About

• History
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• Then
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• The three-acre estate on which Hart House stands was first purchased by New Westminster businessman Frederick Hart in 1906. Frank Macey designed the Tudor Revival building. 
  
• The property’s gardens were developed by the Montague Moore family, which purchased the estate in 1916. Ethel Moore soon became renowned for her spectacular iris gardens, and the estate was visited by flower lovers from across the country who came to purchase cut flowers and bulbs.In 1950 the Moores sold the property to Standard Oil executive Ralph Baker, who instituted a program of modernization and improvement. 
• The process of modernization was continued by the Charles Riley family after they purchased the estate in the mid-1950s and moved out in 1979.
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• From 1979 to 1986 the property was occasionally used as a film set for productions starring personalities including Bette Davis and James Brolin. 

Now

• Paul Smolen and his partner Peter Scott recognized that the house and grounds presented a unique opportunity to create a premier culinary destination.
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• Hart House opened its doors as a restaurant in September of 1988. In 2000 Paul Smolen took sole ownership of the business along with his wife Carol Smolen. 
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• The combination of lakeside setting, unrelenting drive for fine cuisine, and warm, welcoming service continues to enchant Hart House guests.

 Burnaby is on the ancestral and unceded homelands of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples