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Mr. Wolf, Senior Long Range
Planner, provided a PowerPoint presentation on the City of Burnaby Heritage
Program. The speaker provided an update on the Ceperley Barn Fire and an
overview of Deer Lake Park’s history.
The Ceperley Barn fire occurred in
January 2018 and it is still not known how the fire was caused. Staff advised
two reports will be provided to the Commission in the future regarding the
Ceperley Barn Fire.
Mr. Wolf highlighted and shared
photographs of the following:
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Picken
House, located on Cariboo Road near the Brunette River. The house was built
in 1927; however, in 2003, it was partially destroyed by arson. The house
since then has been restored.
In the October 26, 2018
Burnaby Now newspaper has an article for “Request for Expressions of Interest
of the Picken House, Burnaby Lake Regional Park”. Metro Vancouver Regional
District invited expressions of interest from natural resource stewardship
organizations interested in the rental of office or programming space. The
deadline to submit the expression of interest is Friday, November 23. Further
information can be found at: https://issuu.com/burnaby-now/docs/bbyfri20181026
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the
City’s boundaries have not changed much since 1892. Mr. Wolf displayed
photographs of what Burnaby looked like in the 1800’s;
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the “Pontifex”
House, now bounded at Centaury Park Way, Gilpin Street and Canada Way and
became the site of City Hall. The same architect also built the Burnaby Art
Gallery;
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the
“Fairacres” House located on Deer Lake Avenue. Even though Mr. Henry
Ceperley’s name is on the house, it was discovered Mr. Robert Fripp built the
home. In 1939, “Fairacres” was used for five monks to establish a priory by
the local Catholic Diocese. In 1966, the City acquired the building as an art
gallery and was designated as a heritage property in 1992;
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the
Oakalla Prison Farm which was built in 1911 and completed in 1915 located
next to Deer Lake. In the 1970s, the farm was shut down and the acres of land
were transferred to the City to include for Deer Lake Park;
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the
“Townley” Estate, located at 6110 Price Street. The house was sold to the
City in 1979 and leased as a private residence. The house was dedicated as a
heritage site in 1992;
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the
“Anderson” House, located at 6450 Deer Lake Avenue, currently used as
institutional offices;
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the
“Elworth” House, located at 6501 Deer Lake Avenue, currently known as the
Burnaby Village Museum;
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the
“Hart” House, located at 6664 Deer Lake Avenue, built by Frank Macey. The
City had purchased the property in 1979, and for eight years. The house has
been used on occasion for films. In 1988, the Hart House was opened as a
restaurant.
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the
“Edgar” House, located at 6450 Deer Lake Drive, has been used for different
movies;
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the
“Eagles” House, located at 5655 Sperling Avenue, was built in 1929. The home
and gardens are preserved as a heritage property in the City.
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the
“Baldwin” House, located at 6543/6572 Deer Lake Drive, built by Mr. Arthur
Erickson in the 1960’s.
The Chair inquired if the
windows were redone at the Baldwin residence.
Staff undertook to
investigate.
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