Pine Lodge
119 Broadway Street, Nakusp, British Columbia, V0G, Canada
Formally Recognized:
2010/02/23
Other Name(s)
Pine Lodge
True North Forestry Consulting
119 Broadway Street
Links and documents
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Construction Date(s)
1933/01/01
Listed on the Canadian Register:
2012/01/24
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
Pine Lodge is a two-storey wood-framed office building with a side-gabled roof, located on the north side of Broadway Street in Nakusp, British Columbia. Built in 1933 as a rooming house, the building has a covering of stucco over the original lap siding.
Heritage Value
Pine Lodge is valued as one of Nakusp's first rooming houses and a centre for visiting professionals. Built by Bert and Ethel Fowler, Pine Lodge replaced an earlier facility on Lake Avenue. Pine Lodge had a dining room and sitting room on the main floor, with 10 bedrooms upstairs. Two cabins were built behind the building and three more were added later. The rooming house was used by business travellers, teachers, nurses, and visitors from other communities on the Arrow Lakes. It was popular with visitors who did not want to stay at hotels with beer parlours. The Lodge was known for its social atmosphere, and the large sitting room had a piano. It remained a centre of hospitality until 1967 when the owner died. It was renovated in 1981 under a new owner. It housed a real estate office until 1992 when it was leased to a forestry consulting company.
Pine Lodge is also notable for its visual contribution to the Broadway streetscape. The residential scale and massing of the building is unusual on a commercial street. The side-gabled roof with returned eaves and the central entrance porch enhance the residential character of the building. Internally, the building retains some of its hardwood floors, stairway, doors and trim.
Source: Village of Nakusp Municipal Office, 91-1st Street NW, Nakusp, B.C. V0G 1R0
Character-Defining Elements
Key elements that define the heritage character of Pine Lodge include its:
-two-storey massing and scale
-side-gabled roof
-returned eaves
-central entrance porch
-interior hardwood floors, stairway, doors, doorframes, and trim
Recognition
Jurisdiction
British Columbia
Recognition Authority
Local Governments (BC)
Recognition Statute
Local Government Act, s.954
Recognition Type
Community Heritage Register
Recognition Date
2010/02/23
Historical Information
Significant Date(s)
1981/01/01 to 1981/01/01
1933/01/01 to 1967/01/01
Theme - Category and Type
- Developing Economies
- Trade and Commerce
- Expressing Intellectual and Cultural Life
- Architecture and Design
- Peopling the Land
- Settlement
- Building Social and Community Life
- Education and Social Well-Being
Function - Category and Type
Current
- Commerce / Commercial Services
- Office or Office Building
Historic
- Commerce / Commercial Services
- Hotel, Motel or Inn
Architect / Designer
Bert Fowler & Sons
Builder
Bert Fowler & Sons
Additional Information
Location of Supporting Documentation
Village of Nakusp Municipal Office, 91-1st Street NW, Nakusp, B.C. V0G 1R0
Cross-Reference to Collection
Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier
EbQk-16
Status
Published
Related Places
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