Heritage Register
Rockland
1000 Terrace Avenue
Built
1914; 1948
Heritage-Registered
For: James & Hannah Forman;
Athol & Luelle McBean
Architect: Samuel Maclure (1914)
Contractor: William Angus Gleason (1914);
Thomas Lambie & Sons (1948)
ARCHITECTURE:
This two-storey, steeply-pitched hip-roofed British Arts
& Crafts house has exposed rafter tails and a hip-roofed
dormer on the front. On the left front façade is a porch with
glassed-in entry and balcony above. Right of the porch is
a full-height, narrow angled bay attached to a full-height,
wide box bay; both are hip-roofed, with half-timbering
between the floors. There are multiple narrow multi-paned
leaded lights on both floors. The house is stuccoed, with
random rubble and quoins
on the porch, lower front bay
and chimneys. A centrally located
basement doorway
has been created at the base
of the bays.
ORIGINAL OCCUPANTS:
1914-44: James Forman
(1860-1944) and Hannah
Selina (née Logan, 1861-
1929) came to BC from Nova
Scotia in 1890, and lived
at 609 Toronto St, James
Bay, from 1892-1903. James
was long-time associate of
Heisterman, Forman & Co,
a real estate, insurance and
financial business. Before
coming to Victoria, he had
engaged in business in Nova
Scotia, New York and Germany. James was instrumental in
organizing Victoria’s real estate agents and served a term as
president of the Real Estate Board. He often served as an
expert witness on assessment appeals because of his lengthy
experience in real estate. He was also a Justice of the Peace.
Outside his business interests, James was active with the
Royal Jubilee Hospital and served as a director for many
years. Helen Tremaine, the Formans’ daughter, married
Capt. Gordon L.W. MacDonald of the Royal Canadian
Artillery in 1936 in Nova Scotia. They lived in Halifax until
her father’s death.
1944-46: Gordon was on active service,
and Helen returned to Victoria and this house after her
father died.
OTHER OCCUPANTS:
1947-48: James A. Duff-Robertson (b. c.1872), a retired
druggist from Canora, SK.
1948-61: Athol Robert James
McBean (b. Millbrook, ON 1879-1961) and Luelle Woonona
(née MacLeod, b. Winnipeg, MB 1885-1955) moving from
Winnipeg and hired Thomas Lambie & Son to do alterations
costing $2,000 to the house in 1948. Athol was a grain broker
in Winnipeg for many years before retiring in 1941. He was
a member of the Union Club and Victoria Golf Club. The
McBeans lived here until their deaths.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION & IMAGES:
• Map of Victoria's Heritage Register Properties
• Rockland History
• Rockland Heritage Register
• This Old House, Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods,
Volume Three: Rockland, Burnside, Harris Green,
Hillside-Quadra,
North Park & Oaklands