Town Tour
Introduction
Gold Rush
Town Maps
First Nations
HBC Store
St. John the Divine
Barnard's Express
Wagon Road
Oppenheimer Store
Chinatown
On Lee House
Shilson House
All Hallow's
Firewall
Saloons

Architectural
Drawings
St. John the Divine
On Lee House
Shilson House

Contents

Johnny Ward; link to his biography.

The original Shilson house was built by Johnny Ward, a freight wagon driver, in 1863.

Shilson House as it appears today.

Shilson house, also known as Johnny Ward house, was the first home built by Johnny Ward in 1863. It was built on Lot 11, Block 17 at the corner of Douglas and Albert streets. The original house may have burned down in the 1880s fire which consumed the whole block, but if it did he then rebuilt.

Drawings show this home from all sides, inside and out.

The house that exists today was the subject of Architectural drawings done by the UBC School of Architecture. They include interior and exterior views and details.

Click to see the drawings.

In the former home of Andrew Onderdonk a school was started. Meet the sisters that ran All Hallow's School.

Last updated 31 August 1998. This digital collection was produced under contract to Canada's Digital Collections Program, Industry Canada. Produced by Canada's Digital Collections Team. Content provided by BC Heritage Branch, Province of British Columbia.