18 - Friday, October 16, 1992 - North Shore News

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THIS HOUSE is a stately
and fine example of the
kind of home that was built
on Grand Boulevard around
1910-1912. .

In 1906, one year before North
Vancouver City was incorporated,
the North Vancouver Land and
Improvement Co. began clearing
land for Grand Boulevard.

This boulevard was to be a
high-class residential develop-
ment, and several large homes
were built on strategic corner
properties at various locations
along the 12-block boulevard.

The width of the boulevard was
planned as 346 feet.

After the disastrous San Fran-
cisco earthquake, and the fires
caused by it, it was felt that one
purpose of the boulevard would
be to act as a fire break.

The central area of the boule-
vard and Boulevard Park (45.5

Talk held
on romance
of gardens

ON THURSDAY, Nov. 5, Ted
Kipping will give an_ illustrated
lecture entitled ‘*Romanric
Gardens for Dedicated
Gardeners.””

Kipping has been published in
Pacific Horticulture magazine and
is an accomplished photographer
with an artist's eye for unusual
plant combinations.

The lecture will take place at
the Vancouver Academy of Music,
1270 Chestnut St. in Vancouver.

Tickets for the lecture are $7
and may be obtained at the Shop
in the Garden at UBC Botanical
Gardens (6804 SW Marine Dr. in
Vancouver) or by calling 822-
4529.

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1617 Grand Bivd., North Vancouver, built 1911-1912.

The Gill House

NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE
By Dorothy Foster

acres in total} added to the city’s

public park lands and that use has
remained ever since.

The North Vancouver Land and
Improvement Co. advertised these
lots in 1908 and compared this
boulevard to what the
“Champs-Elysees is to Paris ...”
and said ‘‘North Vancouver is
likely to retain the distinction of
having the greatest residential
boulevard on the continent.”

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20,000 square feet of rattan, wicker and upholstered furniture

1420 Fell Avenue, North Van. (Corner

A number of factors interrupted
the full-scale development of this
vision.

There was the disastrous reces-
sion of 1913, and the subsequent
world war.

Then just when a recovery was
beginning to be made in the early
1920s it was ended in the late
1920s by the onset of the Great
Depression.

These events caused starts and
stops to house construction, and
they help to explain the housing
mix on the boulevard.

The home illustrated was built
by N.A. Kearns, for James C.
Gill, who had been a Norih Van-

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1901 to 1904 and a reeve from
‘1904 to 1905.

The striking features of this
home include its size, symmetrical
massing, stonework at the ground
floor level, paired classical col-
umns at the central entry, tall
chimneys, and paired corner win-
dows,

Another notable feature in a
number of homes at this time is
the southern-exposed sunroom.

The ‘‘Gill House’”’ is now being
operated as a bed-and-breakfast
home, allowing a number of
visitors to enjoy the inside of this
fine heritage home. —

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