanaimo's oldest neighbourhoods. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Western Fuel Company House #24 is a direct link with Nanaimo's coal mining history, the city's primary industry for almost 100 years. The Western Fuel Company, successor to the Hudson's Bay and Vancouver Coal Mining and Land companies, was Nanaimo's single largest employer from 1903 to the end of the 1930s. During the Western Fuel Company period, miners experienced tremendous change including mine mechanization, bitter labour conflicts, including the infamous 1912-14 strike and, eventually, the decline of the industry and the loss of their livelihoods.
Rebuilt in 1916 from an old house on the site, the Western Fuel Company House is a rare and very good example of company housing. Although it is known that the company built a number of houses, very few have been identified. No company housing built after this residence is known to exist. The expensive features of this house suggest that it was intended for a managerial or supervisory employee. The house features a very unusual cross gambrel roof with cross hip dormers, an open front verandah supported on square columns; decorative elements include beveled glass in the front door and sidelights, and a cross-leaded feature window.
Source: City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department
Éléments caractéristiques
The character-defining elements of the Western Fuel Company House #24 include:
-all of the elements of Edwardian vernacular housing as expressed in the complicated massing, unusual cross gambrel roof with cross gable dormers, horizontal lapped wooden siding, double-hung wooden sash windows, beveled side lights, square porch columns, full open front verandah and beveled glass door and sidelights.
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2002/10/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Un territoire à peupler
- Les établissements
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Résidence
- Logement unifamilial
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Nanaimo, Development Services Department
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRx-91
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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