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256 East 10th Street Residence

256 East 10th Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7L, Canada

Formally Recognized: 1995/07/10

Exterior view of the 256 East 10th Street Residence; City of North Vancouver, Donald Luxton and Associates, 2005
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Construction Date(s)

1910/01/01

Listed on the Canadian Register: 2006/12/22

Statement of Significance

Description of Historic Place

The residence at 256 East 10th Street is a one and one-half storey wood-frame house, located mid-block in the East 10th Street cluster of historic houses. This Edwardian-era front gabled roof house is distinguished by its projecting front porch, which displays arched openings and river-rock detailing.

Heritage Value

The 256 East 10th Street Residence was built in 1910 on a speculative basis and provides evidence of the intense development that occurred on East 10th Street and in North Vancouver during the 'Boom Years' of the early twentieth century. After regular ferry service was established in 1903 and the city was incorporated in 1907, North Vancouver experienced a period of unprecedented growth and prosperity. This construction boom accelerated until a general financial depression in 1913 halted this ambitious suburban development.

This house was built for local shipwright, Frederick McAlpine (1870-1947), and illustrates the nature of early residential architecture in North Vancouver, built to house the area's burgeoning middle-class. Typical of many Edwardian-era houses, the front facade has been enlivened with asymmetrical, projecting elements. This residence is part of a cluster of historic houses on East 10th Street that date from the same time period.

Source: City of North Vancouver Planning Department

Character-Defining Elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the residence at 256 East 10th Street include its:
- setback consistent with adjacent residences
- residential form, scale and massing as expressed by its: regular, rectangular plan; one and one-half storey plus basement height; projecting front bay with angled underside; and steep front gabled roof with saddlebag dormers
- wood-frame construction with cedar shingle siding, and closed eaves with wooden tongue-and-groove soffits
- additional exterior elements such as: flared front gable; and pedimented front porch with arched openings, river-stone clad piers, and open balustrades with plain balusters
- double-hung wooden sash windows, some with patterned multi-paned upper sash; and leaded, stained glass entry window

Recognition

Jurisdiction

British Columbia

Recognition Authority

Local Governments (BC)

Recognition Statute

Local Government Act, s.954

Recognition Type

Community Heritage Register

Recognition Date

1995/07/10

Historical Information

Significant Date(s)

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Theme - Category and Type

Peopling the Land
Settlement

Function - Category and Type

Current

Residence
Single Dwelling

Historic

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Builder

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Additional Information

Location of Supporting Documentation

City of North Vancouver Planning Department

Cross-Reference to Collection

Fed/Prov/Terr Identifier

DhRs-650

Status

Published

Related Places

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