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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM113M_randall-building_Vancouver-BC.html
Built in 1929 for the brokerage firm S.W. Randall Company, this commercial building is a good example of the design of the city's downtown office development at the time of the Great Depression. The brick cladding is enriched by the terra cotta pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10XR_ferguson-point_Vancouver-BC.html
This area was the site of a coast defence fort manned during WW II1939-1945
by The Royal Canadian ArtilleryBatteries31st Heavy58th Heavy85th Heavy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10WB_bc-permanent-building_Vancouver-BC.html
This small scale but well-executed example of Beaux-Arts classicism was designed by Thomas Hooper (the architect of Shaughnessy's Hycroft Mansion) and Elwood Watkins. Built in 1907 for Thomas Talton Langlois' BC Permanent Loan Company, after 1935 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10W5_326-west-pender-street_Vancouver-BC.html
This building is an integral part of the Victory Square area dating back to 1929. The facade was renovated in 1948 by architect W.H. Birmingham. It was given Neo-classical treatments including a decorative cornice installed below the original corb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10RY_dominion-building_Vancouver-BC.html
This ornate Beaux-Arts skyscraper was commissioned by Imperial Trust in 1906 but opened in 1910 as the Dominion Trust Building after this company assumed the debt and completed construction. It was the tallest building in the British Empire at tha…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10PR_ram-mk-ii_Vancouver-BC.html
Crew 5, Wt 30 tonnes, Speed 40 km/hr, armament - 57 mm main gun, 2 x 30 cal mg, in service 1941-1945.
The Ram tank was designed and built in Canada as part of Canada's contribution to the allied war effort in WW II. A total of 1949 Ram tanks we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10OS_drill-hall_Vancouver-BC.html
This fortress-like building has served as the drill hall and armoury for the British Columbia Regiment since its opening by HRH the Duke of Cornwall and York in 1901. The solid building with three-foot thick walls, was constructed of Gabriola Isla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HG_sherman_Vancouver-BC.html
M4A3E8, Crew 5, Wt 32 tonnes, speed 48 km/hr armament - 76 mm main gun, 2 x 30 cal mg in service 1943-1970On 8/9 August 1944, the British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own), then designated Canadian 28th Armoured Regiment, was commanded b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10G7_64-pounder-guns_Vancouver-BC.html
In 1878 on the approach of an enemy cruiser squadron these 64 pounder muzzle-loading naval guns were hastily shore mounted to protect Esquimault. Subsequently they were issued to No. 5 Battery B.C. Brigade of Garrison Artillery, the first citizen …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10DO_chinese-freemasons-building_Vancouver-BC.html
The Chi Kung Tong, later the Chinese Freemasons, purchased this building in 1907. It included meeting rooms, a male dormitory and a Chinese school - uses common to Chinese Society Buildings. The Chi Kung Tong assisted early immigrants from China w…