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PIGS RUGBY CLUB HOUSE
(formerly Gibson’s Landing Municipal Hall)
574 Marine Drive (Plan 3971, Lot J, Bl. D,H.J, DL686 PID#011-984-970)
Constructed: 1947-48
Type of construction: frame
Reason for inclusion:
HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE TO THE COMMUNITY
photos by Going Coastal Communications Group, 2005
The fi rst municipal hall for the Village of Gibson’s Landing is located adjacent to Armour’s Beach,
and now serves as a meeting place for the Gibsons Rugby and Athletic Club (known familiarly as
“The Pigs”) and other community groups.
Following incorporation as a Village in 1929, Gibson’s Landing Council meetings were held in a
rented hall. In 1945, when that building was sold, Council began searching for a new site and on
August 7, 1946 put out a call for tenders for construction of a Municipal Hall. As no tenders were
received, Council instructed the Municipal Building Inspector, H. Hoad, to prepare plans and cost
estimates for a building.
On September 18, 1946 Council passed a motion to build a 16’ x 24’ building on Town property at
Armour’s Beach to house the Village offi ces. Using local labour, the project was completed under
budget and was in use by mid-1948.
The building served as the Municipal Hall until the present Municipal Offi ces on South Fletcher
replaced it in 1965.
The Gibsons Athletic Association used the Armour’s Beach building until the 1970s, when it sat
vacant until the Town leased the premises to the Gibsons Rugby and Athletic Club in 1984. The
Club is responsible for the building’s maintenance and operation; they built the waterside addition
(seen to left in photo above) and outside deck to provide more meeting space and make the building
more attractive for private functions.
Gibsons Heritage Inventory and Register 47