Street Address

700 - 716 Pender Street West

Architect

Canada, Department of Public Works

Dates From

1892

Material Type

building

Source

Canada, Sessional Papers, 1894: No. 9, Appendix No. 2, p. 44, Report on the public buildings ... (sR 328.7 C21s).

Greater Vancouver Illustrated: 1908, p. 51, 207, illus. (NW 971.133 V22d).

Province: Jul 28, 1956, Magazine Section, p. 10-11, Post Office parade, illus.

Northwest Federation of Stamp Clubs, 1958, p. 25-26, Postal history (NW 383 N87 Pam).

Old Houses and Buildings in Vancouver, 1960, p. 16-17 (NW 720.9711 L87o).

City Directory.

Notes

Legal description: D.L. 541, Blk. 32.

General post office, 1892-1910.

Customs house and other government offices, 1892-1925.

Developer: Canada, Dept. of Public Works.

Contractor: David Gibb & Son.

Height of building: 3 storeys.

Demolition date: 1910, 1926.

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