1090 Granville St

Overview

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Photo Credit: Bob Hare

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

Map

1090 Granville St

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