Summer Day Camp – Junior & Senior Leader

The West End Community Centre Association enhances the quality of life of the residents and visitors of the West End and Coal Harbour communities by...

Gardening Workshops

Come garden in your own community! Join our gardening experts for workshops, to learn how to grow food, learn about local edible plants and more....

West End Fitness Centre Value Added Programs

Join us at the West End Fitness Centre for some programs included with admission. Synergy Fit, Functional Strength, Posture Correction, Stretch & Mobility and Active Joints.

Zumba Classes – Get your body moving!

Using a variety of styles in it's routine including Cumbia, Soca, Mergue, Salsa, Samba, Reggaeton, Flamenco and more. Zumba is a feel happy workout...

Kids Stuff Only Market-Apr 1

Saturday April 1, 10am-1pm
Purchase your table today $20

All money raised from the table sales goes directly toward funding our Children’s Programs.
Free Admission

Yoga for Every Body – Give it a Try!

We have all types of yoga classes. Some to build heat and have you sweating and others gentle and relaxing from the start. Learn to release stress...

Aromatherapy Workshops

Working with the essential oils, their therapeutic properties and how to safely and effectively use them everyday. In class, create products for anxiety, sleep, insomnia, panic and other ailments.  Recipes and blends provided. ALL SUPPLIES INCLUDED IN COURSE FEE.

Artist in Communities Free Programs

Artist in Communities Free Programs This partnership is between the West End Community Association and the Vancouver Park Board.  These programs are...

Spanish Beginners Classes Level 1 & 2

HOLA! Welcome to the Spanish language! These beginner courses – part 1 and part 2 will emphasize instruction in basic grammar, vocabulary and writing with some conversation. Classes cover proper phonetics and will focus on the verb to be.

Martial Arts Classes

Martial arts is based on traditions of combat and is a popular form of physical and mental fitness. The repetitive movements and mental discipline...
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Barclay Manor

In 1890, the property was owned by Sir Donald Smith and Richard Angus. Later that year, Lucy A. Tetley, wife of Charles Tetley (a mining engineer and city accountant), bought the property and became the block’s first residents. The Tetley’s built an original green and white house on the lot and lived there until 1902, when they sold the house to Edgar Bayliss. Bayliss sold the house to Francis and Emily Baynes in 1903, when it was torn down and rebuilt in 1905. In 1909, Francis Baynes added a large three-storey hotel type addition to the rear of the house at the cost of approximately $10,000. Miss Clermont’s West End Hospital rented the three-storey hotel. The hospital ceased operation in 1919.

In 1926, the property became a boarding house called Barclay Manor. It served as a place for officers from naval ships to use when in port. At that time, the rent included two meals a day with maid service from $23 a week shared, to $30 a week for a single room.

In 1970, Barclay Manor ceased to be a boarding house and the property was purchased by the City of Vancouver. The 1909 three storey addition was demolished in 1988 and the rear of the house was reconstructed to a design appropriate to Edwardian times. The remainder of the house was faithfully restored to its pre-1909 condition.

Roedde House Museum and Barclay Manor are two of nine early homes saved from demolition thanks to community efforts led by the late Janet Bingham and restore as part of an innovative “Park with Houses”
project in the 1980s. They are now part of the Barclay Heritage Square.

The building is operated jointly by the West End Community Center and the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation.

West End Seniors Network also operates in the building.
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