Cordage Building
CITY OF VANCOUVER
HERITAGE BUILDING
Cordage Building
Architect: Hugh Braunton
This residential hotel, built in 1911 replace an older section of the Granville Hotel which had connected to what is now the Grand Hotel to the west. Its elegant Edwardian and Classical Revival design stood out from its neighbours: distinctive white glazed brick – a simpler alternative to terra cotta – capped by decorative capitals. The original owner was Thomas Roberts, a prominent hotelier in the early years, who also owned the Grand Hotel. He met an untimely death at age 42, murdered by a masked bandit who held up a poker game on Jervis Street in the West End. The building became known as the Cordage Building, named after the Canada Western Cordage Company, a maker of rope, lines and twines for industrial uses. Its sales and general offices were here from 1931 to 1971.
Photo of the building: http://imgur.com/UcR8C43
Submitted by Jennie Eggleston