A Queen’s Park heritage home is looking for a second chance.
A well-known Queen’s Park heritage home is back in the news -- and on the market.
Freshet News reporter Theresa McManus wrote on August 24, 2026, about 239 Fourth Street, a 2,068-square-foot home built in 1893 that has been vacant and visibly deteriorating for years. The property was then listed at $1.425 million. It's now priced at $1.349 million, still “as-is, where-is,” and requires substantial reconstruction.
Despite its condition, the house remains a protected property within the Queen’s Park Heritage Conservation Area. The City has indicated that it expects the house to be retained and restored, while noting that options such as additions, a basement level or, where permitted, additional infill housing may be considered subject to City approval.
Heritage New West hopes that someone with vision -- and a willingness to take on a very big project -- will see what remains: the good bones, the craftsmanship and the potential to restore an important piece of Queen’s Park’s architectural heritage.
"This is the kind of property that challenges us to think about what heritage conservation can mean in practice: not simply preserving old buildings, but finding ways to give them a viable future," said Heritage New West Board member Catherine Hutson.
Read Theresa McManus's full story in Freshet News:
Well-known heritage home in New Westminster hits the market “as-is, where-is”
