Here's a look at the history of the Fairmont Barracks at 4949 Heather St in Vancouver.
Originally built as a private school for boys, the school had to move after only a few years to make room for a military hospital.
The RCMP took it over in 1920, and it has served as a training facility and barracks through the years. In 2014, the property was acquired by First Nations members, and a joint venture between them and Canada Lands Company is in the works.
Not surprisingly, the rich history of the Fairmont Barracks is a source of great pride for RCMP members, and great pain for the Indigenous community, so its future is being hotly debated.
![Fairmont Barracks](https://www.vmcdn.ca/f/files/via/images/historic-images/fairmont-barracks.gif)
John Bentley is an architectural photographer who has photographed the inside and outside of thousands of buildings around Vancouver. Using images from the Vancouver Archives he offers a glimpse of the past and present on his site Vancouver Now & Then.