Heritage Register
North Park
2117 Vancouver Street
Built 1910
Heritage-Registered
For: William & Jane Clark
ARCHITECTURE:
This Edwardian Colonial Bungalow has a bellcast
hipped roof with modillions in the eaves and dentils in the
frieze. It has two bellcast dormers, on the front and right side.
On the right is a box bay; on the left, a basement door and
open stairway to the main floor. There is a wide angled bay
on the right front and a recessed porch on the left. A room
has been added within the porch preserving its balustrades
and chamfered posts. The front steps have stepped, shingled
balustrades. The house is clad in double-bevelled siding with
shingles below the water table. The original front garden wall
built of concrete block remains.
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:
1910-29: William Joseph Clark (1860-1929) and Jane
(née Tait, b. QC c.1849-1923) came to Victoria in 1883
from Ottawa. William was a member of the Provincial Police
for some time, but eventually opened a dairy business on
Rock Bay Av. Twenty years later he retired with Jane to this
house, where they lived for the remainder of their lives.
OTHER OCCUPANTS:
1930-32: Louis Karadimas (1893-1972), proprietor of
the Victoria Candy Co, and his new bride, Lila Pearl Harris
(b. Saskatchewan, c.1918), whom he married in Oak
Bay in 1928. Louis came to Victoria from Greece in 1925.
He later became a restaurateur; at the time of his death in
1972, he was married to Clara Mabel Allison.
1933-35:
BCER operator Frederick William Doherty (b. Thorburn,
NS 1877-1970) and Ida Mae (née Terris, b. Dover, NS
1880-1950) came to BC in 1905. Fred worked for 32 years
with BCER and the succeeding company BC Electric.
They were residents of Saanich at the time of their deaths.
1936-47: James Henry Cosier (b. London, ENG 1892-
1974) and Louisa (née Lowe, b. Halifax, NS 1891-1976).
James was employed at Wimpy’s Café, then became the
proprietor. He later served with the Royal Canadian Navy
for 28 years.
1951-70: City clerk Robert “John” Chant
and Winnifred Lillie (née Doidge, b. Cardiff, WAL 1886-
1970). Winnifred immigrated to Victoria in 1927. She died
a widow; John did not die in BC. Son Ronald Joseph Chant
(b. Plymouth, ENG 1909-1975) lived with Winnifred at
2117 Vancouver. He was a buyer for the City of Victoria.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & IMAGES:
• Map of Victoria Heritage Register Properties
• North Park History
• North Park Heritage Register
• This Old House, Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods,
Volume Three: Rockland, Burnside, Harris Green,
Hillside-Quadra,
North Park & Oaklands
