Type Drill Hall / armoury Architect Richard T. Perry Inaugurated 27 March 1934 | Completed 1934 Opened 1934 Owner Canadian Armed Forces Construction started September 1932 | |
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Current tenants 15th Field Artillery Regiment, RCA, 111 Pegasus Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron; 135 Bell-Irving Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron; 2472 15th Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Army Cadet Corps. Awards and prizes Canada's Register of Historic Places Similar Seaforth Armoury, Beatty Street Drill Hall, Playland, English Bay, Burrard Inlet | ||
Bessborough Armoury is a Canadian Forces armoury located at 2025 West 11th Avenue in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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History
Construction of the armoury began in September 1932 and was completed in the following spring.
Architecture
The architect was Richard T. Perry, who was also the Commanding Officer of the 15th Brigade. The outside of the building was done in an Art Deco style. Once the building was completed it initially provided accommodations for 15th Brigade and The British Columbia Hussars. The building was officially opened on 27 March 1934 by the Earl of Bessborough, the Governor-General of Canada.
The building is listed on the Vancouver Inventory of heritage buildings as a "B" Category and is classed as a "Registered" building by the Federal Heritage Buildings Review Office.
Houses
In the Canadian Forces, an armoury is a place where a reserve unit trains, meets, and parades.