The City of North Vancouver has announced that it is selling a residential property located at 204 East 1st Street. The house, known as the “Allen Residence,” was built in 1905 and is considered a class ‘B’ heritage structure. The City is inviting submissions to this Request for Expression of Interest (RFEOI) for interested groups to purchase, salvage, and relocate the house to an alternate site.
The City prefers to have an interested respondent salvage and relocate the house, ideally to a location within the City, in support of the City’s heritage and sustainability initiatives. To enable the North Shore Neighbourhood House Hub Redevelopment Plan to proceed, the House must be removed from its current location.
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In 2021, Council approved the North Shore Neighbourhood House Hub Redevelopment Plan for a City-owned site at 200-236 East 1st Street and 207-225 East 2nd Street. The plan will deliver rental housing, a new North Shore Neighbourhood House, a respite care centre, and a redesigned Derek Inman Park. The project will be completed in three phases, with the first phase currently under construction.
The house at 204 East 1st Street is located within the phase two area, and the successful respondent will have to relocate it by July 15, 2024. The house is one of the oldest surviving homes in the City of North Vancouver and was built for Irish-born Patrick Andrew Allen (1839-1928), a blacksmith who only lived in the house until 1909 but continued to own it beyond then, according to the City of North Vancouver’s heritage register.
Howard John Langdon (1883-1953), an electrical contractor, was listed as the directory occupant in 1921 and 1923. The one-and-a-half-story dwelling has a front-gable roof and is set on a raised basement, notes the heritage register.
The City is willing to consider all offers that meet the timeline and other requirements outlined in the bid, and the successful respondent will be responsible for the removal and relocation costs of the house.
I have an idea for moving this house, why not get our local movie people out and do a re-creation of the ‘Wizard of Oz’, wind tunnel, brooms and bicycles all around, and then drop it on the witch’s den at City Hall…..you know that place at the end of the rainbow crosswalk………just a little of my dream-world creativity speaking – of course – ……..follow, follow, follow, follow that bicycle, follow that bicycle, follow it wherever it goes…………and just because the developers own half the county…..oh no, wormy-apples next…..what do you mean there are no brains left, all we really need are some brains and a little heart of course……..watch out, here come the flying monkey’s…….oh great and powerful Wiz, the wiz that was, is there room in your balloon,…. there is,….. but what’s that you say, it’s $2900.xx per month for a one bedroom and no parking……oh the humanity……
I grew up there in the 70s and 80s.My room was on the top floor,It had a bookshelf that swung open with a hidden room behind it with an exit over the trap door at the top of the stairs.Sad to see it go.So little left of the old hood.Lots of great memories.