Vancouver’s oldest building hit by vandals
Posted May 13, 2021 1:03 pm.
Last Updated May 13, 2021 7:56 pm.
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The operators of Vancouver’s Old Hastings Mill Museum need your help finding whoever threw a rock through one of the building’s basement windows Tuesday night.
The rock shattered a glass panel and staff say this is the second time this particular window has been targeted.
The museum, believed to be the oldest building in the city, first opened in 1932. The original building dates back to 1868.
Early in the evening of May 11, a rock was thrown through one of our basement windows, shattering the glass panel. The rock was large enough that it could have caused severe injury to anyone inside the room. This is the 2nd time that this window has been targeted. pic.twitter.com/OqYHzoeonK
— Old Hastings Mill Store Museum (@OldHastingsMill) May 13, 2021
The operators say the rock that was thrown Tuesday night was big enough to have seriously hurt someone, had they been inside the room at the time.
Each vandalized window costs the museum on Alma St. near Point Grey Rd. $500 to replace, money it doesn’t have, given so many other restoration projects that are on the go.
The museum says someone who lives in the area brought tools and plywood to the building Thursday morning to temporarily patch up the hole.
Early in the evening of May 11, a rock was thrown through one of our basement windows, shattering the glass panel. The rock was large enough that it could have caused severe injury to anyone inside the room. This is the 2nd time that this window has been targeted. pic.twitter.com/OqYHzoeonK
— Old Hastings Mill Store Museum (@OldHastingsMill) May 13, 2021
If you have any information about this act of vandalism, the museum operators are asked to reach out to the police.
