This map is still a bit quirky but I will get it right someday. Works best in the Opera, Firefox browsers. Internet Explorer, reports errors, but it still works well. Links to many blogs, and information about the many groups that use the Riverview Hospital site in one way or another. Loads of pictures, more will be added as time permits. Many of the blogs are concerned with the historical aspects of the buildings, eventually the very extensive social history will also be put into them.
Artists conception of the West Lawn building
Aerial view, mid 1930's
East Lawn
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BAKERY --- RIVERVIEW BOILERHOUSE - ESSONDALE BOILERHOUSE
BUS STOP-TUCK SHOP --- STATION HOUSE - FIRE HALL
CENTRAL SUPPLY and SERVICES - LAUNDRY and STORES
FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE --- GROUNDS MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT BUILDING
RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION - ESSONDALE NURSES' HOME #1
FERNWOOD LODGE - NURSES’ HOME #2
PATIENT SERVICES --- LUMBER STORAGE - BARN
CREDIT UNION BUILDING - TELEPHONE / CREDIT UNION --- TRANSPORT GARAGE
ROADSIDE - NURSES' RESIDENCE --- LEESIDE - NURSES' RESIDENCE --- BROOKSIDE- NURSES' RESIDENCE
INDUSTRIAL SERVICES-INDUSTRIAL THERAPY --- DISTRIBUTION CENTRE - PHARMACY
FORENSIC ACTIVITY BUILDING --- SEWAGE PUMPING STATION
GARAGES
OIL RECEIVING STATION --- ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION
Serenity Garden WASHROOM
DAY CARE - CHAPEL / AUDITORIUM
UNIT 5 (X and Y) 100 BED HOME FOR AGED --- UNIT 6 (X&Y) 100 BED HOME FOR AGED
UNIT 8 (X&Y) 100 BED HOME FOR AGED
ELECTRICITY RECEIVING STATION --- CEMETERY SHED
CEMETERY --- BASEBALL FIELD --- SOCCER FIELD
Still used today.
Check out the CENTRE LAWN blog, for more information, especially the historical aspects.
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Shut down in 1986. Was used for a while by the movie industry.
Check out the WEST LAWN blog, for more information, especially the historical aspects.
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HEY BUILDING HENRY ESSON YOUNG building 1957
Still well used today.
Check out the HENRY ESSON YOUNG building blog, for more information.
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PENN HALL PENNINGTON HALL 1951
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Check out the PENN HALL blog, for more information.
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CREASE CLINIC CREASE CLINIC FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE 1930-4 1949 addition
Now used extensively by the movie industry.
Check out the CREASE CLINIC blog, for more information, especially the historical aspects.
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EAST LAWN FEMALE CHRONIC BUILDING 1930
Shut down in 2006. Now used by the movie industry. The Pharmaceutical Distribution Centre,(PDC) moved into the old pharmacy area in 2007, while there off-site building was being renovated.
Check out the EAST LAWN blog, for more information, especially the historical aspects.
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NORTH LAWN TUBERCULOSIS UNIT 1955
Shut down in 2007. Now abandoned
Check out the NORTH LAWN blog, for more information, especially the historical aspects.
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The Bakery now sits abandoned. The largest part of it is constructed of cinder blocks. These buildings have seen many changes through their years.
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RIVERVIEW BOILERHOUSE - ESSONDALE BOILERHOUSE 1924-1925
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STATION HOUSE - FIRE HALL 1930-1931
North Lawn in the background
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CENTRAL SUPPLY & SERVICES - LAUNDRY & STORES 1951
Dry Cleaning plant
Dry cleaning, spotting bench
Stores
Under construction
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FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE 1961
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GROUNDS MAINTENANCE EQUIPMENT BUILDING 1935
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RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION - ESSONDALE NURSES' HOME 1928-1930
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FERNWOOD LODGE - NURSES’ HOME #2 1937
Today it is used by numerous community groups, some are listed here; Society for Community Development and PLEA a group that mentors young people in trouble.
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CREDIT UNION BUILDING - TELEPHONE - CREDIT UNION 1960-1961
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This is one of the small complex of buildings associated with the Transport department. Many were built at various times.
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ROADSIDE - NURSES' RESIDENCE 1948
Today it is used by the Dentistry department, and as offices for grounds security, which today is contracted out to Paladin Security.
Visit the Brookside-Leeside-Roadside blog, for more information.
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LEESIDE NURSES' RESIDENCE 1948
Used as a patient residence. Visit the Brookside-Leeside-Roadside blog, for more information.
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BROOKSIDE NURSES' RESIDENCE 1948
Still used as a patient residence. Visit the Brookside-Leeside-Roadside blog, for more information.
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INDUSTRIAL SERVICES - INDUSTRIAL THERAPY 1962-1963
This building contains numerous departments, including; the Apparel Shop, Carpentry Shop, Emergency Operations Centre(EOS), Central Sterile Supply Department(CSSD), The Riverview Museum, Hairdressing, Art Therapy, Pharmacy....
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Distribution Centre - Pharmacy 1963
Today this building is used by the Sheriffs, and by the, Society for the Preservation of Antique Radio in Canada SPARC A really interesting radio museum. The bottom portion is used by BCBC.
Entrance to the SPARC museum is to the right, under the roof.
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FORENSIC ACTIVITY BUILDING unknown date
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SEWAGE PUMPING STATION House of Howard 1991
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This is for the emergency use of the boiler House, in case the natural gas supply is interrupted.
The little cinder block shed-like building on the far right.
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Located in the Serenity Garden. It is usually locked, because of vandalism concerns.
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Now used as a day care centre: Kids Cottage Day Care
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UNIT 5 (X and Y) - 100 BED HOME FOR AGED 1945-1946
Is used by WSI, who maintain the Riverview property among others, for the Province.
Coquitlam, BC. V3C 4J2
Phone: 604-927-4008
Visit the Home for the Aged-Valleyview blog, for more information.
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UNIT 6 (X and Y) - 100 BED HOME FOR AGED 1945-1946
Tri-Cities Home Health , which is a division of Fraser Health use this building today.
Their mailing address...
#6-2601 Lougheed Hwy.
Coquitlam, BC V3C 4J2
Phone: 604-777-7300 Fax: 604-777-7302
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UNIT 8 (X&Y) - 100 BED HOME FOR AGED 1952
Is not used for Hospital use anymore. But the Police and Fire departments, use it for honing their skills.
Visit the Home for the Aged-Valleyview blog, for more information.
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ELECTRICITY RECEIVING STATION 1957
One of the main electric feeder stations for the grounds. Most of the wires are underground at Riverview, which noticeably reduces the visual impacts, of overhead wires.
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A tiny little building, used to store the equipment used to inter people in the Cemetery.
Cemetery shed
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The Cemetery is divided into different sections for the differing theologies.
Pauline Verral; Hospital Health Records. Stated that the first recorded burial in the Riverview cemetery is dated January 10, 1958.
Some families took care of funeral arrangements while those that did not have any family or family burial plots were buried by the Provincial Government in unmarked graves in the City of New Westminster's public cemetery; Fraser Cemetery, on 100 Richmond St. from around 1908 to early 1920.
Find a grave in: Fraser Cemetery
New Westminster cemetery records
Genealogy & Bowell Funeral Home records database for New Westminster.
From late 1920 to c.1958 they were buried at the Woodlands Cemetery in New Westminster.
BCACL has a database of the names of those buried in the Woodlands Cemetery. If you're looking for someone, you can E-mail a note to: Sue Scott
Some history of Woodlands
There may be some patients who were buried in the Cemetery on Robinson Ave in Coquitlam.
List of deaths for 1919 A Word document file, created from the BC Archives and the Hospital Annual Report for 1920
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GROUNDS MAINTENANCE STORAGE YARD
The block building to the left, along with the container were used to store PCB contaminated materials at one time. The building to the right is used to store painting supplies.
But on May 5,1955 a fire broke out with almost total destruction. The loss was great, and the industrial therapy departments, were distributed around the grounds in any unused space that they could find.
The only one building on this site, still survives from before the fire, and that is a garage, ca. 192?.
The building was eventually replaced when the Industrial Services building was built in 1961.
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103 --- 104 --- 105 --- 106 --- 107 --- 108
109 --- 110 --- 111 --- 112 --- 113 --- 114
115 --- 116 --- 118 --- 119 --- 120 --- 121 --- 122
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Henry Whittaker, Supervising Architect Public Works Department 1914-1930
There are also a number of individual residences on the Riverview site, which were built to house administrative and working staff. The surviving staff residences are mainly clustered in three groupings; there are also some interesting landscape features that exist in conjunction with these houses.
These residences are noteworthy as examples of the ancillary buildings that were necessary to the functioning of Essondale as a self-contained site. It is striking how much their design differs according to the status of the occupant; the Medical Officer's houses are much grander and better-appointed than the simple bungalows provided for the regular employees. Consistency in terms of planning and materials was dictated, however, by the Public Works Department. Those that were evaluated as having heritage significance are:
A two storey stucco-faced residence, with a hip roof, central chimney, multi-paned windows, and a projecting front Day. In good condition; currently used by Forensic Services.
Left-front corner
Front
Left side
Garage
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Mini-Care Unit #104: (B21808) Medical Officer's Residence, 1930
A two storey residence, with a central offset entry porch, and a hip roof.
Unlike many of the other residential buildings, it is clad with wide lapped wooden cedar boards. In good condition; currently used by Forensic Services.
Front
Left-Front corner
Right-Front corner
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Mini-Care Unit #105: (B21816) Medical Officer's Residence, 1926
A two storey stucco-faced residence, with a side entry porch, a hip roof, multi-paned windows, and a projecting front bay. In good condition; currently used by Forensic Services.
Front
Left-Front corner
Right-Front corner
Garage
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Cottage 106: (B21881) Farm Superintendents Residence, 1918
A one and one-half storey stucco-faced residence, with an inset side entry porch, side jerkhin-headed roof, and a jerkhin-headed dormer. The plans were signed by Henry Whittaker as Acting Supervising Architect. In good condition; currently used by Vocational Services.
Cottage 106, on the right. Cottage 107 on the left, Cottage 109 barely visible far right.
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Cottage 107: (B21899) Residence, Circa 1920
A two storey stucco-faced residence, symmetrically massed, with a central entry porch, and a hip roof. In good condition; currently used by the Patient Empowerment Society.
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Cottage 108: (B21873) Chauffeur's Residence, Circa 1927
A two storey stucco-faced residence, symmetrically massed, with an inset side entry porch, multi-paned windows, central chimney, and a hip roof. In good condition; currently used by the Patient Sexuality Program.
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Cottage 109: (B21907) Residence, Circa 1914-1915
A one and one-half storey stucco-faced residence, with a full open front verandah, side gable roof, central entry, and paired semi-octagonal front hip dormers. The entry leads directly to a central open staircase. The original front porch columns have been replaced with new steel columns. In good condition; currently used by Pastoral Services and the Volunteer Department.
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Cottage 110: (B21915) Chief Steward's Residence, Boys' School, Circa 1922
A two storey stucco-faced residence, symmetrically massed, with an offset entry porch, multi-paned windows, and a hip roof. In good condition; currently used by the Personal Independence Program.
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Cottage 111: (B21923) Official's Residence, 1922
A one and one-half storey stucco-faced residence, with an offset side entry porch with shed roof over, multi-paned windows, a side gable roof, and front and rear jerkhin-headed projections. In good condition.
Was used by the Mental Health Law Program. In 2007 it was being used by Coast Mental Health, for Forensic patients.
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Cottage 112: (B21931) Official's Residence, Circa 1922
A one and one-half storey stucco-faced residence, with a full open front verandah, square columns, side gable roof, offset entry, hip front dormer, and rear hip wall dormer.
In good condition; currently used by Occupational Therapy: The Green Door.
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Cottage 113: (B21949) Official's Residence, Circa 1922
A one and one-half storey stucco-faced residence, with a hip roof, central chimney, multi-paned windows, and projecting front bay. In good condition; currently used by Legal Aid.
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Cottage 114: (B22228) residence 1940
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Cottage 115: (B21964) Employees residence 1919-20
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Cottage 116: (B21972) Employee's Residence, 1919-1920
A one storey Craftsman Bungalow, with a side gable roof and a projecting front gable. There is an inset entry porch with a shallow arched opening, lapped wooden siding, triangular eave brackets, and half-timbering in the gable end. The plans were signed by Henry Whittaker as Acting Supervising Architect, but drawn and traced by "HJRC", assumed to be H.J. Rous Cullin, a prominent Victoria architect who maintained his own practice before the First World War. This is one of four identical bungalows built to this plan that still exist; one of the four was built in reverse, as a mirror-image building. In good condition; currently used by West Coast Clinical Research.
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Cottage 118: (B21998) Employees Residence, 1919-1920
A bungalow identical to Cottage #116. In good condition; currently used as the Chairperson P.E.S. residence.
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Cottage 119: (B22004) Employees Residence, 1919-1920
A bungalow identical to Cottage 116, but in reverse. In good condition; currently used as Hawthorne Lodge, a residence for out-of-town family members.
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Cottage 120: (B22012) Employees Residence, 1919-1920
A one storey Craftsman Bungalow, with a side gable roof and a projecting front gable. There is a shed-roofed entry porch with square columns, lapped wooden siding, and half-timbering in the gable end. The plans were signed by Henry Whittaker as Acting Supervising Architect. In good condition; currently used by the Duty Doctor.
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Cottage 121: (B22020) Employees Residence, 1919-1920
A bungalow identical to Cottage 116. In good condition. Individual Residence.
Currently used by the, New View Society as a drop in centre.
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Cottage 122: Ambulance Station (B22343) Residence, 1923
A one storey Craftsman Bungalow, located at the extreme northern edge of the site, close by the cemetery. It features a side gable roof with front gable projections, an inset porch, and triangular eave brackets. In good condition; currently used by Ambulance Services.
Front of Cottage 122
Rear of Cottage 122
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Soccer-Baseball field:
Soccer field, built for BISCO possibly mid 1920s.
It had a bandstand in one corner at one time, and the upland area above was setup as a picnic area.
Silver Maples in winter
Sometimes, Coyotes visit.
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Serenity Garden:
The Serenity Garden was built as part of the short-lived Horticultural Therapy program. Previously it was run from Finnie's Garden. It has two greenhouses, Storage shed and a washroom.
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PLANT NURSERY
The Nursery was abandoned in 1977. Many of the larger trees and shrubs, were just left to grow wild.
Located in the area above the upper road, in this image.
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ORCHARD
The orchards were once quite extensive on the grounds, this one was apparently cut down when they decided to get out of farming, but a few survived and are relished by the wildlife, including the residents.
One of the orchards, circa-1930-40
June,1977
Looking northerly from road, south orchard in foreground. Gully in the middle
North Orchard
South Orchard
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Male Nurses quarters:
Today a compost pile. At one time the Male Nurses #10-building was here.
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Finnie's Garden
Started in 1951 as a garden project. Went into some neglect in later years, until concerned citizens decided to rehabilitate the garden, to bring back some of its former glory. A true sanctuary on the grounds for everybody.
Click-able MAP of Finnies Garden.
Finnie's Garden also has a: BLOG check it out.
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The Baseball field
Not used for games anymore.
Riverview Creek, borders the Baseball field, and it has had some rehabilitation done to it.
Chum and Coho salmon do spawn in here.
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