Nelson Park
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Francis W. Bowser House - 1894/95
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1164 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC. Frank Bowser was a wanderer until he settled in Vancouver. He was born in New Brunswick in 1858, and after leaving home at 17 went to sea for 5 years. He then worked in: Michigan; Wisconsin; Brandon, Manitoba; Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan; and Victoria, before finally settling in Vancouver. In his years in Vancouver, he became instrumental in developing Kerrisdale, which was his final home. He was Reeve of Point Grey in 1910-11. Frank's brother William became Premier of BC for a short time, stepping into the role after the resignation of Richard McBride. However, he was not returned to the office in the subsequent election: his party was suffering from the mistrust of the electorate and was not addressing issues of popular concern such as women's suffrage, and liquor prohibition. This home is of a more rural style than one would expect, and sits in the middle of a full city lot. Even at the time, most lots were being built with an eye towards subdivision. 1164 now is the home of the YMCA's Mole Hill Daycare, where the children have room to play on the full lot beneath a beautiful, mature pear tree. Mole Hill Community Housing
William Allen Mace House - 1888
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1160 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC. This venerable house is the first to have been built on Mole Hill, and one of a limited number of houses of its vintage in all of Vancouver. The City of Vancouver was only 2 years old when William Mace and his family built and moved into the lonely building on the summit of Vancouver's West End - old growth forests only two present day blocks away. Mace was a carpenter, and he and his wife Frances came from the Maritimes. Mace put careful detail into the building of this home. There are lovely decorative touches on the interior and exterior; the symmetrical square bays, bracket, and starburst detailing at the front of the house are well preserved and draw the eye. In the front entry, there is a spiral staircase which leads upstairs and waist-high wainscotting in beautiful woods. The hallway upstairs is interesting: it tapers from a regular size at the front of the house to a one-person-width space at the rear. The architectural feature of the wainscoting creates an odd perspective when coupled with the unexpected angle. Mole Hill Community Housing
Henry James Anstie House - 1904
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1146 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC. This home, unlike many on the block, housed its original owners for many years after it was constructed. Henry Anstie was a jeweler who worked at his own establishments, first at 148 Cordova, and later in the Arts and Crafts building on Seymour Street. He died in 1927. His wife, Kathleen, remained in residence at 1146 Comox until 1932, when it is likely she passed on. The home still stayed in the Anstie family, and two of Henry and Kathleen's children, Jane and William, stayed in residence until 1939. The front porch was enclosed on this home, as on many of the homes on Mole Hill, and the ubiquitous Vancouver stucco was added. The asymmetrical turret on the North East corner is quite striking. Mole Hill Community Housing
Stanley Judson Steeves House - 1904
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1120 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC. This home is a copy of 1122 Comox, also built by Mr. Steeves. They both were designed by noted architects Parr and Fee, although this home's adornments have been somewhat modified; the gable is different, as are the porch columns. The columns on this home are classical ionic, as opposed to square. Mr. Steeves built the home to sell, and it appears the first resident owner was William W. Moore, a commercial traveler, who purchased the home in 1905. In 1907, William J. Blair, a carpenter, moved in with his son William Jr., a druggist. Mole Hill Community Housing
Stanley Judson Steeves House - 1904
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1122 Comox Street, Vancouver, BC. This home is the slightly grander sister of 1120 Comox next door; Mr. Steeves used the same plans, but 1120 has slightly less grand ornamentation. The porch columns here are square, and little details abound: the delicate shingling on the inside edge of the gabling, which is reproduced even in the rear of the house, and the lovely decorative shingling on the house overall. Mr. Andrew Johnson, a tailor at the firm Johnson and Higgins, bought the home in 1905 and lived here for 11 years. Mole Hill Community Housing
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