Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896
Photograph of drawing. Inset of ground floor plan in upper left corner. Caption on image: F.M. Rattenbury, Architect, Victoria, B.C., 1895. Bamford [illeg.] Caption on mount: Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--Victoria After a year-long competition, a 25-year-old archite...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/694 2023-05-15T17:14:23+02:00 Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division Canada--British Columbia--Victoria Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/694 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0757 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/694 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 Architectural drawings Floor plans Parliament Buildings (Victoria B.C.)--Drawings Public buildings--Designs and plans Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:59Z Photograph of drawing. Inset of ground floor plan in upper left corner. Caption on image: F.M. Rattenbury, Architect, Victoria, B.C., 1895. Bamford [illeg.] Caption on mount: Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--Victoria After a year-long competition, a 25-year-old architect, Francis Mawson Rattenbury, was chosen in March 1892 to design B.C.’s new Parliament Buildings. Construction began in 1893, partly to try to boost a stagnant economy. Every effort was made to use local materials and resources — granite foundations from Nelson Island; site facades from Haddington Island stone; and local brick, lime and Douglas fir for the construction work. The total cost was not to exceed $600,000. When the commission was completed four years later, amid much controversy and argument, the total cost came to $923,882.30. Although B.C.’s new Parliament Buildings were completed in late 1897, the opening was delayed to coincide with that of the Legislative Assembly. Lieutenant-Governor T.R. McInnes formally opened the buildings on February 10, 1898. The only dignitary not attending was the mercurial architect Francis Rattenbury. He was in England raising funds for a scheme involving Klondike steamboats. At the time they were built, the Parliament Buildings were criticized as an unnecessary extravagance, particularly since they came in over $300,000 over the original $600,000 budget. Between 1911 and 1915 Rattenbury designed additions to the structure, including the magnificent library, with its elegant marble-panelled rotunda. [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia web site, http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/#] Other/Unknown Material Nelson Island University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Canada British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Rotunda ENVELOPE(161.567,161.567,-78.017,-78.017) Haddington ENVELOPE(-57.733,-57.733,-64.250,-64.250) Nelson Island ENVELOPE(-107.835,-107.835,59.567,59.567) |
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Photograph of drawing. Inset of ground floor plan in upper left corner. Caption on image: F.M. Rattenbury, Architect, Victoria, B.C., 1895. Bamford [illeg.] Caption on mount: Parliament Buildings, Victoria, B.C. Filed in British Columbia--Victoria After a year-long competition, a 25-year-old architect, Francis Mawson Rattenbury, was chosen in March 1892 to design B.C.’s new Parliament Buildings. Construction began in 1893, partly to try to boost a stagnant economy. Every effort was made to use local materials and resources — granite foundations from Nelson Island; site facades from Haddington Island stone; and local brick, lime and Douglas fir for the construction work. The total cost was not to exceed $600,000. When the commission was completed four years later, amid much controversy and argument, the total cost came to $923,882.30. Although B.C.’s new Parliament Buildings were completed in late 1897, the opening was delayed to coincide with that of the Legislative Assembly. Lieutenant-Governor T.R. McInnes formally opened the buildings on February 10, 1898. The only dignitary not attending was the mercurial architect Francis Rattenbury. He was in England raising funds for a scheme involving Klondike steamboats. At the time they were built, the Parliament Buildings were criticized as an unnecessary extravagance, particularly since they came in over $300,000 over the original $600,000 budget. Between 1911 and 1915 Rattenbury designed additions to the structure, including the magnificent library, with its elegant marble-panelled rotunda. [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia web site, http://www.legis.gov.bc.ca/#] |
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Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896 |
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Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896 |
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Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896 |
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Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896 |
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Architect's drawing of the Parliament Buildings, Victoria, British Columbia, circa 1896 |
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architect's drawing of the parliament buildings, victoria, british columbia, circa 1896 |
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ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) ENVELOPE(161.567,161.567,-78.017,-78.017) ENVELOPE(-57.733,-57.733,-64.250,-64.250) ENVELOPE(-107.835,-107.835,59.567,59.567) |
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Canada British Columbia Rotunda Haddington Nelson Island |
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Canada British Columbia Rotunda Haddington Nelson Island |
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University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 |
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Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0757 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/694 |
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