Description du lieu patrimonial

Situated on the south side of Nanaimo Street in the historic West End neighbourhood in New Westminster, the Humphrey Jones Residence is a vernacular, two-storey wood-frame Victorian-era dwelling. This house features a full-width open verandah with lathe-turned columns that support a hipped roof.

Valeur patrimoniale

Built in 1891, the Humphrey Jones Residence is valued for its association with the earliest, Victorian-era development of the West End in New Westminster.

The Humphrey Jones Residence is additionally significant as a representative example of vernacular working-class housing, typical of the late Victorian era.

Source: City of New Westminster Planning Department

Éléments caractéristiques

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Humphrey Jones Residence include its:
- location in the historic West End neighbourhood in New Westminster
- minimal setback from the front property line
- residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two-storey height, front-gabled roof, full-width open verandah with hipped roof, and off-centre entry door
- wood-frame construction, as expressed by its wooden siding under later aluminum cladding and wooden detailing
- Late Victorian-era vernacular details, such as its steeply-pitched roof, generally symmetrical facade, and full-width open front verandah with lathe-turned columns
- windows, such as its double-hung two-over-two wooden-sash windows, double-hung eight-over-four wooden-sash windows in double assembly on the ground floor level, and one fixed stained glass window above front door
- red-brick internal chimney