Overview
Address
5503 Blenheim St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Dunbar-Southlands
type
Residential
Protection & Recognition
- M: Municipal Protection
Description
One of the first houses built in this area, this farmhouse was constructed in 1912 for the Morrisette family when they moved from Montreal to farm an adjacent two city block parcel of land.
Being a rural address, their home was described as being “on Johnson Road between Whitehead Road and Wilson Road”. Today these are Blenheim Street, 37th Avenue and 41st avenue.
In 1912 William Morrisette acquired the adjacent lot and moved the house, turning and expanding it. He also added wide verandas with turned columns and a corner entry. Cut granite was used in the new foundation walls, the column bases and the garden wall along Johnson Road.
Source
City of Vancouver Heritage Plaque Program
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