250 Skeena St, Vancouver BC • Vancouver Heritage Foundation

Overview

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Address

250 Skeena St, Vancouver BC

Neighbourhood

Hastings-Sunrise

type

Institutional

Description

The first instance of the school was built in 1912, as a two classroom structure. The current building was completed in 1926 by Frank Barrs, with an addition in 1973. The highest period of enrollment was from 1929-30, coinciding with a population and building boom pre-WWII. The building is utilitarian, with minimum relief. Sir John Franklin School has been listed as a future priority in the BC government’s seismic mitigation program. Please check out the archival photographs in the Gallery section of this page.

Source

D. Franklin. “Early School Architecture in British Columbia”. (1980), BC Govs Seismic Mitigation Program Progress Report

More information

http://go.vsb.bc.ca/schools/franklin/About/Pages/default.aspx

Gallery

Sir John Franklin Entrance, Vancouver School Board Archives

Sir John Franklin School, City of Vancouver Archives

Map

Sir John Franklin School

Directions

Directions in Google Maps

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