Downtown Original Vancouver

Biggs Insurance Building that once housed a 3 generation family owned insurance company. Much of the original buildings were brick from the Hidden Brick company.

In 1871, Lowell M. Hidden started the Hidden Brick Company. It’s estimated that 60 million bricks were made there and built many of the historic buildings in downtown Vancouver including the Mother Josephs Providence Academy in 1873, and the St James Cathedral in 1885. https://history.columbian.com/hidden-brick-company/

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