Central School
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- Street Address
- 210 Pender Street West
- Architect
- Sorby, Thomas
- Dates From
- 1890
- Material Type
- building
- Street Address
- 210 Pender Street West
- Architect
- Sorby, Thomas
- Dates From
- 1890
- Material Type
- building
- Source
- Province: Mar 11, 1948, p. 21, Pupils weep as old school dies sudden death.
- Province: Mar 25, 1948, p. 25, Central School walls come a-tumbling down.
- Province: Nov 28, 1953, Magazine Section, p. 3, The big brick school house, illus.
- Province: May 14, 1966, p. 12, Old Central's gone - but not forgotten.
- Province: May 27, 1966, p. 36, Memories flood back.
- Province: May 17, 1969, p. 5, The golden age of the wrecker ...
- The British Columbia Magazine: Jun 1911, p. 443-453, The romance of Vancouver's schools (NW 050 B86).
- Schools of Old Vancouver, 1971, p. 15 (NW 370.971 S21s).
- Vancouver Sun: Sep 7, 2001, p. B2, Brick giants with touch of class took place of one-room schools, by Imbi Harding, illus.
- Notes
- Legal description: D.L. 541, Blk. 37.
- Eight-room public school. First brick building erected in Vancouver.
- Developer: Vancouver School Board.
- Square 2-storey, with small central dormers in the hipped roof.
- Demolition date: 1948.
Map Locations
49.28034843,-123.099317