The century old structure cost $1,000 to build in 1925 and sold in 2021 for $4 million
The cottage is on a small lot but has a garage at the back.The Native Daughters are an organization comprised of women born in B.C. They have run a quirky museum filled with historical artifacts out of the old store for nine decades.
He moved to Vancouver in the early-1920s and became a car salesman for Knight and Begg Motors. His wife Mabel gave birth to his daughter Alfreda in 1922, but took Alfreda back to England when she was still a baby, and never came back. Beakes lived there until he died in 1963. Like many people, he had a rough time economically during the Great Depression.
“He had a garden where he grew all his vegetables. And he went hunting pheasant down in the Delta area.” It would seem simple to move it across the street, but that would require the co-operation of the Vancouver Park Board, which seems loathe to do so.
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