Overview
Address
1-7 Alexander St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Gastown
type
Commercial
Protection & Recognition
- M: Municipal Protection
Description
Noble Stonestreet Hoffar, one of Vancouver’s first architects, built the Dunn Block in 1900 for Thomas Dunn, a city councillor on the first Vancouver City Council and a leading pioneer businessman.
The three-storey plus attic Romanesque revival warehouse originally housed the office of the Union Steamship Company, a hardware and ship chandlery operation. The location on the main intersection of the original settlement of Gastown, at the foot of the city’s first wharf, and fronting onto the main CPR rail yards was ideal for business.
Dunn suffered financial difficulties after the Gold Rush, and sold the building to Boyd, Burns and Company Ltd., dealers in engineering and mill supplies. In 1907-08, a four-storey addition was constructed to the east of the building, designed by Parr and Fee.
Source
Canada's Historic Places, Exploring Vancouver, The Architectural Guide by Harold Kalman & Robin Ward
More information
http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2506
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