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By: Bob Cole

Bob Cole — Sat, 15 Jan 2022 16:56:07 +0000

Hello Eve,
A very late comment as I was just reminiscing of my time as a resident of the mansion in 1966 as a member of the as hoc fraternity that rented it.
Two points to make.
When we arranged the rental and moved in to the mansion, everything including all the walls, ceilings, hardwood railings and balustrades, window panes, etc we’re painted a pale green.
After drawing straws for bedrooms and dormitories, the 23 of us started to gently remove the paint from the hardwood, stone fireplaces, windows, etc. while repainting our rooms in more realistic tones.
Secondly, and more to the haunted rumours, I found a secret passageway from the back of the master bedroom shower that led via a ladder way up to the attic and down each floor to a cupboard in the kitchen, a closet in obviously the maid’s room and eventually to the basement where there was a coal shoot.
On visiting the Art Gallery years later, I explained this to a staff member and paced off two offices showing there was 3’ of missing space that had been renovated.
Obviously, some locals still knew of the egress and access through the interior of the mansion up to the attic.
Anyway, I thought you might like this little ditty of the history.

By: Cathy Boer

Cathy Boer — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 22:58:19 +0000

Thanks for the page! My great grandfather, Charles Allen, was the contractor who built this house 🙂 and then in the 60’s and 70’s, my dad was a carpenter for the municipality of Burnaby, and did a lot of renovation work on Ceperley Mansion and James Cowan Theatre.

Great grandpa also built the lovely old home that was on Kingsway a couple of blocks from Kingsway and Royal Oak – and they moved it to the complex on the corner of Kingsway and Royal Oak back in the 80s where it became a restaurant… did a search and there’s a photo of it, called sushi oyama. Earlier years, that home had been a funeral home. These were sure well built homes!

By: Barbara

Barbara — Sun, 14 Aug 2016 00:49:27 +0000

Just did a walking tour of Deer Lake Park, led by Jim Wolfe. It was wonderful. What a gem we have here in Burnaby. Jim Wolfe is a fabulous tour guide, very passionate, animated, and information!

By: Marilyn Sheehan

Marilyn Sheehan — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 01:55:31 +0000

This house has a great history! I work at Burnaby Village Museum and we do a Halloween walking tour of this home as well as 2 others at Deer Lake and 2 more at the Village. I am not trying to sell anyone anything, but if the history interests you check out the Burnaby Village Museum website for times/prices. The SFU frat boy art can still be see on the top floor – very 60’s inspired haha.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 08:38:24 +0000

Hi
Really enjoyed your article. It has been helpful as we used to own an old converted railway carriage at Dungeness and while doing some renovations I found an old scrap book that the owner had made up why he was converting the carriage into accommodation. I have been thinking of doing a blog about it and your post has been very helpful towards that.

So thanks again lee

By: will woods

will woods — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:16:44 +0000

Very well researched article Eve! The link with Stanley Park is interesting. One question – do you know what the motivation was for the City of Burnaby to buy the estate?