Style: Late Victorian
Constructed: 1901
A Plumbing Permit states the house was under construction on 23 April 1901.
The Permit also indicates the property fronted onto Park Street at that time.
The house was completed just prior to the 1901 Assessment. The residence consisted of 6 rooms, 1 water closet, 1 bath and 1 hose (for fire protection).
The 1901 assessed value of the house was $1600.00, Lots 11 and 12 at $200.00 apiece. The owner of the house is Jacob Arthur Knauf. He purchased the lots from David McBeath in the preceding year. On 28 October 1909 the Lot 12 and the house are transferred into the name of Mrs. Laura Knauf.*
Jacob Arthur Knauf, bricklayer, married Laura Grant at Vancouver on 20 November 1902. This was their first home as a married couple. Mrs. Knauf was a Nurse.
Assessment 1915
Lot 11: $330.00
Owner: J.A. Knauf
Lot 12: $355.00
House: $2000.00
Owner: Mrs. Laura Knauf
Mrs. Laura Knauf died 25 February 1918 at the age of 40 years of Pneumonia and Heart Failure. She fell ill performing her duties. This may have been the first wave of Influenza prior to the Spanish Flu Pandemic. Mr. Knauf died 04 April 1954 at the age of 84 years.
If you look closely and beyond the paint you will see a house constructed brick by brick by a craftsman. These types of houses are few and far between in the City.
* In 1873 women who owned property in British Columbia became the first in Canada to secure the right to vote in Municipal Elections.
