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Buck House

469 Park Avenue, Kelowna, British Columbia, V1Y, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2001/12/17

Exterior view of the Buck House, 2004; City of Kelowna, 2004
Oblique view
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Other Name(s)

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Construction Date(s)

1912/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2009/03/07

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Buck House is a large two-and-one-half storey wood-frame residence, situated on the south side of Park Avenue at the corner of Pandosy Street in Kelowna's historic Abbott Street neighbourhood. The building is partially hidden from the street by overgrown plantings.

Heritage Value

The heritage value of the Buck House is as a representative of the size and style of the houses that once stood along this desirable section of Pandosy Street. It was built during the first major period of Kelowna's residential expansion, during the boom period that predated the First World War.

Built circa 1912 for C.G. Buck, it is additionally significant as a local example of the late persistence of the Queen Anne Revival style. The two-storey bay window and the open front verandah are hallmarks of the style. The use of machine-pressed concrete blocks for the foundation, a product that had just become fashionable, demonstrates the typical construction technology of the era. This house also illustrates the often additive and informal nature of additions; the rear portion of the house may originally have been a separate structure or earlier house on the site.

Source: City of Kelowna Planning Department

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Buck House include its:
- location on a large corner lot at the intersection of Park Avenue and Pandosy Street
- residential form, scale and massing, as expressed by its two-and-one-half storey (with basement) height, double-height bay with gabled roof, irregular asymmetrical plan and one-and-one-half storey extension at rear
- twin-gabled roof on the east facade with gabled and shed dormers
- machine-pressed concrete block foundation and wood-frame construction with stucco cladding and half-timbering in the gables
- exterior elements, such as closed eaves with whalebone-pattern returns on the rear addition, narrow drop siding with cornerboards, verandah with lathe-turned posts and two corbelled brick chimneys
- fenestration, with double-hung one-over-one wooden-sash windows

Recognition

Jurisdiction

British Columbia

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (BC)

Recognition Statute

Local Government Act, s.954

Recognition Type

Community Heritage Register

Recognition Date

2001/12/17

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Peopling the Land
Settlement

Function - Category and Type

Current

Residence
Single Dwelling

Historic

Architect / Designer

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Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

City of Kelowna Planning Department

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

DlQu-131

Status

Published

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