Overview
Address
603 Atlantic St, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Strathcona
type
Residential
grants
VHF True Colours 2011
Description
The Pennyway House at was built in 1896 for Giovanni Peneway, a British Columbia Electric Railway worker, and his family who arrived from Italy in 1891.
Originally on Grove Street, the easternmost part of False Creek was filled in by the Great Northern Railway and Canadian Northern Pacific Railway during the First World War to create new land for their yards and terminals. This filling eliminated Grove Crescent which was on a peninsula of land jutting into False Creek, and Grove Street became part of Atlantic Street, named in 1916 after the Atlantic Ocean.
Although the house has been modified, it is a rare surviving example of early Pioneer housing in the City and is one of the oldest surviving houses in Vancouver. The house is associated with the Italian community which became established in the area.
In 2011, 603 Atlantic Avenue was painted in historic colours with the assistance of a VHF True Colours grant.
The house was a stop on the 2012 VHF Heritage House Tour.
Source
VHF Files, VHF Heritage House Tour 2012 Guide Book, Vancouver Building Permits
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