Townley, Fred Laughton | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

TOWNLEY, Fred Laughton (1887-1966)
(biography in preparation)

F.L. TOWNLEY (works in Vancouver unless noted)

POWELL STREET, near Main Street, rooming house for W.G. Dugmore, 1912 (Province [Vancouver], 23 Nov. 1912, 30, descrip.)
WING KEE RICE MILLS, Keefer Street, 1912 (dwgs. at VCA)
ALASKA BEDDING CO., West 11th Avenue near Arbutus Street, 1913 (dwgs. at VCA)
BURNABY, B.C., 'Deerholme', a mansion for Thomas O. Townley, Price Street, 1913 (City of Burnaby, Deer Lake Park Heritage Resource Inventory, 1998, 18-20, illus. & descrip.)
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STATION & DEPOT, Station Street, 1915-17; demol. 1965 (Vancouver Sun, 11 Nov. 1915, 8, descrip.; and 24 Nov. 1915, 8; and 27 April 1916, 8; C.R., xxx, 31 May 1916, 524; and 20 Dec. 1916, 1196, illus. & descrip.; and 17 Feb. 1917, 12, detailed descrip.; Canadian Railway & Marine World, xx, Feb. 1917, 41, illus. & descrip.; and Sept. 1917, 348-9, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at VCA)
CHINESE THEATRE, Shanghai Alley, 1917 (dwgs. at VCA)
GRANVILLE ISLAND, Aetna Saw Works, factory, 1918 (dwgs. at VCA)
ST. MARY'S CHURCH, KERRISDALE, addition of a Parish Memorial Hall & Sunday School, 1919 (Vancouver Daily World, 20 Feb. 1919, 17)
GRANVILLE STREET, at West 32nd Avenue, residence for Frederick Perkins (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 2 May 1919, 4)
TERMINAL CITY MOTOR CO., West Georgia Street at Bute Street, auto garage, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2 & 4)
WEST MARINE DRIVE, near West 57th Avenue, residence for James R. Craig, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2 & 4)
LAURIER AVENUE, at Alexandra Street, residence for Dr. Archibald Smith, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2 & 4)
MAPLE STREET, near West 49th Avenue, residence for William G. Breeze, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2 & 4)
WEST 1st AVENUE, at Stephens Street, two houses for Frederick G. Evans, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
WEST 35th AVENUE, near Maple Street, residence for Walter Teetzel, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
ANGUS DRIVE, near West 32nd Avenue, residence for J.D. Allen, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
NORTH VANCOUVER, residence for Arthur R. Crooks, Capilano Road, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
POINT GREY, residence for J. Blair, West 4th Avenue near Blanca Street, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
WEST 29th AVENUE, at Marguerite Street, residence for John M. Brown, 1919 (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 3 Nov. 1919, 2)
GRANVILLE STREET, at West 32nd Avenue, residence for Frederick Perkins (British Columbia Record [Vancouver], 2 May 1919, 4)
CHILLIWACK, B.C., addition of a large Sunday School building for the Baptist Church, 1922-23 (Chilliwack Progress, 19 Jan. 1922, 1 & 3, descrip.)

TOWNLEY & MATHESON (Institutional works in Vancouver unless noted)

EXHIBITION GROUNDS, displays and decorations for the annual Automotive Exhibition, for the Vancouver Auto Dealers Assoc., 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 22 Aug. 1920, 34, descrip.)
NORTH VANCOUVER, Recreation & Assembly Hall at Dollarton, Roche's Point, overlooking Burrard Inlet, for employees of the Canadian Robert Dollar Co., 1920-21 (Vancouver Sun, 28 Nov. 1920, 19, descrip.)
RICHMOND, B.C., new grandstand and clubhouse for the West Coast Jockey Club, No. 3 Road, Lansdowne Park, 1923-24 (Vancouver Evening Sun, 17 May 1924, illus. & descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
ROYAL VANCOUVER YACHT CLUB, Coal Harbour, major addition for a dance pavilion, 1923 (Vancouver Daily World, 11 April 1923, 12, descrip.)
MAPLE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Cypress Street, 1924 (D. Franklin, Early School Architecture in British Columbia, 1980, 155)
BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAILWAY, Main Street at 13th Avenue, ticket office and car barns, 1924; Paint Shop, on the Kitsilano Indian Reserve, 1925 (dwgs. at VCA)
GROUSE MOUNTAIN, near Vancouver, The Chalet, 1925; burned c. 1965 (inf. Ms. C.M. Paton, Vancouver)
MAGEE SECONDARY SCHOOL, 49th Avenue West at Maple Street, 1924-25 (Vancouver Sun, 23 April 1924, 2; dwgs. at VCA)
ROYAL VANCOUVER YACHT CLUB, Point Grey Road at Highbury Street, 1926 (dwgs. at VCA)
QUILCHENA SCHOOL, 37th Avenue West at Maple Street, 1926 (dwgs. at VCA)
VANCOUVER TECHNICAL SCHOOL, East Broadway at Penticton Street, 1928 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 198, illus.)
VANCOUVER STOCK EXCHANGE, Howe Street at Pender Street West, a ten-storey office block with Trading Floor, 1928-29 (Province [Vancouver], 1 July 1928, 29, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xliii, 10 July 1929, 814-15, illus. & descrip.; Const., xxiii, March 1930, 89-90, 93-5, illus. & descrip.; Province [Vancouver], 5 Dec. 1936, Magazine Section, 3)
NANAIMO, B.C., Nanaimo General Hospital, 1928, completion of the work begun in 1925 by Alexander E. Henderson, (Province [Vancouver], 17 June 1928, Magazine Section, 10, illus.; Nanaimo Free Press, 21 June 1928, 5 & 6, illus. & descrip.)
POINT GREY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, West 37th Avenue at East Boulevard, 1928-29 (Const., xxi, Sept. 1928, 294; R.A.I.C. Journal, xi, Nov. 1934, iv, illus. in advert.; Canadian Engineer, lxxv, 11 Dec. 1934, 35, illus.)
SIR SANFORD FLEMING SCHOOL, 49th Avenue East at Knight Street, 1929 (dwgs. at VCA)
SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE SCHOOL, 39th Avenue East at Windsor Street, 1929 (dwgs. at VCA)
VICTORIA, B.C., St. Louis College, Pandora Avenue, 1930-31; demol. 2016 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 105, illus. & descrip.)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, Nelson Street at Burrard Street, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 18 March 1931, 61)
ST. MATHEWS ANGLICAN CHURCH, 23rd Avenue East at Nootka Street, 1931 (dwgs. at VCA)
ANGLICAN CHINESE MISSION, Keefer Street near Princess Street, 1935 (dwgs. at VCA)
VANCOUVER CITY HALL, 12th Avenue West at South Cambie Street, 1935-36 ( Sun [Vancouver], 12 March 1936, 22, illus. & descrip., and 3 Dec. 1936, 10-15, illus. & descrip.; C.R., l, 31 March 1937, 7-10, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, Aug. 1941, 141, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, 770-71, illus. & descrip.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 72-3, illus. & descrip.)
STANLEY PARK, outdoor Grandstand at Brockton Point, 1936 (Vancouver Sun, 2 July 1936, 2; dwgs. at VCA)
VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL, 12th Avenue West at Heather Street, several new buildings including:
Interns Residence, 1937; (Canadian Hospital, xv, June 1938, 26-8, illus. & descrip; ), and
- Employee Relations Building, 1937; and
- Administrative Offices, Semi-Private Ward, Physiotherapy Dept., and Labororatory, 1941-42; (Canadian Hospital, xix, May 1942, 21, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, May 1942, 124; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 111, illus. & descrip.); and
- Health Centre for Children, 1944; (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxi, Aug. 1944, 171-73, illus.; H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 141, illus.), and
- Psychiatric Ward, 1944; and
- Nurses' Home, 10th Avenue West, 1945; and
- Boiler House, 1946; and
- Nurses Residence, Heather Street, 1948; and - Chronic Care Building, 1949-50 (Canadian Hotel Review, xxvii, 15 Sept. 1949, 76, t.c.; C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 161)
(dwgs. for all 9 projects listed above are now held at the City of Vancouver Archives)
GLEN HOSPITAL, Salisbury Road, 1937 (dwgs. at VCA)
PACIFIC NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Hastings Street, Educational Building, later called The Garden Auditorium, 1940 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 214, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 272, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at VCA)
KAMLOOPS, B.C., Royal Inland Hospital, major extension, 1945 (C.R., lviii, Sept. 1945, 94)
CANADIAN RED CROSS BUILDING, Pender Street West near Bute Street, 1946 (dwgs. at VCA)
ST. PAUL'S HOSPITAL, Comox Street, addition to Nurse's Home, 1946 (C.R., lix, Oct. 1946, 92)
CHILLIWACK, B.C., Fire Hall, Young Street at Victoria Avenue, 1948-49 (Chilliwack Progress, 5 May 1948, 1; 16 June 1949, 13; 29 June 1949, 13, descrip.)
CANADIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE BLIND, Main Street at 36th Avenue, 1948-49 (dwgs. at VCA)
HASTINGS BRANCH PUBLIC LIBRARY, Hastings Street East near Penticton Street, 1948-49; demol. 1989 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiv, Feb. 1947, 48, illus.)
FIRE HALL NO. 5, 54th Avenue East at Kerr Street, 1949 (dwgs. at VCA)
LETHBRIDGE, ALTA., Galt Hospital, 1949-50 (Canadian Hospital [Toronto], xxvi, Oct. 1949, 38, illus. & descrip.; Lethbridge Herald, 24 Jan. 1950, 9, descrip.)
FIRE HALL, Hamilton Street, near West Georgia Street, 1950; demol. (Vancouver News-Herald, 4 April 1950, 3)
ABBOTSFORD, B.C., new Hospital, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, June 1950, 121)
POLICE STATION, Cordova Street near Gore Street, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Dec. 1950, 106)

TOWNLEY & MATHESON (Commercial works in Vancouver unless noted)

(with Thomas W. Lamb, New York), REGAL THEATER, Seymour Street, south of Robson Street, for Famous Players Ltd., 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 24 May 1920, 7, descrip.)
CAPITOL MOVIE THEATRE, Seymour Street, for Paramount Pictures Ltd., 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 29 May 1920, 10, descrip.; and 5 June 1920, 10; and 8 Sept. 1920, 3)
MERCHANT'S EXCHANGE BUILDING, Hastings Street West at Howe Street, 1923 (Vancouver Daily World, 23 Feb 1923, 1, descrip.; dwgs. at VCA)
RICHMOND, B.C. [South Vancouver], Brighouse Park Race Track, No. 3 Road, Lulu Island, rebuilding of the grandstand after a fire, with new paddocks and betting ring, for the West Coast Jockey Club, 1924 (Vancouver Daily World, 6 Feb. 1924, 12 & 13, descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 17 May 1924, 12, descrip.)
MOTOR TRANSPORT BUILDING, for Pacific Stage Bus Lines, Dunsmuir Street near Seymour Street, 1925 (dwgs. at VCA)
VANCOUVER MOTORS LTD., Seymour Street at Smithe Street, a 3 storey auto showroom and motor garage, 1925 (Province [Vancouver], 22 March 1925, 27, illus. & descrip.; dwgs. at VCA)
NATIONAL CLOTHES SHOP, West Hastings Street at Cambie Street, conversion of the former Bank of Toronto into a retail store, 1926 (Vancouver Sun, 2 March 1926, 3, descrip.)
WILLIAM DICK BUILDING, southeast corner of West Hastings Street and Homer Street, a 4 storey commercial block, 1926-27 (Vancouver Sun, 14 Jan. 1927, 1 & 10, descrip.; dwgs. at VCA)
SHELLY BUILDING, Hastings Street West, 1926 (dwgs. at VCA)
BELL-IRVING BUILDING, Hastings Street West at Burrard Street, 1926 (dwgs. at VCA)
S.W. RANDALL & CO., Richards Street at West Georgia Street, a two storey commercial block, 1927; demol. (Vancouver b.p. 16595, 7 Jan. 1927; inf. Patrick Gunn, Vancouver)
NEW WESTMINSTER, Columbia Theatre, Columbia Street at Front Street, 1927 (C.R., xli, 19 Jan. 1927, 50, t.c.)
NELSON, B.C., Famous Players Movie Theatre, 1927 (C.R., xx, Feb. 1927, 58)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Granville Street South near West Broadway, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 17 Oct. 1928, 48)
NUN & THOMSON, Cambie Street South at 10th Street West, funeral parlour, 1929 (dwgs. at VCA)
BANK OF COMMERCE, Granville Street near Robson Street, 1929 (inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver)
DICK BUILDING, Granville Street at West Broadway, 1929 (C.R., xliii, 13 March 1929, 55)
CAPITOL THEATRE, for Famous Players Ltd., Granville Street near Robson Street, 1929-30 (C.R., xliii, 23 Oct. 1929, 52)
VICTORIA, B.C., Imperial Oil Co. Service Station, Fairfield Road at Moss Street, 1930 (Victoria Daily Times, 7 May 1930, 19)
VICTORIA, B.C., Imperial Oil Co. Service Station, Fort Street near Vancouver Street, 1930 (Victoria Daily Times, 7 July 1930, 1)
VICTORIA, B.C., Imperial Oil Co. Causeway Garage Building, Wharf Street at Government Street, facing the Inner Harbour, with 60 foot tower and light beacon, 1930-31 (Victoria Daily Times, 13 Aug. 1930, 2, descrip.; C.R., xlv, 4 Feb. 1931, 59; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 132-5, illus.; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 227, illus. & descrip.)
NESBITT, THOMSON & CO., Hastings Street West near Granville Street, 1930 (dwgs. at VCA)
B.C. LEASE HOLDERS BUILDING, Granville Street near Pender Street, 1930 (dwgs. at VCA)
NEW YORK FUR CO., Georgia Street West at Howe Street, 1931 (dwgs. at VCA)
IMPERIAL OIL SERVICE STATION, Cornwall Street at Yew Street, 1932 (dwgs. at VCA)
MARQUISE ORIENT THEATRE, Columbia Street near Pender Street East, 1934 (dwgs. at VCA)
STANDARD OIL CO. SERVICE STATION, West Georgia Street at Burrard Street, 1935 (dwgs. at VCA)
HASTINGS SAWMILL CO. LTD., West Pender Street, office building with retail stores, 1935 (News-Advertiser [Vancouver], 7 June 1935, 8)
PENTICTON, B.C., Capitol Theatre, Main Street, for Famous Players Ltd., 1936 (C.R., Vol. 50, 18 March 1936, 37; Tim Morawetz, Art Deco Architecture Across Canada, 2017, 251, illus. & descrip.)
STANDARD OIL CO. SERVICE STATION, Smythe Street at Howe Street, 1936 (Vancouver Sun, 4 July 1936, 18, descrip.)
IMPERIAL OIL SERVICE STATION, West Georgia Street at Burrard Street, 1937 (The Province [Vancouver], 23 June 1937, 2)
SAFEWAY STORES, East Hastings Street near Kamloops Street, 1940 (C.R., lii, 20 Dec. 1939, 29)
SLAVIN'S FUNERAL HOME, West Broadway near Dunbar Street, c. 1940 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xviii, Aug. 1941, 141, illus.)
DUNNE & RUNDLE LTD., Granville Street near Dunsmuir Street, 1945 (dwgs. at VCA)
TOWNLEY & MATHESON, offices for Townley & Matheson, architects, Hornby Street near Pacific Avenue, c. 1948 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxv, Oct. 1948, 374-5, illus.)
KELOWNA, B.C., Famous Players Theatre, 1948 (C.R., lxi, July 1948, 134)
CHILLIWACK, B.C., Famous Players Theatre, Yale Road, 1946-48 (Chilliwack Progress, 18 Sept. 1946, 1; C.R., lxi, Sept. 1948, 132)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., Famous Players Theatre, 1948 (C.R., lxi, Oct. 1948, 180)

TOWNLEY & MATHESON (Industrial works in Vancouver unless noted)

IMPERIAL OIL CO., Smythe Street at Cambie Street, oil plant and offices, 1927 (C.R., xli, 22 June 1927, 55)
E.B. HORSEMAN & SON, Burrard Street at Eveleigh Street, 1928 (dwgs. at VCA)
B.C. MOTOR TRANSPORTATION CO., Cambie Street at 15th Avenue West, garage, 1928 (C.R., xlii, 10 Oct. 1928, 57)
CANADIAN LINEN CO., 1206 Richards Street at Davie Street, office and warehouse, 1929; addition 1932 (Vancouver Sun, 8 Jan. 1929, 1, descrip.; C.R., xliii, 16 Jan. 1929, 52; H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 99, illus.; dwgs. at VCA)
McLENNAN, McFEELY & PRIOR CO., Powell Street at Commercial Drive, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 1 Jan. 1930, 46)
BARBER ELLIS LTD., at 950 Homer Street near Smithe Street, factory, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 17 June 1931, 69, Vancouver Sun, 12 Jan. 1932, 3, illus. & descrip.)
GRANVILLE ISLAND, Sidney Roofing & Paper Co., warehouse and factory, 1937 (The Province [Vancouver], 6 Jan. 1937, 5, descrip.; dwgs. at VCA)
VANCOUVER AIRPORT, on Sea Island, a large hangar for land-based small aircraft, 1937 (The Province [Vancouver], 27 April 1937, 22; and 8 May 1937, 33, descrip.; Vancouver Sun, 1 May 1937, 31, descrip.)
SAFEWAY STORES COFFEE PLANT, Mainland Street, 1940 (dwgs. at VCA)
EVANS, COLEMAN & EVANS LTD., Columbia Avenue, 1944 (dwgs. at VCA)
LIPSETT ENGINEERING & MFR., Powell Street at Clark Street, shop and warehouse, 1944 (dwgs. at VCA)
VANCOUVER CITY STORAGE CO., Alexander Street near Gore Street, 1946 (dwgs. at VCA)
WALTER M. LOWNEY CO., Homer Street near Davie Street, warehouse, 1946 (dwgs. at VCA)
BEKINS MOVING & STORAGE CO., Chestnut Street at First Avenue, a large 6 storey warehouse, 1948 (Vancouver Sun, 13 April 1948, 12; C.R., lxi, May 1948, 176)
GRINNELL CO., Raymur Avenue at Parker Street, office and warehouse, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Oct. 1950, 157)

TOWNLEY & MATHESON (Residential works in Vancouver unless noted)

SOUTH WEST MARINE DRIVE, near West 57th Avenue, Point Grey,large residence for George Kidd, "....on generous Colonial lines", 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 2 March 1920, 8, descrip.; C.R., xxxiv, 17 March 1920, 64; City of Vancouver b.p. 2596, 5 March 1920)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, residence for Alpha R. Chastain, Angus Avenue at Avenue D, 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 1 May 1920, 13, descrip.)
POINT GREY, residence for Willliam M. McKenzie, South West Marine Drive near West 57th Avenue, 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 29 May 1920, 10, descrip.)
POINT GREY, residence in Shaughnessy Heights for Robert W. Sharpe, Wolfe Avenue, near Matthews Street, 1920 (Vancouver Sun, 10 Oct. 1920, 27, descrip.; and 7 Nov. 1920, 40, descrip.; C.R., xxxiv, 13 Oct. 1920, 56; t.c.; Town of Point Grey b.p. 3139, 1 Nov. 1920)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, residence for Fred M. Kelly, on The Crescent, 1921-22 (C.R., xxxv, 17 Aug. 1921, 50; Vancouver Daily World, 2 Nov. 1921, 18)
WEST 36TH AVENUE, near Dunbar Street, two residences for Christopher H. Nelson and Robert M. Matheson, 1921 (inf. C.M. Paton, Vancouver)
ANGUS DRIVE, at West 29th Avenue, for Harold Read, 1923 (Vancouver Daily World, 20 April 1923, 9, descrip.; demol. 2014)
WEST 29th AVENUE, near Connaught Drive and Granville Street, large model home for the Electric Service League, 1922; demol. 2017 (Vancouver Daily World, 30 May 1922, 11, illus. & descrip.; 10 Oct. 1922, 14, illus. & descrip.)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., large residence for C.J. Colter, Queen's Avenue, 1923 (Vancouver Daily World, 5 Oct. 1923, 2, descrip.)
BALFOUR AVENUE, near Hudson Avenue, for Hugh McLean, 1924 (inf. C.M. Paton, Vancouver)
NOTTINGHAM APARTMENTS, Robson Street near Bute Street, 1925 (dwgs. at VCA)
TUDOR MANOR APARTMENTS, Beach Avenue near Jervis Street, 1927 (dwgs. at VCA)
SANTA FE APARTMENTS, Oak Street near West 14th Avenue, 1927 (dwgs. at VCA)
POINT GREY, for Mrs. Katherine Farrell, S.W. Marine Drive near Angus Drive, 1927 (C.R., xli, 15 June 1927, 55)
SHAUGHNESSY HEIGHTS, a large residence for James W. Weston, Somerset Crescent, near Marguerite Street, 1927 (Vancouver b.p. 10598, 18 Feb. 1927; Province [Vancouver], 8 May 1928, 12, illus. & descrip.; inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver; inf. Patrick Gunn, Vancouver)
RICHMOND, B.C., a new residence for an unnamed client, backing onto the Quilchena Golf Course, near Granville Avenue, 1927-28 (Province [Vancouver], 24 April 1928, 12, illus. & descrip.)
VAN ARSDAL APARTMENTS, Oak Street at West 14th Avenue, a three storey apartment block for A.W. Davidson, 1928 (Province [Vancouver], 20 Feb. 1928, 20, descrip.)
CLYDE APARTMENTS, Harwood Street near Thurlow Street, 1928 (dwgs. at VCA)
NELSON, B.C., apartment block at Kootenay Street and Vernon Stret, 1928 (Const., xxi, April 1928, 131)
BALFOUR AVENUE, near Cartier Avenue, for William A. Akhurst, c. 1928 (R.A.I.C. Journal, v, Nov. 1928, 408, illus.)
CONNAUGHT DRIVE, near West 37th Avenue, residence at 5237 Connaught Drive, for the architect Robert M. Matheson, 1929 (Daily Province [Vancouver], 11 Aug. 1931, 4, illus. & detailed descrip.; Vancouver b.p. B 24561; inf. C.M. Paton, Vancouver)
CONNAUGHT DRIVE, near West 37th Avenue, for J.A. Collins, 1929 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 160, illus.)
REGAL COURT APARTMENTS, Harwood Street near Cardero Street, 1930 (C.R., xliv, 5 March 1930, 66)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., for John H. MacDonald, Fifth Street, 1936 (J. Scott, Once in the Royal City - The Heritage of New Westminster, 1985, 128, illus.)

COMPETITIONS

VANCOUVER, B.C., Police Headquarters, 1912. Townley was one of several competititors who submitted a design for the new Police Headquarters Building, and for his effort he was awarded Second Prize of $300 (Vancouver Daily World, 18 June 1912, 13). The winner was W.A. Doctor.