Louvre Hotel Built in 1889, the building took the Louvre name in 1897 with its manager promoting the only circular bar in the province and suggested the customers “call in and lubricate”. Today,...
CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING BC Permanent Building Architects: Hooper & Watkins This small- scale, well executed example of Neoclassical revival design dates from 1907, when the...
CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING London Building Architects: Somervell & Putnam This fine Edwardian Commercial building was finished in 1912 for the London and British North America...
There are plaques on each side of the base of the clock. North side: The Gastown Steam Clock Designed and built by Raymond L. Saunders Horologist The world’s first steam powered clock has been...
Terrance Stanley Fox, C.C. July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981 “All you need is will, you don’t have to be gifted, and your dreams will come through if you try” Photo of the...
This mural commemorates the 75th Anniversary of the May Days celebration in Port Coquitlam, the only surviving celebration of its kind in the Province of British Columbia. Depicted here is...
Thrust into the waters of Burrard Inlet, The Drop playfully invites the viewer to reflect on our relationship with this precious commodity of water, and by extension, on the history, complexity...
Builders Joyce McDonald A gift to the city of Vancouver to commemorate its Centennial from Bank of Montreal Centennial Sculpture Symposium 1986 Photo of the statue:...
BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Historic Venue The Palomar Nightclub 1937 – 1952 Photo of the original building: https://www.flickr.com/photos/4 5379817@N08/5367166125 (City of Vancouver...
CITY OF VANCOUVER HERITAGE BUILDING Hotel Vancouver Architects: John S. Archibald & John Schofield In 1887, the first Hotel Vancouver opened at Georgia and Granville Streets. It was replaced in...
Another reference to the tannery is here. Submitted by @alwaysreadtheplaque.
NORTH BRANCH BERKELEY PUBLIC LIBRARY James W. Plachek, Architect 1936 North Branch Library is one of Berkeley's many civic buildings by James Plachek, including the Central Library (1930), the...
IN HONOR OF THE BLACKSMITHS OF THE KOVGARD FORGE IN THE URAL MOUNTAINS OF RUSSIA, WHOSE BENCH OF FRIENDSHIP, GIVEN TO THE LAKES REGION, IS A WORK OF ART, COURAGE, AND CONVICTION: THE CONVICTION...
[Location approximate] Submitted by @pompeygeorge .
IN MEMORY OF JAMES VAN DE LUYSTER AND THE EARLY SETTLERS OF LEELAND, VRIESLAND AND DRENTHE "Het Waterhuisje" These sturdy, God-fearing pioneers came from the Netherlands and in June 1847...
In 1847 Holland's founder, the Reverend Alburtis C. Van Raalte, purchased this property from the federal government for $2.32 an acre. When his son Benjamin return from the Civil War in 1865,...
1905 ALLIS CHALMERS CORLISS STEAM ENGINE BUSH & LANE PIANO CO1905 - 1929 BAKER FURNITURE CO1933 - 1956 IN RECOGNITION OF HOLLAND'S INDUSTRIAL HERITAGE
Erected in 1862, this church was the center of the Dutch immigrant community. The first settlers in this area arrived in early 1847 led by the Reverend Albertus C. Van Raalte. In June of that year...
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