48 - Friday, July 3, 1992 - North Shore News

Central School <:

THE FIRST structure on
this site was North Van-
couver School, which was
built in 1902. ~

In 1907 the building was altered
and additions were made.
‘Viewed from 4th Street, the

two-room addition is evident, and ~

it is from this location that many
early school photographs have
been taken.

At the time of these changes, in
1907, the name of the school was
changed to Central School.

The building also housed North
Vancouver City Hall from 1915
until 1975.

The city hall then moved to its

. present location at 141 West 14th
St., North Vancouver.

This symmetrically massed in-
stitutional building has a full
basement and is two storeys high.

The original domes at the rear
of the building, evident in early
photographs, have been removed,
and the roofing and siding mate-
tials have been changed over the
years.

Now known as ‘‘Presentation
House,”’ it is the home of a
number of community groups and
organizations, and is the centre

for the visual and performing arts -

in North Vancouver City.
Professional and community
theatre groups perform here, and
Canada’s principal photography
gallery on the West Coast is
located on the top floor. The
photography gallery exhibits con-
temporary Canadian photo-based

NORTH SHORE
HERITAGE

work and related media, which
tours two or three exhibitions each
year across Canada.

The North Vancouver Arts
Council is Jocated in this building,
as is the North Shore Museum
and Archives.

Founded in 1971, as a Centen-
nial project, the primary purpose
of the museum and archives is the

preservation of the history of the ”

focal area in photographs, docu-
ments and artifacts.

The museum was first opened in
1972 and was housed in the origi-
nal PGE Station, now located in
Mahon Park.

The museum and archives of-
ficially opened its doors to the
public at ‘‘Presentation House”’
on Sept. 13, 1976.

The archives has a collection of
over 8,000 historic photographs of
the local area that have been ei-
ther donated or lent by their
owners for copying and are stored
in one of the old city hall vaults,
along with early city records and

other reference materials which

are available to researchers and
visitors.

The museum exhibits change
every three or four months and

reflect various historical aspects of ~

the North Shore.
The entrance to the museum is
the centre door in the illustration,

- which faces 4th Street.

— by Dorothy Foster

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