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Home of The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), the most senior military unit in the city. 1899–1901 David Ewart, architect Seaforth Armoury: Burrard Street @ 1st Avenue Home of The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada: 1935–1936 McCarter and Nairne, architects The Vancouver Club: 915 West Hastings 1912–1914 Sharp & Thompson ...
The Vancouver Club is a private social club in Vancouver, British Columbia. The club was founded in 1891 as a gentlemen's club but in 1993 became mixed-sex. Since its inception it has been the city's preeminent private club. [ 1 ]
Aberthau House (previously known as Rear House) is a spacious heritage mansion in Tudor Revival style, located at the intersection of West 2nd Avenue and Trimble Street in Vancouver, British Columbia, which currently serves as a facility of the neighbourhood's community centre.
[1] [2] The first National Historic Sites to be designated in British Columbia were Fort Langley and Yuquot in 1923. Numerous National Historic Events also occurred across B.C., and are identified at places associated with them, using the same style of federal plaque which marks National Historic Sites.
Hycroft is a mansion in the Shaughnessy district of Vancouver. It was designed and built in 1909–12 by Thomas Hooper for Alexander Duncan McRae who was a businessman, farmer, politician and soldier. The internal plasterwork was sculpted by Charles Marega.
Gastown is the original settlement that became the core of the city of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and a national historic site and a neighbourhood in the northwest section of the Downtown Eastside, adjacent to Downtown Vancouver. [1] [2]
Shaughnessy is an almost-entirely residential neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, spanning about 447 hectares [1] in a relatively central locale. It is bordered by 16th Avenue to the north, 41st Avenue to the south, Oak Street to the east, and East Boulevard to the west.
Vancouver skyline, 2015. Vancouver is the most populous city in the Canadian province of British Columbia and has roughly 650 high-rise buildings that equal or exceed 35 m (115 ft), [1] and roughly 50 buildings that equal or exceed 100 metres (328 ft).