The distinctive heritage home on West 6th was built in 1907 as a show home by the North Vancouver Land & Improvement Company for its Ottawa Gardens development.
Built by the company to bring attention to the Ottawa Gardens area, it was used as a family residence and as a boarding school and day school, as the Lynn College for Boys.
However, this A-listed heritage home lay in disrepair, hidden behind a large cedar tree and overgrown bushes.
It was even considered to be haunted by the kids in the neighbourhood.
It has now been revitalized after the owner started a dialogue with the City of North Vancouver, which allowed the owner to build a duplex and a legal suite in exchange for legal protection for the home.
North Shore Heritage Society has the story of how this heritage home in Ottawa Gardens was revitalized and saved.
I don’t really understand how this house has heritage status as it does not resemble anything like the original house. Even the materials are all modern materials and the design has been altered. I wouldn’t even do a double take walking by it thinking that is a modern house. That’s not what heritage is all about. What is the address as I would like to drive by to see it?
Please visit the North Shore Heritage Society’s website for the full story and more photos. The photo posted in this article is misleading as it is of the duplex built at the rear and not of the heritage house. The restoration done on the heritage house was very well done with all original architectural details kept in tact.
I walk by this house all the time it is beautiful. The revitalization photo is of the house that they built at the back of the property not the original.