Finlay's Row

Finlay's Row is valued for its association with the development boom in North Vancouver before the First World War. The Lonsdale area grew explosively from the turn of the twentieth century until the general financial depression in 1913 halted the ambitious construction of the previous years. The streetcar, ferry to Vancouver and the Pacific Great Eastern railway converged at the south foot of Lonsdale Avenue, the major transportation hub on the North Shore. The area represents a formative period in B.C.'s economy, driven at the time by major industries including logging and shipbuilding.

This row of eleven identical houses was built in 1910 on a speculative basis by local developer William Finlay, anticipating continued population growth on the North Shore. Despite a variety of minor alterations, these houses retain a high degree of integrity and, with their similar landscape treatments and siting on each lot, together represent the typical appearance of a residential street of the Edwardian era.