Description of Historic Place

The Falcioni Residence is a two and one-half storey wood-frame Edwardian-era style house, notable for its carpenter ornamentation, such as its decorative gable screens on the front and back elevations. This house, situated on a south-sloping site and set back from the street, is located on a block of largely commercial use, which is the area of transition between downtown North Vancouver and the adjacent residential neighbourhood to the east.

Heritage Value

Built in 1908, the Falcioni Residence is valued as a good example of an Edwardian-era house that displays the late persistence of carpenter ornamentation, evident in its highly decorative gable screens, turned balusters and scroll-cut porch knees. Such late examples of architectural styles and embellishments were common throughout the City of North Vancouver during this period.

The Falcioni Residence is valued as a good representation of a lower middle class home in North Vancouver in the early twentieth century. It was originally the residence of Eugenio Falcioni (1874-1953), a labourer at the nearby Wallace Shipyards and later a contractor, and his wife Maria Falcioni (1883-1969). The house is significant as one of the earliest surviving houses in the area and as one of a cluster of surviving heritage homes in the Lower Lonsdale area.

Source: Heritage Planning Files, City of North Vancouver

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Falcioni Residence include its:
- setback from the street on a rise, proximate to Wallace Shipyards, with views across Burrard Inlet
- residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its two and one-half storey plus basement height, full-width open front verandah and regular, rectangular plan
- front-gabled roof with two shed roof dormers, clad with cedar shingles
- concrete foundation and wood-frame construction
- exterior elements such as: narrow lapped wooden siding on the main two floors; cedar shingle siding at the foundation level and in the gable ends; and original front door and hardware
- Carpenter ornamentation such as: decorative gable screens in the front and back gable peaks; and elaboration of verandah elements such as turned porch balusters, scroll-cut porch knees and chamfered columns
- asymmetrical fenestration including multi-paned wooden-sash casement windows; multi-paned transoms; and wooden-sash diamond-paned windows
- landscape features such as its concrete stair access to property from street level, and mature plantings