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160 East 10th St., North Vancouver, built 1910

The Colonial

THIS TALL stately build- ing, which was one of the earliest apartment blocks in North Vancouver City is known as the ‘‘Colonial’’ apartments.

Home to many people over the years, this prominent Craftsman- styled apartment building is a ‘landmark in the area with its tall mature maples and shrubs and its climbing ivy.

It was built in 1910 by John Dierssen Jr. from plans that he had acquired from Sacramento.

Its first owner is registered as Mrs. Anne Dierssen.

Mr. Dierssen built this early apartment block east of Lonsdale when there was great land speculation and development in this area of North Vancouver.

Another building designed and owned by Dierssen in 1912 in the same vicinity is ‘‘J.J.’s Market,”” located on the corner of 8th Street and St. Andrews Avenue.

Very noticeable in the Colo- nial’s design is the symmetrical massing and the strong Craftsman influence.

Obvious features would include the gracefully curved staircase leading to the front entrance, the three-storey projecting bay win- dows at the front, the hip with bellcast roof, with a bellcast hip attic dormer, and a third floor balcony.

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The windows are interesting, with decorative crossed mullions in the upper panes, and the clinker brick chimney and piers

are also examples of the Crafts- man-style influence upon its design.

It is located in an area of other early homes, and together with these homes it forms an interest- ing residential heritage grouping.

— by Dorothy Foster

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