Some Notable Architects And Builders In Victoria History
Here are some of the architects and builders who have left an architectural legacy in Greater Victoria. Please note that this page is a work in progress and we will be adding more names and links to it in the near future.
David H. Bale
- Argos, 1402 Stadacona Avenue
- 1127 Fort Street
- 1125 Fort Street
- 550 Beach Drive, Oak Bay
1250 Quadra Street / 865 Yates Street, viewed from Yates Street (photo by Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Samuel Buttrey Birds (1871-1960)
- 532 1/2 Fisgard Street, built in 1912 for Quan Yuen Yen and Joe Gar Chow.
The Cattterall Building, 919 Fort Street, Victoria, B.C. Built in 1912 by Thomas Catterall. (photo by Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Thomas Catterall
1001 Wharf Street was built for the Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans. It is now occupied by Nautical Nellie’s Restaurant.
Leiser Building, 524 Yates Street. Built in 1896 as a warehouse for Simon Leiser’s wholesale grocery business.
1601-1613 Store Street, now Swan’s Hotel. Originally built in 1913 as a warehouse for Scott & Peden, a feed and grain company
1000-1012 Douglas Street/680-690 Broughton Street, built in 1920 by architect Percy Fox for Otto Weiler
- Strathcona Hotel, 919 Douglas Street (1911)
- Fairfield Block, 1601-1609 Douglas Street, (1912)
1713 Government Street, the Yen Wo Society building. Built for the Yen Wo Society in 1912 by architect Leonard W. Hargreaves.
1320-1324 Blanshard Street, originally built in 1912 by architect Thomas Hooper for Max Leiser, who used it for his Kaiserhof Hotel.
The Belmont Building and the Causeway, seen from the Steamship Terminal on Belleville Street
- Belmont Building, 801-807 Government Street / 600-620 Humboldt Street
Percy Leonard James had his own practice in Victoria but also worked with Francis Rattenbury and with his brother, Douglas James.
Christ Church Cathedral, Quadra Street elevation, Victoria, B.C.
John Charles Malcolm Keith (1858-1940)
- 450 Swift Street
- St. John’s Anglican Church, Jubilee Street, Duncan, B.C. (1905)
- Christ Church Cathedral
500 Fort Street, built in 1863 by architect Richard Lewis for the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (photo by Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
906 Pemberton Road, Victoria, BC. Built in 1910-1911 by architect Samuel Maclure for Edward and Lola Grierson. Alfred Cornelius Flumerfelt moved here when he married Lola Grierson in 1926 (photo:Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
South elevation of the original 1888 section of 1040 Moss Street, now the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (photo: Victoria Online Sightseeing Tours)
Building contractor, Worked in partnership with son, the architect George Charles Mesher.
Sayward Building, 1201-1213 Douglas Street. Built in 1911 for Joseph Sayward by architect George C. Mesher.
The Board of Trade Building, 31 Bastion Square. Built in 1892 by architect Alexander Maxwell Muir for the British Columbia Board of Trade
- Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton Street – 1913
- Kinema Color Theatre, 1600 Government Street – 1913
- 12-16 Bastion Square – 1888
- 1249 Rockland Avenue – 1889
- 921 Government Street. Built for Weiler Brothers, 1899,
John Teague ( 1902)
- Reformed Episcopal Church, 626 Blanshard Street. Built 1875-76 for Edward Cridge.
- Victoria City Hall, 1878
- Victoria Masonic Temple, 650 Fisgard Street, 1878
- Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association
John Gerhard Tiarks (1867-1901)
Douglas often practiced in Victoria with his brother, Percy Leonard James. He also maintained his own practice in Duncan, B.C. circa 1920-1940.
28 Bastion Square as the Maritime Museum, 2005.
Hook Sin Tong Charity building, 658-666 Herald Street
- Hook Sin Tong Charity Building, 658-666 Herald Street
The Duck’s Building, 1314-1322 Broad Street, built in 1892 for Simeon Duck
- Duck’s Building, 1314-1322 Broad Street
- Duncan Elementary School, Duncan, B.C., 1913
Craigdarroch Castle, viewed from the south west.
Warren Heywood Williams (1844-1888)
- Bank of British Columbia (now the Bard & Banker Pub) 1022 Government Street
- Craigdarroch Castle, 1050 Joan Crescent.
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