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Mr. Wolf, Senior Long Range
Planner, presented information on the history of Arts and Crafts Movement in
Vancouver and Burnaby.
Mr. Wolf noted that many early
English and American architects who came to Vancouver were followers of the
principles of the Arts and Crafts Movement which originated in London,
England in mid-1800s.
The speaker highlighted and shared
photographs of prominent architects, workers, and heritage structures they
worked on locally, including the following:
·
Samuel
Maclure, British Columbia’s first homegrown architect and architect of the
“Sprott” House in Burnaby and “Gabriola” House in Vancouver;
·
Ross
Lort, an expert draughtsman, who drew the plans for “Peter” House in Burnaby;
·
R. M.
Fripp, architect of the “Ceperley” House in Burnaby and founder of the Arts
and Crafts Association of British Columbia in 1900;
·
E.
Stanley Mitton, architect of the “H.L. Simmonds” Residence in Vancouver’s
Shaughnessy neighbourhood;
·
James
and Charles Bloomfield, who were first in Vancouver to create stained glass
and worked on “Gabriola” House;
·
William
Morris, designer of stained glass in “Overlynn” House in Burnaby and
“Aberthau” House in Vancouver;
·
John
Willis Bruce, a stone sculptor who completed the exterior carving and a
sandstone fireplace mantle at “Gabriola” House and carved the Vancouver
Courthouse lions;
·
George
S. Gibson, a master carver who worked on “Ceperley” and “Overlynn” houses;
·
John
Blair and John Reid of the Westminster Iron Works who designed the Provincial
Hospital gates in New Westminster, “Poppy Gate” at “Aberthau” House, and
“Mathers” House gates and the Central Park gate in Burnaby;
·
Charles
Marega, sculptor of the lions at the Lions Gate Bridge and who also worked on
“Tweedale Block”, the “World Building”, and the “Allen Theatre” in Vancouver;
and
·
Alfred
Huggett and W.G. Ferguson, architectural craftsmen and decorators, who worked
on “Brenchley” and “E.P. Davis” houses in Vancouver and “Overlynn” House.
In conclusion, Mr. Wolf noted that
Vancouver and Burnaby residents had access to arts and crafts furniture,
artistic lighting, and art tiles locally at businesses such as Woodward’s,
Restmore Furniture, Electrical Construction Company, and William O’Neill
& Co.
Arising from discussion, the
Commission expressed interest in touring “Overlynn” House on the Seton Villa
property.
Staff recommended that a future
meeting of the Commission be held at the City Archives and include a tour of
“Overlynn” House prior to the meeting. Staff undertook to follow-up.
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