3752 Broadway Avenue
Description
3752 Broadway Avenue is a two-storey Boomtown style commercial building in Smithers, British Columbia. The historic place is the building, which was formerly a laundry/tailoring business.
Valeur patrimoniale
This site holds social and cultural value due to its connection to the pattern of immigration typical to the area at the time. It was the site of the Aida tailoring, laundry, and dry-cleaning business. Japanese Canadian immigrants Kintaro and Sadako Aida operated their business at this location from 1920-1945, then taken over by their son Tat and his wife Elsie until 1951. The business and building were purchased by Milly and Claude Symes in 1951 and became Canadian Cleaners. Multiple retailers have occupied the building since 1963.
Éléments caractéristiques
The Character-Defining Elements of this historic place include its:
- Two-storey Boomtown style commercial building
- Two symmetrical front windows on second storey, front facing to Broadway Avenue
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