Other Building Names

Vancouver School of Art (1951-63)

Street Address

590 Hamilton Street

Dates From

1911

Material Type

building

Source

Province: Dec 13, 1949, p. 9, New "home" offered art school.

Province: Dec 29, 1951, p. 8-9, Magazine Section, 60 years in a tower, illus.

Province: Mar 29, 1952, p. 43, New-old School of Art officially opened Friday.

Sun: Mar 27, 1953, p. 20, Imagery in concrete ..., illus.

City Directory.

Sun: Aug 23, 1962, p. 23, Vocational Institute rises fast.

Sun: Sep 27, 1961, p. 53, $2 million institute wing to house city School of Art.

British Columbia Magazine: Vol. 7, Jun 1911, p. 443-453, The romance of Vancouver's schools (NW 050 B86).

Schools of Old Vancouver, 1971, p. 11-25 (NW 370.971 S21s).

Notes

Legal description: D.L. 541, Blk. 37.

Offices, Vancouver School Board, 1911-50.

Art school, 1951-63.

Commercial training centre, part of Vancouver Vocational Institute, 1963- .

Developer: Vancouver School Board.

Height of building: 3 storeys.

Renovated in 1952.

Concrete mural, 1952, by Bruno Bobak.

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