The Belmont Building at 1433-37 Commercial is architecturally unique on the Drive, with the open archway between the two bays.
The lot was owned by Mrs Gamble and she paid $265 to Wylie & Ross to have a small shack-like store erected here from 1904. In 1912, major Grandview developer James Guinet purchased the property and spent $6,000 putting up the building we know today.
On this day, 100 years ago, it was offered for sale at $7,500.
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Sources: BP 1904 Sep 29 to Mrs. J. Gamble; BP 1912 Feb 19 to James Guinet; Vancouver Daily World, 1923 Dec 12, p.28
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