The Victorian Italianate childhood home of Canadian artist Emily Carr, built in 1863, stands on Government Street, formerly known as Carr Street, in an area of numerous mainly modest wooden homes that date to the later decades of the nineteenth century.
A significant Italianate house from the Victorian period, built by Canadian artist Emily Carr in 1863, stands on Government Street, previously named Carr Street, in a neighborhood predominantly composed of modest wooden homes dating to the late nineteenth century.