Overview
Address
1922 Ferndale St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Grandview-Woodland
type
Residential
Description
This 1918 two-storey house has gable ornamentation, a bay window and a half porch. A trim board separates the two storeys. In 1919, the resident was Joseph W. Kelly, a ‘staty’ engineer.
Ferndale Street was previously a part of Keefer Street until it was renamed Ferndale Street in 1929. Keefer Street was named after George Alexander Keefer, who worked a surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railway before opening a private engineering business.
Source
Charlotte Steele, Henderson's Greater Vancouver City Directory, VanMapp, VHF House Styles, Elizabeth Walker: Street Names of Vancouver
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