Shannon Estate - Coach House

In late 1912, when sugar refinery owner B.T. Rogers purchased the 10-acre parcel of land that would become his Shannon Estate, his first priority was the grounds. The Rogers had the land cleared and began laying out plantings and vegetable gardens, the perimeter wall soon enclosed the land (built by contractor John Stout & Co.), and the gatehouse, named on the architectural plans as the Gate Lodge, was the first of three buildings to be constructed.

Located in the northeast corner of the estate, it was designed with the mansion and coach house by the American architects Somervell & Putnam and built with the same red brick.

In 1915 by the coach house, originally the garage and stables designed to accommodate four cars as well as horses, boiler room, workshop and an upstairs apartment. While the completion of the mansion was delayed by wartime labour and material shortages, and then by B.T. Rogers’ death, the Rogers daughters used the coach house apartment as a rural weekend retreat away from the busy West End.

The address was revised, changing from 7101-7201 Granville Street to 1525-1529 Atlas Lane, in 2018. Shannon Estate won a City of Vancouver 2017 Heritage Award of Honour, demonstrating an outstanding contribution to heritage conservation.

Source

VHF's 2017 Heritage House Tour Brochure, City of Vancouver Report 2018