Nagle Bros. Garage

Opened in 1930, and designed by McCarter & Nairne, this was one of the first parking garages in Vancouver. Nagle Bros operated it until 1937, as an early service facility for trucks that moved goods from Gastown warehouses. In the late 1940s it became the Water Street Garage.

The earliest uses on the site, pre-1886, were the customs house, courthouse, jail and the house of Jonathan Miller, Vancouver’s first constable. After the 1886 fire, the first fire hall was here, followed by Jacob Cohen & Son clothiers from 1907 to 1912. Jacob was the father of Samuel Cohen, founder of the Army & Navy Department Store.

In 1972 the garage was one of the first Gastown renewal projects, converted to offices and stores with an inner courtyard. Further rehabilitation to this building and the neighbouring Cordage Building was completed in 2009.

Source

City of Vancouver Heritage Plaque Program, Canada's Historic Places

More information

http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2524