Ray's Drygoods
3831 Moncton Street, Richmond, Colombie-Britannique, V7E, Canada
Reconnu formellement en:
2003/05/26
Autre nom(s)
Budget Appliance Centre
Ray's Drygoods
Liens et documents
Date(s) de construction
1912/01/01
Inscrit au répertoire canadien:
2009/03/13
Énoncé d'importance
Description du lieu patrimonial
The Ray's Drygoods building is part of a row of commercial buildings along Moncton Street in downtown Steveston. All of the buildings are of a similar age and scale, and present a continuous facade of small retail shops flush to the sidewalk.
Valeur patrimoniale
Ray's Drygoods is part of an almost-continuous facade of simple, wood frame, false front style commercial buildings along Moncton Street. The building is of a similar scale to the majority of the buildings, oriented and built flush to the street, emphasizing the flow of pedestrian traffic which would have occurred early in the century along Steveston's main street. This pattern of commercial development characterized Steveston in the early part of the twentieth century, as the area boomed in population and economic wealth from farming and fishing. The Ray's Drygoods building is significant as part of this early and continuing historic pattern, a rare one in the city of Richmond. It is a fortunate survivor of the 1918 fire in Steveston, a good example of a false-fronted commercial structure, and prominently located at the corner of Moncton Street and First Avenue.
Source: City of Richmond Clerk's Department
Éléments caractéristiques
Key elements that define the heritage character of Ray's Drygoods include:
- the building's front-gabled roof and the distinctive stepped-parapet false front, and its typical rectangular building from behind
- the height, scale, colour and massing of the building, typical of the streetscape
- its orientation and relationship to Moncton Street
- its presence as part of the historical development form of the street which creates a diverse, articulated edge and a sense of enclosure, and its contribution to the liveliness and diversity of the area
Reconnaissance
Juridiction
Colombie-Britannique
Autorité de reconnaissance
Administrations locales (C.-B.)
Loi habilitante
Local Government Act, art.954
Type de reconnaissance
Répertoire du patrimoine communautaire
Date de reconnaissance
2003/05/26
Données sur l'histoire
Date(s) importantes
s/o
Thème - catégorie et type
- Économies en développement
- Commerce et affaires
Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction
Actuelle
- Commerce / Services commerciaux
- Magasin ou commerce de vente au détail
Historique
Architecte / Concepteur
s/o
Constructeur
s/o
Informations supplémentaires
Emplacement de la documentation
City of Richmond Clerk's Department
Réfère à une collection
Identificateur féd./prov./terr.
DgRt-25
Statut
Édité
Inscriptions associées
s/o