Heritage Designation

H.D. Morgan Residence

New Westminster, British Columbia

Exterior of the H.D. Morgan Residence

Exterior of the H.D. Morgan Residence

Photo: City of New Westminster, 2008

Built
1912
Recognized
2005
By
Local government

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Description

The H.D. Morgan Residence is a two-storey, wood-frame Foursquare house, situated on the south side of Cornwall Street in the historic West End neighbourhood in New Westminster. This residence is notable for its bellcast pyramidal roof, hipped front dormer, front-gabled porch roof with half-timbering, and leaded-glass windows. This house was moved from its original location at 1014 Eighth Avenue in 2005.

Heritage value

Constructed in 1912, the H.D. Morgan Residence is valued for its Edwardian-era Foursquare architecture with Arts and Crafts detailing. Accentuating the house are a projecting front entry porch with half-timbering, open soffits, triangular eave brackets, exposed rafter tails and diamond leaded-glass windows. The house displays an urban variation of the Foursquare plan, constrained by narrow town lots and generally less symmetrical than its rural antecedents.

Furthermore, this historic house is significant for its connection with first owner and local contractor, Harry David Morgan (1879-1950). Welsh-born Morgan immigrated to Canada around 1902, where he took up work as a contractor. Morgan designed and built this house, which was originally located at 1014 Eighth Avenue, at a cost of $2,500. Morgan was also responsible for building other houses in the area.

SourceCity of New Westminster Planning Department

Character‑defining elements

Key elements that define the heritage character of the H.D. Morgan Residence include its:

  • residential form, scale and massing, as expressed by its two-storey plus basement height, foursquare plan, bellcast pyramidal hipped roof, bellcast front hipped dormer, front-gabled projection over front porch, and square projecting bay on the east elevation
  • wood-frame construction, with cedar shingle and lapped wooden siding, and cedar shingle roof
  • Arts and Crafts details, such as open soffits, exposed rafter tails, triangular eave brackets, and half-timbering in the front-gabled porch
  • windows, such as its one-over-one double-hung wooden-sash windows with horns at the basement level, one-over-one double-hung wooden-sash windows with decorative leaded upper panes, triple-assembly casement windows with diamond leaded-glass in the top panes, and diamond leaded-glass casement windows in the front dormer

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Location

1016 Cornwall Street, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

49.20523° N, 122.92286° W

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From the Canadian Register of Historic Places, as last updated on December 12, 2025. The register’s text is shown word for word.