McGavin House
1652 Marpole Avenue
Few houses were built in Shaughnessy during the Depression. This
house, for the owner of Vancouver's McGavin's Bakery, James McGavin,
was one of the exceptions. Completed in 1940, it demonstrates a
transition between the historical aesthetic of the 1920s and the
modern aesthetic of the 1950s -- a mansard roof with wall dormers
and a robust entrance combines with low, compact massing. McGavin's
house was one of several built on the edge of the huge lot originally
occupied only by the mansion of CPR official Richard Marpole.
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