Standard Furniture Store - Nelson, BC - British Columbia Heritage Markers on Waymarking.com

Though once a furniture store that also manufactured and sold coffins, this building is now home to purveyors of fine East Indian comestibles. It was built in 1904 of solid looking brick with some tasteful decorative brick work, including a double dentiled cornice.

From a Walking Tour of Nelson’s Heritage Buildings, number 15.

This Queen Anne commercial building was constructed with locally fired brick. Historical accounts suggest that this building was originally a furniture store where the owners also ran an undertaking business. As with many furniture stores of the day, coffins were constructed on the premises. The right side of this building, once occupied by Eli Sutcliff’s barbershop, later became a cigar emporium.

Type of Marker: Cultural Type of Sign: Historic Site or Building Marker Describe the parking that is available nearby: Street parking What Agency placed the marker?: City of Nelson Historical Society

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