Dumoine Lodge

With its massive gambrel roof, imposing granite entrance-way and main floor, historic Sequoia tree planted in 1932, three stone chimneys and a port-cochere to the east, this large house has dominated for more than 100 years. The house, designed by Hugh Hodgson, was completed in 1912. Originally designed for Edward H. Moore, manager of the Prince Rupert Timber and Lumber Co. Ltd., who remained in the house until 1920. From the 1920s to the 1950s, Senator E.J. and Wilhemina Mielieke, and later his youngest son Edward and his family, lived here when the west side yard was not subdivided.

The Laurier Avenue house is legally protected from alteration and demolition through a 2005 Heritage Revitalization Agreement (HRA). At this time, the then owners legally designated the house including the entrance hall, its inglenook and staircase, in exchange for the right to construct a sympathetically designed coach house in the rear of the house. The house is also listed on the Canadian Register of Historic Places.

Architect Hugh Hodgson is associated with many buildings in Vancouver and with fellow architects such as AJ Bird, HH Simmonds and Ross Lurt. Hodgson is best known for his design of the now demolish Oakalla Prison in Burnaby.

The house was a stop on VHF’s 2013 Heritage House Tour.

Source

City of Vancouver, VHF 2013 Heritage House Tour Brochure

More information

http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/20050315ph/ph3.htm