Roy Ostling
Johnston Residence, NanaimoBC side view
33 Stewart Avenue, Nanaimo. An example of Craftsman style architecture. Built in 1912, the house has many sophisticated features. The gable roof covers a bungalow form, with a corner entry, projecting bays and an unusual round projecting bay at the southwest corner. Stained glass panels and straight-leaded glass are used as decorative features. Half-timbering in the gable ends, triangular eave brackets, and exposed rafter ends are other hallmarks of the Craftsman style.
The Johnston Residence is a rare surviving example of the type of prestigious housing that predominated in NewcastleTownsite from its first development just after 1900 until the 1940s. Separated from the rest of the Nanaimo by the Millstone River, Newcastle Townsite quickly became an exclusive residential suburb for the city’s commercial and professional elite. Today, the neighbourhood is a mix of commercial buildings, apartment buildings and single-family houses but surviving early residences such as this building are important evidence of the original character of the area.
The house was built for Zillah Johnston, the widow of Angus R. Johnston, a pioneer grocer in Nanaimo. A.L. Johnston, the manager of the A.R. Johnston Co. Ltd. at the time, also lived here. (Courtesy City of Nanaimo Heritage Register)
Johnston Residence, NanaimoBC side view
33 Stewart Avenue, Nanaimo. An example of Craftsman style architecture. Built in 1912, the house has many sophisticated features. The gable roof covers a bungalow form, with a corner entry, projecting bays and an unusual round projecting bay at the southwest corner. Stained glass panels and straight-leaded glass are used as decorative features. Half-timbering in the gable ends, triangular eave brackets, and exposed rafter ends are other hallmarks of the Craftsman style.
The Johnston Residence is a rare surviving example of the type of prestigious housing that predominated in NewcastleTownsite from its first development just after 1900 until the 1940s. Separated from the rest of the Nanaimo by the Millstone River, Newcastle Townsite quickly became an exclusive residential suburb for the city’s commercial and professional elite. Today, the neighbourhood is a mix of commercial buildings, apartment buildings and single-family houses but surviving early residences such as this building are important evidence of the original character of the area.
The house was built for Zillah Johnston, the widow of Angus R. Johnston, a pioneer grocer in Nanaimo. A.L. Johnston, the manager of the A.R. Johnston Co. Ltd. at the time, also lived here. (Courtesy City of Nanaimo Heritage Register)