Peace Arch Gazebo
16855 Peace Park Drive, Surrey, Colombie-Britannique, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
1939/11/07
Autre nom(s)
Peace Arch Gazebo
Gazebo
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1940/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2011/02/24
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Gazebo is the hexagonal open single-storey pavilion set in an intensely planted area in the East Lawn of Peace Arch Provincial Park, in Surrey, British Columbia.
Valeur patrimoniale
The Gazebo is of scientific, historical, social, and cultural importance, and is particularly notable for its pedagogical nature: plaques commemorating the dedication of the park are sheltered under a timber structure that showcases lumber and logs of the native woods of British Columbia.
The Gazebo is valued for its historical and social significance, having been constructed in the early years of the Second World War by a camp of unemployed relief workers and Youth Forestry Training boys. It is valued as the culmination of the general grading and finishing of the six-hectare Canadian portion of Peace Arch Park, originally set aside for park use in 1931.
The Gazebo and its surrounding garden are valued as a key part of the overall cross-border park plan designed by John Booth, who worked as a gardener at the impressive Riverview Hospital arboretum grounds in Coquitlam. The Gazebo is valued as a part of the planted slope that welcomes northbound travellers into Canada.
The building's form and materials are culturally significant because they reflect both the conservative society that commissioned it - through the use of traditional materials and log construction - and the sober purpose that characterized the time of its construction.
Source: Ministry of Environment, BC Parks
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of the Peace Arch Gazebo include its:
Site:
-intensely planted mixed planting beds immediately surrounding the pavilion
-bridge access to pavilion, in the Oriental style
-planted slope behind building as viewed from Highway 99
Structure:
-mortared stone base structure
-log structure above stone
-lumber of differing indigenous species forming ceiling and roof
-labels identifying tree species used in construction
-dedication table and inscriptions
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Province de la Colombie-Britannique
Loi habilitante
Park Act, art.5
Type de reconnaissance
Parc provincial (établissement)
Date de reconnaissance
1939/11/07
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Établir une vie sociale et communautaire
- Les mouvements sociaux
- Exprimer la vie intellectuelle et culturelle
- Les sports et les loisirs
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
Historique
- Loisirs
- Accessoire de parc
Architecte / Concepteur
John Booth
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
Ministry of Environment, BC Parks
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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRq-90
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o