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Crossan Residence

718 Wentworth Street, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Formally Recognized: 2002/10/07

Crossan Residence; City of Nanaimo, 2009
Front elevation, 2009
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Other Name(s)

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Construction Date(s)

1912/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2010/05/11

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The Crossan Residence is a one-storey Craftsman-style Bungalow located in one of the city's oldest residential neighbourhoods, adjacent to the downtown core. The historic place is confined to the building footprint.

Heritage Value

Built in 1912, the Crossan Residence is a very good example of a Craftsman Bungalow. The building features many of the hallmarks of this style, including long and low proportions and stained-glass windows. More unusual locally is the decorative shingling in the front gable.

Located within a grouping of superior historic buildings, the Crossan Residence speaks to the development of this area, after the turn of the 20th century, as a middle- to upper-income residential neighbourhood, a comfortable distance away from the busy commercial core and adjacent mixed-use neighbourhoods.

Source: City of Nanaimo Planning Department

Character-Defining Elements

The character-defining elements of the Crossan Residence include:

- all of the elements of the Craftsman Bungalow style, as expressed in the long, low proportions, simple front-gable roofline, horizontal twin-bevelled wooden siding, inset central entry, decorative shingling in front gable, gable screen, small-mullioned window in the front gable, and mixture of double-hung, wooden sash, multi-paned and stained-glass windows
- the building's location within a grouping of superior historic buildings

Recognition

Jurisdiction

British Columbia

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (BC)

Recognition Statute

Local Government Act, s.954

Recognition Type

Community Heritage Register

Recognition Date

2002/10/07

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Peopling the Land
Settlement

Function - Category and Type

Current

Historic

Residence
Single Dwelling

Architect / Designer

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Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

City of Nanaimo Planning Department

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

DhRx-117

Status

Published

Related Places

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