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The following has been excerpted from the Restoration Programme Feasibility Study of South Park School and Annex, prepared by Restoration Services Division, Heritage Conservation Branch.

ALTERATIONS TO THE INTERIOR:

1. 1912 - Individual water closets installed to replace the original continuous trough system in both washrooms. The original system had an automatic pump that flushed 25 gallons of water every 25 minutes.

2. Internal concrete stairways from the second floor on the north and south exits to improve egress from that level to the exterior. The architect was criticized by the Colonist newspaper on March 15, 1908 regarding lack of exits from the second floor:

"There are doors opening outward onto balconies at each end of the building which is at any rate the next best thing to a staircase."

3. A stage built in the Assembly room at the north end with access from the central corridor through the existing single door. Another door was needed into the Assembly room. It was accommodated with the alternation to one of the borrowed light windows located in the interior wall. The installation date of the stage is not known.
4. A room was built at the west end of the existing Assembly room balcony. There is a new window in the exterior wall.
5. Louvre in the facade below the central brick pediment were closed off thereby omitting fresh air being drawn into the heating/ventilation system. The air within the school was constantly being recirculated by the way of the stairwells.

ADDITIONS:

A rear annex that is not connected to the school.

ARCHITECT:
J.C.M. Keith

USE OF BUILDING:
PAST: Manual training centre.
PRESENT: A community centre

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTION:
From 1913-1915, a rear annex of South Park School was constructed from brick, wood, and stone (Douglas Franklin and John Fleming. Early School Architecture in British Columbia: An Architectural History and Inventory of Buildings to 1930. p. 97). It was designed in the Georgian style, to match the existing building. On the south facade, on ground level, there is an entrance way with a semi-circular pediment. On the second floor there are round-headed windows done in the Georgian style.

In 1963, on the second floor, a medical room was made on the existing Assembly room balcony (Douglas Franklin and John Fleming. Early School Architecture in British Columbia: An Architectural History and Inventory of Buildings to 1930. p. 97). And two concrete stairs were added at either end, for emergency purposes.

Last updated 31 August 1998.
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