H.D. Green-Armytage Residence

Built in 1911 for Henry Dodson Green-Armytage (1848-1938), this residence is valued as a good example of the British Arts and Crafts style, prevalent in British Columbia during the Edwardian era. This residence displays typical Arts and Crafts elements, such as its complex roofline and rich contrast of surface textures including stucco, half-timbering, board-and-batten and shingle siding. The use of a British idiom was common among the predominantly English settlers, nostalgic for the familiarity of Britain, who demonstrated their loyalty to the Mother Country and their patriotism through the commissioning of homes designed by British-trained architects. The Arts and Crafts movement looked both forward - to a new social order and rational expression of construction, and back - to values rooted in British soil.

The H.D. Green-Armytage Residence is a significant surviving example of the residential work of architects Honeyman and Curtis. The partnership of John James Honeyman (1864-1934) and George D. Curtis (1868-1940) was established in Vancouver in 1902, and together they completed a number of prestigious commissions for the Provincial Government and the Canadian Pacific Railway, and many churches and private residences. Curtis was a long-term resident of North Vancouver, and through his connections the firm became one of the most prolific architectural firms in the City, designing many prominent local buildings such as the Hamersley House, 1904 and the First Church of Christ Scientist, 1925.