Live and in-person once again!

Please join us Wednesday, March 8, at 7 PM for a brief but informative AGM

• President’s Message – NWHPS President Deane Gurney
• Review of 2022 Minutes & Financials
• Updates
• Election of 2023 Board of Directors

Followed by a special presentation by historian and heritage expert Jim Wolf

Researching Your Home’s History

Learning how to research the history of your house can unlock many surprising secrets of its design, construction and the stories of the families who called it home. 

Join New Westminster  historian and heritage expert Jim Wolf for a lively and informative session that will give you the skills and knowledge to access and use a wide-range of data and sources to reconstruct the history of your house and its place in the development of the neighbourhood and city.

The illustrated talk will help guide you to get organized and gain an understanding of all the sources of information that can be accessed both online and in the City Archives.  You will be given step by step lessons and a check-list to complete in-depth historical research on both your Royal City house and the basics on how to identify and find out more about the people who lived there.   Included will be a session on working on selected examples, with time for questions to discuss your own home’s story and research topics. 

About Jim Wolf: A former president of the New Westminster heritage Preservation Society, Jim Wolf currently leads the New Westminster Heritage Foundation and its house grants program.  Jim is also an active architectural historian and heritage consultant. As a specialist in the history of architects, architectural designers, decorators and manufacturers of the West Coast, Jim has authored and contributed to award-winning books on regional architecture and urban history. He is currently working on a number of projects, including documenting the art glass designers of the Pacific Northwest as well as completing a new book on the architectural design and construction history of Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria, B.C.

Directions and Parking for Bernie Legge Theatre in Queen’s Park

Bernie Legge Theatre, home of the Vagabond Players, is located just past the skate park and across from the Lacrosse field in Queen’s Park, New Westminster.
There is parking right next to the theatre and along the main entrance way.

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