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[AnonAnnie2]

Kudo's to the View Royal Fire Dept., their efforts saw to it the Craigflower Manor will continue to stand.

Reported in Times Colonist.

Do tell...what is the first oldest building in Greater Victoria?

[aastra]

Not in its original location, but...
http://www.royalbcmu...nn_Schlhse.aspx

[AnonAnnie2]

Thank you for the info (and link).
Love the old buildings.
I've been skulking around the 'industrial' type areas downtown trying to find those houses jammed between auto-repair and junk-yards. Its surprising how many there are...sadly most are in awful shape.
I would love to know more about how/why the areas went mainly industrial and yet these few old-bones (homes) remain in the area.

[aastra]

I'd like to know more about the evolution of the Rock Bay/Gorge area, too. Archival pictures suggest it was once a very fine part of town. Did people put up a fuss when it started to change?

[AnonAnnie2]

oooohhhhlala! Look at those! *whistles* Mighty fine homes.
If only. I can just imagine right from the sound of the front door opening, the squeak in the floorboards...the smell...the light..the sound. Nice.

(thank you)

[victorian fan]

I still remember North Ward school. Up by the roundabout. Delomished mid '60s.

and Corrig College up by Beacon Hill demolished mid '60s

[Holden West]

Governments fund Craigflower repairs

He said the manor house and other buildings on the property have seen all sorts of uses through the years, from 19th century resort to nature sanctuary, summer camp for young ladies, Hudson's Bay Company staff club, service station and motel.

"And perhaps its worst indignity -- in the 1960s, a Big Ben's Burgers outlet," Craighead added with a smile.

"Big Ben's Burgers"? Seriously? What the hell...