Bessborough Armoury

Bessborough Armoury is a Canadian Forces armoury located at 2025 West 11th Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Bessborough Armoury
Under construction, January 1933
General information
TypeDrill Hall / armoury
LocationVancouver, British Columbia Canada
Address2025 West 11th Avenue
Current tenants15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, 111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron, 2472 15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps.
Construction startedSeptember 1932
Completed1934
Inaugurated27 March 1934
OwnerCanadian Forces
Design and construction
ArchitectRichard T. Perry
Awards and prizesCanada's Register of Historic Places[1]
Renovating team
Awards and prizesVancouver heritage building "B" Category; "Registered" Federal Heritage Building

History

Construction of the armoury began in September 1932 and was completed in the following spring.

Architecture

The architect was Richard T. Perry, who was also the Commanding Officer of the 15th Brigade. The outside of the building was done in an Art Deco style. Once the building was completed it initially provided accommodations for 15th Brigade and The British Columbia Hussars. The building was officially opened on 27 March 1934 by the Earl of Bessborough, the Governor-General of Canada.

The building is listed on the Vancouver Inventory of heritage buildings as a "B" Category and is classed as a "Registered" building by the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office.

Houses

In the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades.

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Canada's Register of Historic Places

Media
  • Regimental History: 15th Field Artillery Regiment, Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery
  • Vancouver's Bessborough Armoury: A History by Robert V. Stevenson (Jan 2010)


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