Other Building Names

Rixon Court Apartments (1943- )

Street Address

720 Jervis Street

Dates From

1898

Material Type

building

Heritage Designation

Heritage A

Source

Province: Feb 6, 1975, p. 37, Past, present and future?

Vancouver Courier: Jul 16, 1997, p.5, The choreography of construction, by Glenda Bartosh, illus.

Vancouver Sun: Jul 19, 1997, p.G1,4,5, New converts, by John Mackie, illus.

Vancouver Sun: Jul 19, 1997, p.G5, New `rib cage' will support building, by John Mackie, illus.

VPL Special Collections Historic Photos Nos. 81768-B, 1952.

Vancouver Sun: Apr 4, 1998, p.E1-2, The new heritage, by John Mackie, illus.

Notes

6,000 square -foot mansion.

Residence of Harry Braithwaite Abbott, 1900-15.

Roominghouse, 1915- .

Sold by Abbot family in 1942.

Apartments, 1943- .

Developer: Harry Braithwaite Abbott.

Height of building: 2.5 storeys.

1997: Being converted to five strata-title condominiums as part of the Residences on Georgia development. Kuok Group, developer.

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