From The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - Hall of Fame
Jonathan Rogers Parks commissioner, contractor b. July 30, 1865, "Plas Onn", Denbighshire, Wales; d. Dec. 8, 1945, Vancouver. Born on a farm; learned English at 16. Arrived on the first passenger train to Vancouver, was first to step down onto platform (May 23, 1887). A painter, later builder and contractor. Built up more than 1,000 feet of frontage along Granville and Hastings including the Rogers Building (Granville and Pender, 1911). City of Vancouver alderman (1906, 1911). As a Vancouver parks commissioner and chair (1908-43), he maintained Stanley Park in its natural state. Left $100,000 to develop new parks. An arts patron and world traveller, he loaned paintings from his collection to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
A more extensive biography can be found at Building Vancouver
Jonathan Rogers Parks commissioner, contractor b. July 30, 1865, "Plas Onn", Denbighshire, Wales; d. Dec. 8, 1945, Vancouver. Born on a farm; learned English at 16. Arrived on the first passenger train to Vancouver, was first to step down onto platform (May 23, 1887). A painter, later builder and contractor. Built up more than 1,000 feet of frontage along Granville and Hastings including the Rogers Building (Granville and Pender, 1911). City of Vancouver alderman (1906, 1911). As a Vancouver parks commissioner and chair (1908-43), he maintained Stanley Park in its natural state. Left $100,000 to develop new parks. An arts patron and world traveller, he loaned paintings from his collection to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
A more extensive biography can be found at Building Vancouver
From The History of Metropolitan Vancouver - Hall of Fame
Jonathan Rogers Parks commissioner, contractor b. July 30, 1865, "Plas Onn", Denbighshire, Wales; d. Dec. 8, 1945, Vancouver. Born on a farm; learned English at 16. Arrived on the first passenger train to Vancouver, was first to step down onto platform (May 23, 1887). A painter, later builder and contractor. Built up more than 1,000 feet of frontage along Granville and Hastings including the Rogers Building (Granville and Pender, 1911). City of Vancouver alderman (1906, 1911). As a Vancouver parks commissioner and chair (1908-43), he maintained Stanley Park in its natural state. Left $100,000 to develop new parks. An arts patron and world traveller, he loaned paintings from his collection to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
A more extensive biography can be found at Building Vancouver
Jonathan Rogers Parks commissioner, contractor b. July 30, 1865, "Plas Onn", Denbighshire, Wales; d. Dec. 8, 1945, Vancouver. Born on a farm; learned English at 16. Arrived on the first passenger train to Vancouver, was first to step down onto platform (May 23, 1887). A painter, later builder and contractor. Built up more than 1,000 feet of frontage along Granville and Hastings including the Rogers Building (Granville and Pender, 1911). City of Vancouver alderman (1906, 1911). As a Vancouver parks commissioner and chair (1908-43), he maintained Stanley Park in its natural state. Left $100,000 to develop new parks. An arts patron and world traveller, he loaned paintings from his collection to the Vancouver Art Gallery.
A more extensive biography can be found at Building Vancouver
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