Other Building Names

CPR Station

The Station (1980- )

Street Address

601 Cordova Street West

Architect

Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co.

Canadian Pacific Railway

Dates From

1914

Material Type

building

Heritage Designation

Heritage Building, Municipal Designation

Source

Buildings in Canada, Mar 1939, p.30, Vancouver alterationt of offices and pier. (R720.5 H765).

Province: Jun 28, 1969, p. 5, Where the action was ... and will be again!, illus.

Sun: Dec 5, 1970, p. 29, End of the tracks? Wish it was.

Province: Aug 12, 1970, p. 12, CPR station demise in sight.

The Canadian Engineer: Vol. 23, Jul 18, 1912, p. 175-6, Passenger terminal and office facilities, Canadian Pacific Railway, Vancouver, plans (STR 620.5 QC2125).

Sun: Sep 21, 1974, p.49, The past for the future, illus.

Vancouver Sun: Jul 11, 1979, p.A14, Old CPR station to get a $6 million facelift.

Province: Apr 8, 1980, p. A8, CP Rail's red brick pile takes on a different role, illus.

Sun: May 23, 1980, Leisure, p. 4L, One fine station in a city's life, illus.

Mills, Edward, Vancouver Architecture 1886-1914: Vol. II, p. 405-16 (R 720.9711 M65v).

Bank of B.C. Pioneer News: V. 13, No. 4, Aug/Sep 1990, p. 1-2, Old station - new look, illus. (NW clippings - Vancouver, B.C. - Buildings - C).

Sun: Nov 3, 1992, p. C1, C2, Your turn. Women in history: perseverance, personal sacrifice were hallmarks of heroines who gave so much to B.C. heritage.

Sun: Mar 14, 1953, p. 17, Vancouver monuments, illus.

Province: Nov 6, 1970, p. 21-22, Public art ..., illus.

Province: Jun 23, 1914, p. 3, Work on new depot; it will be finished by Aug. 1.

Province: Dec 6, 1974, p. 6, 21 buildings get protection of city council.

Vancouver Council Meeting Minutes, 1974, p. 5448-52 (R 352.071 V22cm).

Vancouver City Planning Dept., Vancouver's heritage: 22 buildings and 2 historic areas, 1974, p. 10-11, illus. (R 720.9711 V224v).

Sun: Apr 12, 1978, p. A6, The sad saga of E. Colonna, architect in the chateau style.

Sun: Apr 14, 1978, p. A18, Old lady of Granville Street gets a facelift, illus.

Vancouver: Jul 1983, p.9, City seen: extra relish, illus.

Vancouver Heritage Inventory, City of Vancouver Planning Dept., Feb 1994, p.14.

Vancouver Sun: Feb 17, 1990, p.D2, Robin Ward's Vancouver.

Notes

Legal description: D.L. 541.

Offices and railway depot, 1914- .

Stores and offices, 1980- .

Developer: Canadian Pacific Railway.

Contractor: Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co.

Paintings in renovated Station: Adelaide Langford.

War memorial statue: "Angel of Victory", by Coeur de Lion MacCarthy.

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