Fort Vancouver Historic Structures Report

Recommendations

a. It is not known when the weatherboarding was applied to the exterior of the sale shop. Unless additional information comes to hand indicating that this finish was applied after 1845, it is suggested that the sale shop be reconstructed with the siding.

b. It is suggested that prior to preparing the working drawings for reconstruction of the sale shop the advice of the Technical Services Branch, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, Canada, be obtained, so that we can benefit from the drawings made and the experienced gained as the result of planned restoration at Fort St. James, British Columbia.

c. It is suggested that the front door treatment be as shown in the Coode water color, without the side lights and the projecting porch shown in the 1860 photograph. The lack of definition in the Coode sketch, however, still allows the possibility that there was a light over the door.

d. The door trim and the window trim on the first floor should be painted white. The door should be painted a dark reddish brown.

e. The number of windows should be as shown in the 1860 photograph.