Dodd House

These houses at 615 and 621 Princess Avenue are two of four identical, side-by-side wooden houses built in 1907-08 by carpenters Rogers & McKay. The four houses are identified as an `A’ heritage streetscape in the Strathcona/Kiwassa RT-3 Design Guidelines.

These two are very good examples of the Classic Edwardian Box, featuring large front porches, raised basements and wood siding. The structures are a hybrid of balloon and western platform techniques of construction. The elevated basements differ from earlier versions of the Classic Box in Strathcona to accommodate installation of modern furnaces. The large, bright windows which produce an airy quality are another indicator of Edwardian taste and a departure of dark spaces of the Victorian house.

Built in an area which today boasts several Vancouver Heritage Register buildings, the houses at 615 and 621 Princess Avenue contribute to the rich diversity of early Vancouver architectural styles, institutional buildings, and housing types concentrated at the intersection of Keefer Street and Princess Avenue.

Source

City of Vancouver

More information

http://former.vancouver.ca/ctyclerk/cclerk/000222/Ph1.htm