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Richmond Road Streetcar Shelter

3100 Foul Bay Road, Saanich, Colombie-Britannique, V8P, Canada

Reconnu formellement en: 1997/11/03

Exterior view of Richmond Road Streetcar Shelter, 2004; Derek Trachsel, District of Saanic, 2004
oblique view
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Autre nom(s)

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Liens et documents

Date(s) de construction

1920/01/01

Inscrit au répertoire canadien: 2004/11/10

Énoncé d'importance

Description du lieu patrimonial

The Richmond Road Streetcar Shelter is a modest utilitarian wooden passenger shelter with a rectangular plan and hipped roof, located on the edge of the Camosun College grounds. It faces Richmond Avenue, just above the junction with Lansdowne Road in the Shelbourne area of Saanich.

Valeur patrimoniale

The heritage value of Richmond Road Streetcar Shelter is associated with the growth and development of its neighbourhood context. Shelbourne is bounded on the east and south by Oak Bay and Victoria, with Mount Tolmie as the major landmark on the east. The area was first developed as farms, which were gradually subdivided for residential and commercial use. The neighbourhood is also home to several large institutional complexes such as Camosun College and St. Michael's University School. Transit services enabled the wide-spread growth in the area.

The heritage value of the Streetcar Shelter is as one of the last two remaining streetcar shelters in Victoria, the third Canadian city to have streetcars. The Victoria and district streetcar system was inaugurated by the National Electric Tramway and Lighting Company in 1890. The system was later bought in 1897 by the British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) Company Limited, who operated it until 1948, when streetcars made their last runs. This shelter was constructed to service the Number 10 Streetcar, which made two trips a day to service the University School and then the Provincial Normal School.

The station is significant as representative of small purpose-built streetcar shelters across Canada. The large hipped roof sheltered waiting passengers. It is the landing and egress for steps from street level up to the shelter, and a long flight of steps up behind the shelter to the main level of the landscaped grounds of Camosun College. It is a good example of picturesque Arts and Crafts landscaping integrated with a functional structure.

Source: Heritage Planning Files, District of Saanich

Éléments caractéristiques

Key elements that define the heritage character of the Richmond Road Streetcar Shelter include its:
- location on Richmond Road
- form, scale and massing
- picturesque hipped roof with cedar shingle cladding and wooden gutters
- heavy timber posts and brackets supporting the roof
- a low wall enclosing each end
- conjunction with old concrete steps down to street level and up to higher ground level

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

1997/11/03

Données sur l'histoire

Date(s) importantes

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Thème - catégorie et type

Économies en développement
Communications et transport

Catégorie de fonction / Type de fonction

Actuelle

Historique

Transport ferroviaire
Gare ou autre installation ferroviaire

Architecte / Concepteur

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Constructeur

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Informations supplémentaires

Emplacement de la documentation

Heritage Planning Files, District of Saanich

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Identificateur féd./prov./terr.

DcRt-161

Statut

Édité

Inscriptions associées

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