This is the second installment of Faces of Vancouver, a new weekly column by Douglas Aitken. Every Monday, Aitken looks at prominent buildings in Vancouver, with a focus on the city’s European, Asian, and First Nations cultures.

Opened in May 1914, this was considered one of the most beautiful railway stations in Canada. Located at the south end of the old Granville Street Bridge, it was the Vancouver terminus for interurban tram service to Kerrisdale, Marpole, Richmond, and Steveston.

The station was closed at the end of 1923 when coastal British Columbia switched from the British system and began driving on the right. With the station now on the wrong side of the road, passenger loading became inconvenient and dangerous.

A new station was then opened at Davie and Seymour streets. Tram service to Steveston was discontinued in 1958.

Douglas Aitken has a growing collection of over 100 watercolours featuring prominent Vancouver buildings, past and present. This year, he published a book called Three Faces of Vancouver.