Address: 518 Sumas Street
Built: 1913
Householder: William W. Jones, streetcar conductorA building permit for this property was issued on 8 May 1913, authorizing the construction of a 1-storey, 5-room dwelling at a cost of $1,800. When the building was finished it had an offset corner porch with side facing steps and a boxed extension on the left side of the house.
The owner, William W. Jones, worked for the BC Electric Railway Company in Victoria as a streetcar conductor. He was one of many streetcar employees who lived in the Burnside Gorge neighbourhood before the First World War.