Address: 1130 Keefer Street

1900 – present

Named for Admiral Sir Edward Hobart Seymour (1840-1929). British naval commander in chief during the Boxer Rebellion (1897-1901).

The school site is occupied by a wooden building and a masonry building.

 

Date: 1902       Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives.)

 

Date: 1906     The ‘entrance class’ of Seymour School. (Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives.)

 

Date: 1902     Front view of building (with turrets).

 

Date: ?     Front view of building (without turrets).

 

Date: 1909     Class group holding Union Jacks, the national flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain. (Photo credit: City of Vancouver Archives.)

 

Date: 1969     Front entrance of the school.

 

Date: 1959     Christmas celebration: group on left – dressed as Vancouverites; group on right – dressed as Australians.

 

Date: 1959     Students display letters they have written to pen pals in Australia.

 

Date: 1964     Students in costumes perform a scene from the Christmas story.

 

Date: 1968     Students place small maple leafs displaying the names of individual countries on a larger display.

 

Date: 1970     Students play various percussion instruments in music class at summer school.

 

Date: 1970     Art students at summer school work on projects.

 

Date: 1970     Students at summer school carve a totem pole.

 

Date: 1964     Class musical performance celebrating the opening of a new addition to the school.

 

Date: 1973     A group of students visit the Bloedel Conservatory at Queen Elizabeth Park.

 

Date: 1973     Group photo of senior classes.

 

Date: 1979     Students, teachers, and the school principal attend an outdoor ribbon cutting ceremony.