Address: 738 Pembroke Street
Built: 1895
1912 householder: William Scott, watchmanThis late Victorian bungalow has a hipped roof and a couple of corbelled brick chimneys. Its broad, open porch evokes a building style that was popular in British India and other parts of the British Empire. This charming dwelling was built in 1895 for a sea captain.
Before 1907, when Victoria streets were re-numbered, it was known as 88 Pembroke Street.
In 1912, this was the home of William Scott and his family. Scott was born in England and was 69 years old when his household was enumerated in June 1911. A former seafarer, he was employed as a watchman on the CPR (BC Coastal Service) steamship docks on Belleville Street. Josephine, his American born wife, was 56 years old. Their daughters were all born in British Columbia. Mabel was 27 years old, Anne was 22, Ellen (Nellie) was 20, and Ruth was 15 years old when the census was taken.
Mabel and Nellie Scott were employed by the Pioneer Coffee and Spice Mill, which was located just down the street at 641 Pembroke, while Anne Scott worked as an operator for the BC Telephone Company on Bastion Street in 1912. Ruth Scott joined her sister as a telephone operator the following year.