Syndicate Block
104 West Esplanade, North Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique, V7M, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1995/07/10
Autre nom(s)
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Liens et documents
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Date(s) de construction
1996/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2006/12/22
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Syndicate Block is a two-storey wood frame commercial building, located at the northwest corner of Lonsdale Avenue and West Esplanade in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. It has been incorporated into a later, mixed-use development.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Syndicate Block, built in 1996, is valued as a faithful reconstruction of the 1903 structure that once stood on this site.
The original Syndicate Block was North Vancouver's first commercial block, dating to the time that ferry service to Vancouver was established and the first mass settlement of the North Shore began. Lower Lonsdale was the major transportation hub on the North Shore at that time.
The earlier building was designed and constructed as the offices of the Western Corporation, one of the first major companies that was established to promote the development of the growing North Vancouver community. Formed in 1902, its activities soon included real estate, land clearing and speculative construction, based on designs produced by the company. The company's buildings were constructed using local materials, which after 1906 were produced at their own sawmill, located within the city.
Other original tenants included McMillan Grocers, the North Vancouver Post Office (1903-1911), and North Vancouver's first dance hall. The Express, North Vancouver's first newspaper, was located in the building from 1905 to 1914.
The reconstructed building, incorporated into a later mixed-use commercial and townhouse development, retains the historic form, scale and character of this significant structure within the context of the Lower Lonsdale area. Some original wooden elements were incorporated in the reconstruction.
Source: City of North Vancouver Planning Department
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Syndicate Block include its:
- setting within North Vancouver's first commercial district, at the original corner location of the earlier Syndicate Block, built to the front and side property lines
- commercial form, scale and massing as expressed by its two-storey plan, flat roof and chamfered corner
- wood-frame construction, including wooden cladding, window crowns and first and second floor cornices
- large, plate-glass storefront windows, and second-storey double-hung 1-over-1 wooden sash windows
- those decorative and structural wooden elements salvaged from the 1903 Syndicate Block and included in the reconstruction
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
1995/07/10
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
1903/01/01 à 1903/01/01
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Bureau ou édifice à bureaux
Architecte / Concepteur
Western Corporation
Constructeur
Western Corporation
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of North Vancouver Planning Department
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DhRs-659
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
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