Campney House

Overview

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Photo Credit: Robert Henrickson

Address

4629 W 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC

Neighbourhood

West Point Grey

type

Residential

Protection & Recognition

  • M: Municipal Protection

Description

The Campney House at 4629 West 2nd Avenue is a prominent Arts and Crafts style home built in 1928 in what was then the Municipality of West Point Grey. It was built for Griffith Hughes, but by 1929 it was acquired by the Campney family.

Ralph Osborne Campney was a lawyer who served as secretary to William Lyon MacKenzie King from 1924 to 1926. He was later elected MP for Vancouver Centre (1949 to 1957) and served as Solicitor-General (1952 to 1954) and Minister of National Defense (1954 to 1957). As Minister of National Defense, Campney advocated for, and succeeded at, production of the uniquely Canadian Avro Arrow fighter jet. Campney

The house was designed by architect John A. Pauw. Pauw moved from Romania to Canada in 1927, where he established an office in Vancouver. The duration of his practice in Vancouver was short (1927-1931) but he designed several significant houses in Shaugnessy and Point Grey. His best known work is a unique Prairie Style house designed for Brenton T. Lea, Marguerite Street at West King Edward Avenue.

The Campney House features a prominent stone-clad foundation, a large stone chimney with inset window on the west side, a steep pitched roof with parapet detailing, a recessed main entry framed by an arched roof, a bay window with leaded glass windows and a stone-arched entry and window at the rear.

Source

City of Vancouver, Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950, British Columbia City Directories 1860-1955

Map

Campney House

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