Other Building Names

O Canada House (1996-)

Street Address

1114 Barclay Street

Dates From

1897

Material Type

building

Heritage Designation

A listed on city heritage registry

Source

West Ender: Jan 12, 1995, p.2, "O Canada" home threatened, by Janet Smith, illus.

Vancouver Sun: Jun 25, 1997, p.C5, Buchan house embodies Canada's heritage in style and song, by Robin Ward, illus.

O Canada, the story of the Buchan Version (P.H. Buchan). City Archives, Vancouver, 1947.

Courier, June 17, 1998, p. 12, House worthy of an anthem, by Alison Appelbe, ill.

Vancouver Courier: Mar 6, 2002, p.1, 4-5, Little house in the city, by Fiona Hughes, illus.

Notes

Ewing Buchan wrote the words for an alternative version of the national anthem when he was living there in 1910. The "Buchan version", including subsequent versions by his brother, Lawrence Buchan, was performed at functions in Vancouver, but was not adopted as the official version of the National Anthem.

Bed & Breakfast inn, 1996-

Mouldings, stair-banister spindles salvaged from Weeks House during 1995 rehab.

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