Overview
Address
152-156 W Hastings St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Downtown
type
Commercial
Description
152-156 West Hastings is a three storey masonry Edwardian commercial building. It was built for the Rogers family in two stages and by two different architectural firms: John Edmeston Parr and Thomas Arthur Fee in 1901, and Edward Evans Blackmore and William Blackmore in 1904.
The building has been used for a variety of small businesses. The first tenants were a bicycle dealer and Barr and Anderson, plumbers. A harness firm moved into the second stage when it was completed. In 1913, the harness firm was replaced by the Trocadero Grill, which would occupy the space for decades. The Vancouver Fancy Sausage Company was another long-term tenant.
In 1939, E. Chrystal & Co. changed the east half of the facade to match that on the west. The cornice of the west half was removed as well and replaced with a continuous cornice.
Source
Canada's Historic Places
Map
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