The Hunting Lodge on Somerset Street in North Vancouver
February 24, 2013
The house on Somerset Street in North Vancouver was built in 1912 as a hunting lodge for Alvo von Alvensleben. The story of Alvo von Alvensleben and the hunting lodge on Somerset appears in At Home with History: the secrets of Vancouver’s heritage houses: A couple of weeks ago I was taking photos of this… Continue reading The Hunting Lodge on Somerset Street in North Vancouver
Spy House
January 26, 2013
I had lunch at the Baron’s Manor Pub recently. It’s a heritage house at the corner of 96th Avenue and 192nd Street in Port Kells, converted to a pub in 2005, and the new owners have given it a museum-like quality by filling it with old photos, newspaper articles and artifacts from one of its… Continue reading Spy House