Jones/Bevilockway Residence

Building Details
Name:	Jones/Bevilockway Residence
Address:	55 Haliburton Street
Architectural Style:	Worker's Cottage
Building Use:	Residential
Year of Construction:	1875
Builder or Architect:	Unknown
Protected Heritage Property:	No

Heritage Value Statement

This simple worker’s house was built on land acquired from the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company. Assessment records indicate that a “house fenced and cultivated” existed on this site as early as 1875, the first year that assessment records were kept. The first owner was Nicholas Jones. By 1877, Joseph Bevilockway is listed as the owner. Joseph and his wife Ann, both of Staffordshire, England, came to Nanaimo in 1854 aboard the barque “Princess Royal.” Joseph built numerous buildings for the Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Company and at least two residences for his own family. The family later moved to Newcastle Townsite.



Although the house has been renovated and now features a new roof, modern siding and a small porch at the rear, it remains a good example of early, vernacular worker’s housing typical of this Nanaimo neighbourhood.

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