Overview
Address
154-156 E 7th Ave, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Mount Pleasant
type
Mixed Use
Protection & Recognition
- M: Municipal Protection
Description
The Williams Block is located near the historic heart of Mount Pleasant’s commercial district at Main and Kingsway. It was one of the first apartment buildings constructed in Mount Pleasant. Fred Williams constructed the building in 1910. This building was described in the building permit register as a “brick veneer apartment house” and cost $6500.
The building is in the Edwardian Builder style. It is a typical wood-frame combined commercial store and apartment building from the period. Its design incorporates front and side bay windows and covered rear porches with intact period decorative brackets. The bay windows are detailed with brackets, trim and sheet metal bases. Until 1949, the building was owned and occupied by the Williams family.
The ground floor retails has been occupied by Townley and Harper Plumbers, from 1936-1943 it was a branch office of Canadian Commonwealth Federation (C.C.F.). and a Johnson Furniture showroom.
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City of Vancouver
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