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1894 - 1958 (Creation)
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- Maclure, Samuel, 1860-1929
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2,138 plans
ca. 10 watercolours
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Samuel Maclure was born in Sapperton, B.C., near New Westminster. He attended school in New Westminster and Victoria, developing an early interest in art. After graduating he worked for some years as a telegraph operator. In 1884 he spent a year studying art at the Spring Garden Institute in Philadelphia, taking classes in architecture and mechanical drawing as well as art. In the late 1880s, Maclure set up his own architectural practice, first in partnership with Charles H. Clow and later with Richard P. Sharp. Maclure and Clow built the Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster in 1889. With Sharp, Maclure designed houses for the Hill family of New Westminster. In 1892, Maclure and his family moved to Victoria. One of his first commissions was the Temple Building in Victoria. He maintained connections in Vancouver and built "Gabriola" for B. T. Rogers in Vancouver in 1901, enabling Maclure to maintain a second practice on the lower mainland. In 1901 Maclure and Francis Rattenbury were appointed architects for the new Government House, which was completed in 1903. Maclure received commissions from many prominent Victoria and B.C. businessmen and politicians. He maintained his interest in drawing and painting, producing many impressive drawings and watercolours of local West Coast landscapes. He and his friend Emily Carr both belonged to the Vancouver Island Arts and Crafts Society, one-quarter of whose members were Maclure clients.
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The fonds consists of architectural plans of Samuel Maclure for homes in Victoria, other B.C. locations, and out of province locations, as well as lists of people who commissioned homes by Maclure, including construction contracts. Fonds includes plans by English designer George P. Bankart; plans by H. D. Day; plans by other architects; and watercolours by Maclure of houses, proposed houses and alterations. The fonds also consists of 8 negatives made from copies of original drawings of Hatley Park and 3 photocopies of sketches of a bungalow designed for Mrs. Maltwood.
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Architects--British Columbia--Victoria; Architecture; Architecture--British Columbia; Architecture--British Columbia--Victoria--History; Architecture--British Columbia--Victoria--Plans
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- Alex Park and Son Ltd. (Subject)
- C.B.K. van Norman & Associates (Subject)
- Crest Interiors (Subject)
- Donnellan and Donnellan (Firm) (Subject)
- Holland, Sylvia (Subject)
- Kirk, Walter (Subject)
- Walwork, C. H. (Subject)
- Bankart, George P. (George Percy), b. 1866 (Subject)
- Day, H. D. (Harry Daborn), 1873-1965 (Subject)
- Dunham, George Foote, 1876-1949 (Subject)
- Griffith, H. S. (Henry Sandham), 1865-1943 (Subject)
- James, P. Leonard (Percy Leonard), 1878-1970 (Subject)
- Lort, Ross A. (Ross Anthony), 1889-1968 (Subject)
- Rattenbury, Francis Mawson, 1867-1935 (Subject)
- Spurgin, K. B. (Karl Branwhite), 1877-1936 (Subject)
- Watkins, C. E. (Charles Elwood), 1975-1942 (Subject)
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Revised by JF, August 8, 2013.