Description of Historic Place

211 Seventh Avenue is situated on a wide lot on the north side of Seventh Avenue between Second and Fourth Streets in the Glenbrooke North neighbourhood of New Westminster.

Heritage Value

The house at 211 Seventh Avenue is valued for its age and architectural style.

Constructed in 1912, this house is a representation of the end of the building boom that swept the Lower Mainland during the years 1910 to 1913.

It is an excellent example of a Craftsman bungalow cottage. Of particular note are the following design elements: cross-gabled house form with open front verandah and sleeping porch, large wood columns on verandah, narrow bevel siding, roof brackets and half timbering under the gable ends.

Source: City of New Westminster Planning Department

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of 211 Seventh Avenue include its:

Siting, Context and Landscape
- large symmetrical house (from front) on its property
- vehicular access from side of property to garage in rear

Architectural Elements
- simple original cross-gabled house form
- original and/or replicated pilasters, trim, balustrade, brackets, and wood half-timbering details on the front verandah, front dormer and end of main roof gables
- shaped lookouts for horizontal eaves, related to regularly spaced vertical trim boards on walls below
- original and/or replicated wood window sash, frames, and trim
- original and/or replicated wood trim, banding, detailing
- original and/or replicated bevel siding and wall shingling
- typical rusticated masonry foundation stones
- decorative masonry foundation stones on east foundation facade