Overview
Address
727 Templeton Dr, Vancouver BC
Neighbourhood
Grandview-Woodland
type
Institutional
Description
Templeton Secondary School is a large three-storey building that was constructed between 1926-1928 as one of British Columbia’s first junior high schools. It is a reinforced concrete structure reflecting a 1920s proto-modernist aesthetic designed by the well-known architects Sharp & Thompson alongside the school board’s own architect F.A.A. Barrs. The building has a flat roof with parapets, roughcast stucco cladding, and wide banks of windows that provide a view of the North Shore mountains.
An addition to the structure was built in 1962, adding classroom space and a new gymnasium. The school is surrounded by a park-like property that features a large field and mature trees in front of the building, and sports facilities to the north and west such as tennis courts, basketball courts, and an indoor public swimming pool.
Please check out the archival photographs in the Gallery section of this page.
Source
Historic Places Canada, BC Gov Seismic Mitigation Program Progress Report
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