Nagle Bros. Garage
CITY OF VANCOUVER
HERITAGE BUILDING
Nagle Bros. Garage
Architects: McCarter & Nairne
This was one of the first parking garages in Vancouver, opened in 1930. It was operated by the Nagle Bros. until 1937, an early service facilities for trucks that moved goods from Gastown warehouses. In the late 1940s it became the Water Street Garage. The earliest uses on this site, pre-1886, were the customs house, courthouse, jail and the house of Jonathan Miller, Vancouver’s first constable. After the 1886 fire, the first fire bell was here, followed by Jacob Cohen & Son clothiers from 1907 to 1912. Jacob was father of Samuel Cohen, founder of the Army & Navy Department Store. In 1972 the garage was one of the first Gastown renewal projects, converted to offices and stores with an inner courtyard. Further rehabilitation to this building and the neighboring Cordage Building was completed in 2009.
Photo of the building: http://imgur.com/4khHVE4
Submitted by Jennie Eggleston