Overview
Address
1090 Granville St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Downtown
type
Commercial
Description
This building was designed by Baunton and Leibert for James Borland, an Ontario-born plasterer who built homes around Vancouver.
In 1912, Borland hired Bedford Davidson this mixed-use building (commercial space on the first floor, residential above). The building cost him $80,000 to build – almost double the average at the time.
The building was not very successful. by 1920, the only occupant was the Standard Furniture Company. In the 1930s (c. 1933 – 1939) the occupant was the T. Maher Furniture Co., and by the late 1940s (c.1949) the National Furniture Store.
Today the first floor is still a commercial space. The upper floors are run by the McLaren Housing Society, which provides low-cost, supportive housing for persons with HIV/AIDS.
Source
VPL Special Photograph Collection, Changing Vancouver blog
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