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The oldest building in Vancouver, moved by barge from its original location at the north foot of Dunlevy to Point Grey & Alma. The Native Daughters of British Columbia opened it as a museum. 1865 Erected by Captain Edward Stamp & Associates Orpheum Theatre: 884 Granville Street
The following list includes all of the Canadian Register of Historic Places listings in Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Lipsett Building 66 Water Street Vancouver BC
Gastown's most famous (though nowhere near oldest) landmark is the steam-powered clock on the corner of Cambie and Water Street. It was built in 1977 to cover a steam grate, part of Vancouver's distributed steam heating system, as a way to harness the steam and to prevent street people from sleeping on the spot in cold weather. [10]
A timber-frame building built for the Puget Sound Agricultural Company; one of the key buildings of Craigflower Farm, one of Western Canada's first farming communities and symbolic of the region's transition from the fur trade to settlement Craigflower Schoolhouse [26] 1855 (completed) 1964 View Royal
A collection of Edwardian buildings in the old downtown core were once the tallest commercial buildings in the British Empire. These were, in succession, the Carter-Cotton Building (former home of The Vancouver Province newspaper), the Dominion Building (1907) and the Sun Tower (1911), and the elaborate Art Deco Marine Building (1930). [21]
There is said to be 25 buildings built prior to 1882 still surviving in Alberta. Most buildings considered "historic" in Alberta are from the post-railway era (e.g. after 1885 in Calgary, after 1891 in Edmonton). The following is a list of oldest buildings and structures in Alberta constructed prior to 1900.
Pages in category "Heritage buildings in Vancouver" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The Sun Tower is a 17 storey 82 m (269 ft) Beaux-Arts building at 128 West Pender Street in Vancouver, British Columbia.It was known for its faux-patina steel dome painted to imitate copper cladding.