Brick only appears in one Shaughnessy Georgian. Wood lap siding or stucco is more common. If stucco, then belt courses, cornices, and corner quoins can be found as embellishments. Doors are six-paneled in a deep high-gloss colour. Chimneys are exposed brick or stucco.
From Heritage House Tours 2015: "This elegant Georgian Revival home was built in 1930 at a cost of $7,500. The gracious symmetrical façade has elaborate ornamentation including scrollwork above the main floor windows, an imposing porch with columns and a ballustrade, belt courses and cornices. It is a good example of a style popular in Vancouver during the 1920s and 1930s."
From Dictionary of Architects in Canada: "The three-storey Georgian Revival house at 1646 Laurier Avenue was built in 1913 for Walter Walsh (1875-1947). Walsh, a lawyer, was called to the British Columbia bar in 1899. Walsh became a junior partner with McPhillips & Williams, which was one of a succession of Vancouver law firms that led to the firm of Bull, Housser and Tupper (now Norton Rose Fulbright). 1646 Laurier Avenue was designed by Twizell & Twizell, a firm established in Vancouver in 1912. Twizell & Twizell is known for designing many schools and churches in Vancouver, as well as some large residences in Shaughnessy in neo-Georgian and arts and crafts styles. A few of their projects also on the Vancouver Heritage Register include Oblate House, Lord Kitchener Elementary, Kerrisdale School, David Lloyd George School and St Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. Further renovations and additions to the home occurred in 1920 under subsequent owner Bruce Mackenzie Farris (1886-1968), a lumber mill owner. In 1934, Farris became vice-president of the logging company Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, until the firm merged with the H.R. MacMillan Company in 1951 to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Laurier Avenue was named after Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), who served as prime minister of Canada from 1886-1911."
From Harold Kalman and Robin Ward, Exploring Vancouver: The Essential Architectural Guide, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2012: "Built circa 1911 in an 18th Century New England Georgian townhouse style. It features a pedimented 3 part facade, plastered clapboard walls, a hipped roof, a carved entrance porch and sash windows."
From Heritage House Tour 2017: "The 10 acre Shannon Estate is comprised of a three-storey Beaux Arts mansion, formal Italianate gardens, and two out buildings (a coach and gate house). The property was bought in 1912 as the rural residence of B.T. Rogers, owner of Rogers Sugar, who currently lived at Gabriola on Davie Street. This site on Granville Street and Shannon Road (57th Avenue) offered an idyllic location with sweeping views to the south. Rogers hired American architectural firm Somervell and Putnam to design his estate and by late 1913 plans were in place for over 30,000 square feet of living space. In 1917, the coach house, nicknamed Bohemia, was completed and occupied by the two elder Rogers daughters. B.T. Rogers died suddenly in 1918 at age 52 with the exterior of the house erected by Charles Bentall’s Dominion Construction. It wasn’t until 1925 that his widow sold Gabriola to Bentall and hired architect Bernard Palmer to complete Shannon. She commissioned Charles Marega to create ornamental garden elements, several of which are still on the grounds, as well as interior plasterwork. In August 1925, Mrs. Rogers and her three youngest children moved in and remained at the residence for the next 11 years. The subsequent owner, financier Austin Taylor made few changes. In 1965, Wall Financial Corp. purchased the property, by then in a deteriorated state. Renowned local architect Arthur Erickson was retained to develop townhouses and apartments in 1973 while the original structures were maintained. The mansion and perimeter wall were designated as part of the zoning deal that allowed multi-family buildings in a single-family area. In 2016, a full heritage rehabilitation of the mansion (including interior) , auxiliary buildings and key landscape elements was completed. The address was revised from 7255 Granville Street to 1520 Atlas Lane in 2018. Shannon Estate won a City of Vancouver 2017 Heritage Award of Honour, demonstrating an outstanding contribution to heritage conservation."
From Heritage House Tours 2015: "This elegant Georgian Revival home was built in 1930 at a cost of $7,500. The gracious symmetrical façade has elaborate ornamentation including scrollwork above the main floor windows, an imposing porch with columns and a ballustrade, belt courses and cornices. It is a good example of a style popular in Vancouver during the 1920s and 1930s."
From Dictionary of Architects in Canada: "The three-storey Georgian Revival house at 1646 Laurier Avenue was built in 1913 for Walter Walsh (1875-1947). Walsh, a lawyer, was called to the British Columbia bar in 1899. Walsh became a junior partner with McPhillips & Williams, which was one of a succession of Vancouver law firms that led to the firm of Bull, Housser and Tupper (now Norton Rose Fulbright). 1646 Laurier Avenue was designed by Twizell & Twizell, a firm established in Vancouver in 1912. Twizell & Twizell is known for designing many schools and churches in Vancouver, as well as some large residences in Shaughnessy in neo-Georgian and arts and crafts styles. A few of their projects also on the Vancouver Heritage Register include Oblate House, Lord Kitchener Elementary, Kerrisdale School, David Lloyd George School and St Andrew’s-Wesley United Church. Further renovations and additions to the home occurred in 1920 under subsequent owner Bruce Mackenzie Farris (1886-1968), a lumber mill owner. In 1934, Farris became vice-president of the logging company Bloedel, Stewart and Welch, until the firm merged with the H.R. MacMillan Company in 1951 to form MacMillan Bloedel Limited. Laurier Avenue was named after Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), who served as prime minister of Canada from 1886-1911."
From Harold Kalman and Robin Ward, Exploring Vancouver: The Essential Architectural Guide, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2012: "Built circa 1911 in an 18th Century New England Georgian townhouse style. It features a pedimented 3 part facade, plastered clapboard walls, a hipped roof, a carved entrance porch and sash windows."
From Heritage House Tour 2017: "The 10 acre Shannon Estate is comprised of a three-storey Beaux Arts mansion, formal Italianate gardens, and two out buildings (a coach and gate house). The property was bought in 1912 as the rural residence of B.T. Rogers, owner of Rogers Sugar, who currently lived at Gabriola on Davie Street. This site on Granville Street and Shannon Road (57th Avenue) offered an idyllic location with sweeping views to the south. Rogers hired American architectural firm Somervell and Putnam to design his estate and by late 1913 plans were in place for over 30,000 square feet of living space. In 1917, the coach house, nicknamed Bohemia, was completed and occupied by the two elder Rogers daughters. B.T. Rogers died suddenly in 1918 at age 52 with the exterior of the house erected by Charles Bentall’s Dominion Construction. It wasn’t until 1925 that his widow sold Gabriola to Bentall and hired architect Bernard Palmer to complete Shannon. She commissioned Charles Marega to create ornamental garden elements, several of which are still on the grounds, as well as interior plasterwork. In August 1925, Mrs. Rogers and her three youngest children moved in and remained at the residence for the next 11 years. The subsequent owner, financier Austin Taylor made few changes. In 1965, Wall Financial Corp. purchased the property, by then in a deteriorated state. Renowned local architect Arthur Erickson was retained to develop townhouses and apartments in 1973 while the original structures were maintained. The mansion and perimeter wall were designated as part of the zoning deal that allowed multi-family buildings in a single-family area. In 2016, a full heritage rehabilitation of the mansion (including interior) , auxiliary buildings and key landscape elements was completed. The address was revised from 7255 Granville Street to 1520 Atlas Lane in 2018. Shannon Estate won a City of Vancouver 2017 Heritage Award of Honour, demonstrating an outstanding contribution to heritage conservation."
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Belt Course
A horizontal band on the façade of a building, usually indicating the floor level behind it. Also called a belt line or string course.
Bracket
A structural member, often triangular in form, that projects from a wall or other vertical surface to support another component, such as an eave. Some brackets are purely decorative and have no structural or supporting function.
Hipped Roof
A hip (or hipped) roof slopes down to the eaves on all four sides. Although a hip roof has no gable ends, it may have dormers or connecting wings with gables. When the building is square, the hip roof is pointed at the top like a pyramid. When the building is rectangular, the hipped roof forms a ridge at the top.
Operable Shutters
Shutters that are usually mounted on door or window trim so that they close completely over the door or window opening.
Ornamentation
Decorative features used to accent particular components of a building.
Form
An interwar style in Vancouver, Georgian Revivals are symmetrical two-storey houses with hipped roofs (sometimes pierced with dormers), classical detailing and, on some wide lots, projecting single-storey side wings with flat roofs and balustrades. Some have a portico sheltering the front door, often supported by columns with a small balustraded deck above. Windows are often grouped in pairs, are vertically proportioned, have wooden muntin bars and are flanked with shutters. Fanlights are common above the front door. The main floor is typically at grade. In some cases, a belt course between the two floors defines a projecting upper storey, supported by scroll brackets. Some have pilasters and quoins as well as dentils for added classical decoration. Cladding may be stucco or lap siding.
Background
The Georgian Revival style developed from the colonial architecture of the Atlantic seaboard. The name came from the reign of the four King Georges, between 1714 and 1830, when the original style was popular. It re-emerged when the American Centennial in 1876 popularized colonial architecture. The style did not become common in Vancouver until after World War I. Like other Revival styles popular at the time, Georgian Revival architecture brings to mind a tradition of an earlier time. Early Revival houses try to closely imitate the proportions of the original style. Now, the term ‘Georgian’ has often became synonymous with ‘symmetrical.’
Details
- Hipped roof (sometimes side-gabled)
- Symmetrically balanced facade
- Centred door
- Accentuated front door, normally with pediment supported by pilasters
- Often doors have overhead fanlights or sidelights
- Windows with double-hung sashes, usually multi-pane glazing
- Windows often in adjacent pairs