The
Galbraith Manor
131 Eighth St., New Westminster, B.C.
604 529-1788
The Galbraith Manor is the ideal location for all of your Conference, Meetings & Mediation needs.
Whether you’re planning a meeting, conference, mediation or other similar event, the historic Galbraith Manor in New Westminster provides you with multiple rooms and spaces to accommodate your needs. We are located on the corner of Queens Avenue and Eighth Street in New Westminster, B.C. just a few blocks up from the New Westminster Courthouse and New Westminster Skytrain station.
There are parking spaces at the rear of the building available for guests.
Our Great room can comfortably accommodate up to 30 people.
Our Dining Room can comfortably accommodate up to 10 people and our Lounge can accommodate 6 to 8 people.
Regardless of which room or rooms are used there is ready access to our exterior wrap around porch.
A full kitchen is available if required.
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604 529-1788
In 1884, Hugh Galbraith and family moved to New Westminster via Victoria. Shortly after arriving the family purchased a lot at the corner of Douglas Road (renamed Eighth Street in 1891) and Queen's Avenue and lived in a small house on the site. Hugh Galbraith, a carpenter by trade, and three of his sons worked at the Royal City Planing Mills as factory hands. Finally after saving enough money, the Galbraith family began their own business, Galbraith and Sons Sash and Door Company in 1891 on Tenth Street below Royal Avenue.
The Galbraiths also ran a lumber mill to supply their business. (Wife, Jane Galbraith died in 1893 at age 49.
It was the family business that necessitated a grand house decorated as a showplace for their business. The house was likely inspired by a design by New York architect H. Hudson Holly, found in a popular pattern book Detail, Cottage and Constructive Architecture, printed by New York publisher, Will T. Comstock in 1886.
The Galbraith House is a four storey Queen Anne Revival residence built in 1892 with a distinctive square corner tower, a wraparound verandah and elaborate exterior and interior millwork. It is located on a prominent sloping site at the corner of Queen's Avenue at Eighth Street, overlooking the City of New Westminster and the Fraser River. The property is surrounded by a granite wall added in the Edwardian era, which contributes to the stately appearance of the property. It is part of a group of large stately homes which still survive in the Brow of the Hill neighbourhood .
Built circa 1892, the Galbraith House is valued as one of New Westminster's finest examples of the Queen Anne Revival style. Popular during the late Victorian era, this style was characterized by asymmetrical, picturesque massing and rooflines, and elaborate surface articulation with a variety of cladding textures including shingles and siding. The design of this house, with its prominent corner turret with an iron finial, hipped roof with lower cross gables and wraparound verandah, was inspired by a design by New York architect H. Hudson Holly, found in a popular pattern book, "Detail, Cottage and Constructive Architecture",
