Vancouver Centennial Plaque #73 – First Labour Temple

Address:           411 Dunsmuir Street

Status:             Missing, but there is a Places That Matter sign (to be installed on May 1, 2026)

“FIRST LABOUR TEMPLE

In 1899 the Vancouver Trades and Labour Council purchased the former Homer Street Methodist Church and converted it into Vancouver's first “Labour Temple”. In 1910 the wooden structure was replaced by the present building. It housed various labour organizations and newspapers.”

Credit: Vancouver Centennial Commission, Historic Plaque Program – list and documentation plaques 50-100 (June 18, 1986). Courtesy of Vancouver Archives

Photo credit: Vancouver Archives (AM1376- CVA 259-1)