Rattenbury, Francis Mawson | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada

RATTENBURY, Francis Mawson (1867-1935)
(biography in preparation)

A detailed monograph on the career and work of F.M. Rattenbury, written by Anthony A. Barrett and Rhodri W. Liscombe, was published in 1983 by the Univ. of Britsh Columbia Press. Citations from this book are noted below as Barrett & Liscombe, followed by relevant page numbers.
A detailed biography of Francis M. Rattenbury has recently been published in The Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. 16, 1931-40 (available online).

F.M. RATTENBURY (Commercial works in Victoria unless noted)

BRADFORD, ENGLAND, shops and offices, in Chapel Lane, c. 1890 (C.A.B., vi, March 1893, illus.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Ramsay Bros. & Co. Ltd., Hastings Street near Westminster Street, confectionery factory, 1892 (C.R., iii, 20 Aug. 1892, 1; Vancouver Daily World, 24 Dec. 1892, 5)
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block for Mr. Davis, Oppenheimer Street at Westminster Avenue, 1892 (Vancouver Daily World, 9 Nov. 1892, 8, descrip.; C.R., iii, 26 Nov. 1892, 2)
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block on the site of the Cabinet Hotel, Water Street at Cambie Street, 1893 (C.R., iv, 23 Feb. 1893, 1)
PENTICTON, B.C., hotel for an unnamed client, 1893 (Vancouver Daily World, 10 April 1893, 8)
AGASSIZ, B.C., C.P.R. Railway Station, 1893, now called The Agassiz-Harrison Museum (Vancouver Daily World, 10 April 1893, 8)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Hotel Vancouver, Georgia Street at Granville Street, alterations and improvements, 1893; with major addition 1901-02; demol. 1946 (C.R., iv, 17 Aug. 1893, 1; xii, 1 May 1901, 3, descrip.; Province [Vancouver], 19 Feb. 1901, 1, illus. & descrip.; Railway & Shipping World, v, April 1902, 123, illus.; Victoria Daily Times, 29 Aug. 1903, 7, addition of a new Dining Room)
BANK OF MONTREAL, Government Street at View Street, 1896-97; interior alterations and additions 1930 by Honeyman & Curtis (Victoria Daily Times, 30 April 1896, 8, detailed descrip.; Colonist [Victoria], 11 Nov. 1897, 8, descrip.; C.A.B., x, Dec. 1897, 239, descrip.; and xi, March 1898, illus.; and xii, March 1899, 50, descrip.; Victoria Globe, 13 April 1899, 5, descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 88-91, illus.; S. Wagg, Money Matters - A Critical Look at Bank Architecture, 1990, 65-6, 131-2, illus.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., British Columbia Electric Railway Co., Carrall Street at Hastings Street, offices and car shed, 1897 (Barrett & Liscombe, 49, 295, illus.)
GLENORA, B.C., hotel with 60 rooms for an unidentified client, 1898 (C.R., ix, 11 May 1898, 3, t.c.)
(with J.G. Tiarks) NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., Bank of Montreal, Columbia Street at Church Street, 1898-99 (Victoria Globe, 1 April 1899, 3; C.R., ix, 7 Dec. 1898, 3; C.A.B., xii, Jan. 1899, 5; Barrett & Liscombe, 81, illus.)
(with J.G. Tiarks) NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., Bank of British Columbia, Columbia Street at Mary Street, 1898-99 (Victoria Globe, 1 April 1899, 3; Colonist [Victoria], 22 Oct. 1898, 5, descrip.; C.A.B., xi, Nov. 1898, 202; Daily Columbian [New Westminster], 2 Nov. 1899, 4, descrip.)
ROSSLAND, B.C., Bank of Montreal, Washington Street at Columbia Avenue, 1899 (Victoria Globe, 1 April 1899, 3; Victoria Daily Times, 3 April 1899, 7, descrip., but lacking attribution; Rossland Miner, 2 Jan. 1900, 3, descrip; dwgs. at Bank of Montreal Premises Div., Toronto; Barrett & Liscombe, 78-9, illus.)
NELSON, B.C., Bank of Montreal, 1899 (Victoria Globe, 1 April 1899, 3, descrip.; Colonist [Victoria], 9 April 1899, 5; C.R., x, 31 May 1899, 4; Barrett & Liscombe, 80, illus.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., P. Burns Meat Co., Cordova Street West, cold storage buildings, 1899 (C.R., x, 27 Sept. 1899, 2)
GREENWOOD, B.C., a three storey hotel for Graham & Parry, Deadwood Street at Copper Street, 1899, demol. (Boundary Creek Times [Greenwood], 2 Sept. 1899, 8; C.R., x, 27 Sept. 1899, 2; Barrett & Liscombe, 79, illus.)
BASTION STREET, at Langley Street, commercial block for an unidentified client, 1900-01 (C.R., xi, 19 Dec. 1900, 2)
FIELD, B.C., additions to Mount Stephen House Hotel, "....in the Swiss Chalet order of architecture" , 1901; demol. c. 1950 (Province [Vancouver], 19 Feb. 1901, 1, descrip.; C.R., xii, 13 March 1901, 3, t.c.; Railway & Shipping World, v, March 1902, 99, illus. & descrip.)
B.C. ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO., Store Street at Fisgard Street, car sheds, 1901 (Barrett & Liscombe, 297; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 39, illus. & descrip.)
BAMFIELD, B.C., Cable Telegraph Station, "...perched on a cliff one hundred feet above the water", 1901; demol. 1965 (Victoria Daily Times, 6 June 1903, 3, descrip.; Barrett & Liscombe, 110, 298, illus.)
GLACIER, B.C., addition to the Glacier House Hotel, 1902; demol. (Railway & Shipping World, vi, Feb. 1903, 53; Victoria Daily Times, 29 Aug. 1903, 7)
BANFF, ALTA. major addition to the Banff Springs Hotel, 1902; demol. 1926 (Railway & Shipping World, vi, Feb. 1903, 53)
SUMMERLAND, B.C., a hotel for the C.P.R., 1902 (C.R., xiii, 4 June 1902, 2)
HOTEL DALLAS, Dallas Road, extensive alterations and improvements to the hotel, 1902; demol. (Colonist [Victoria], 4 May 1902, 7, illus. & descrip.)
B.C. LAND & INVESTMENT AGENCY, Yates Street, commercial block, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 18 March 1903, 3, t.c.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., commercial block on Granville Street for Sir William Van Horne, 1903 (C.R., xiii, 21 Jan. 1903, 2)
LAGGAN, ALTA., new entry hall, bedroom wing and renovations to Lake Louise Hotel, 1903; major extension, 1905; burned 1924 (Railway & Shipping World, vi, Feb. 1903, 53; C.R., xvi, 16 Aug. 1905, 5)
OAK BAY, Mount Baker Hotel, Beach Drive, 1904-05; demol. 1962 (Victoria Daily Times, 7 June 1905, 1, detailed architectural descrip.; C.A.B., xix, Sept. 1906, 133, descrip. & plate illus.)
C.P.R. RAILWAY OFFICES & STEAMSHIP TERMINAL, Belleville Street overlooking the harbour, 1904; demol. 1923 (C.A.B., xix, Sept. 1906, 133, descrip. & plate illus.)
CHANCERY CHAMBERS, Langley Street, an office block for J.H. McGregor, 1904 (Victoria Daily Times, 22 July 1904, 8, t.c.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 92, illus.)
MELROSE CO., Fort Street at Broad Street, a 5 storey commercial block, 1905 (Victoria Daily Times, 6 May 1905, 8, t.c.; C.R., xvi, 17 May 1905, 4)
EMPRESS HOTEL, for the Canadian Pacific Railway, Government Street at Belleville Street, designed in 1903; built 1905-07; addition of the North Wing 1910; addition of the South Wing 1913 (Victoria Daily Times, 21 May 1903, 5, descrip.; and 22 May 1903, 1, illus. & detailed descrip.; and 2 July 1904, 5, illus. & descrip.; and 7 Jan. 1905, 9 illus. & extensive architectural descrip,; C.R., xiv, 28 Oct. 1903, 2; Colonist [Victoria], 1 Dec. 1903, 1, descrip. of the first design; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 136-9, illus.; Barrett & Liscombe, 137-41, 150-60, illus.)
B.C. ELECTRIC RAILWAY CO., Fort Street at Langley Street, offices, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 21 March 1906, 4, t.c.; Pacific Building & Engineering Record [Seattle], iv, 24 March 1906, 9; Barrett & Liscombe, 146)
PRINCE RUPERT, B.C., hotel for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, 1906-07; demol. (C.R., xvii, 14 Nov. 1906, 4)
BRACKMAN-KER MILLING CO., Broad Street at Pandora Avenue, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 13 March 1907, 4)
MERCHANTS BANK, Yates Street at Douglas Street, 1907 (C.R., xxii, 19 Aug. 1908, 22-3, illus. & descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 82-3, illus.)
W. & J. WILSON, Government Street, retail store, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 19 June 1907, 2, t.c.)
VICTORIA TRANSFER CO., additions to livery stables, Broughton Street near Broad Street, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 9 Oct. 1907, 2)
B.C. AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION, restaurant and Machinery Hall at the Fairgrounds, 1908 (C.R., xix, 20 May 1908, 30, t.c.)
FORT STREET, office block for David R. Ker, 1909 (C.R., xxiii, 27 Jan. 1909, 21, t.c.)
B.C. LAND & INVESTMENT CO., Langley Street at Broughton Street, a commercial block, 1909 (Evening Post (Victoria), 6 April 1909, 3, descrip.)
NANAIMO, B.C., Merchants Bank, Albert Street at Wallace Street, 1912 (C.R., xxvi, 17 Jan. 1912, 74; Barrett & Liscombe, 232-3, illus.)
SAANICH INLET, B.C., The Sandy Beach Inn & Golf Links, Malahat Highway, 1929 (Victoria Daily Times, 7 Jan. 1929, 9, descrip.; Nanaimo Free Press, 9 Jan. 1929, 2, descrip.)

F.M. RATTENBURY (Institutional & Ecclesiastical works in Victoria unless noted)

LEGISLATIVE BUILDINGS, Belleville Street at Government Street, including the following stages:
- Main Building, 1893-97; (Vancouver Daily World, 23 Nov. 1892, 3, descrip.; and 18 March 1893, 8, descrip.; and 25 Sept. 1893, 2, descrip.; C.A.B., vi, April 1893, 48, descrip.; and May 1893, illus.; and vii, July 1894, illus.; and xi, July 1898, 120, descrip. & illus.; Colonist [Victoria], 20 Sept. 1896, 1, descrip.; Evening Journal [Ottawa], 13 Feb. 1897, 1, illus. & descrip.); Montreal Daily Star, 1 June 1897, 5, illus. & descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 10 Feb 1898, 2, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; and M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 156-9, illus.; M. Segger, The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, 1979, 51-64, illus.; dwgs. at BCPA, PDP 513; 2294, and
- The Press Gallery, in the Legislative Chamber, 1899; (Vancouver Daily Times, 19 Jan. 1899, 3, descrip.; Province [Vancouver], 3 March 1899, 1, descrip. of Press Gallery); and Victoria Daily Times,16 Aug. 1899, 5, descrip.; and
- The Legislative Library, 1912-15 (Vancouver Daily World, 2 April 1911, 1-2, illus. & descrip.; and 28 Sept. 1912, 16, illus. & descrip.; The Province [Vancouver], 2 Feb 1920, 9, detailed descrip.)
CHILLIWACK, B.C., Court House, 1894; burned 1951 (British Columbia, Sessional Papers, 1896, Public Accounts, 103; Barrett & Liscombe, 45, illus.)
NANAIMO, B.C., Wallace Street Methodist Church, a new Parsonage residence for the church, 1893-94 (Nanaimo Free Press, 24 Jan. 1894, 1, descrip.)
NANAIMO, B.C., Court House, Front Street, 1895-96 (Nanaimo Free Press, 13 April 1895, 1, descrip.; and 10 Sept. 1895, 3, descrip.; C.A.B., xii, Aug. 1899, illus.; M. Carter, Early Canadian Court Houses, 1983, 179, 181, illus.)
VICTORIA CANOE CLUB, Wharf Street, 1895 (C.R., vi, 21 March 1895, 1)
VICTORIA COURT HOUSE, Bastion Square, extensive alterations and improvements, 1899 (C.R., x, 12 April 1899, 3; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria's Architecture, 1996, 91, illus.)
ROYAL JUBILEE HOSPITAL, Cadboro Bay Road at Richmond Avenue, residence for the Medical Director Dr. Edward M. Hasell, 1900; addition of Children's Ward, Day Ward, kitchens, and Nurse's Home, 1902-03; and the Strathcona Wing, 1903 (Colonist [Victoria], 19 Sept. 1900, 8; C.R., xii, 4 Dec. 1901, 2; and xiv, 5 Aug. 1903, 2; and xvi, 1 Nov. 1905, 2; Victoria Daily Times, 24 July 1903, 3; H. Murphy, Royal Jubilee Hospital 1858-1958, 22)
PAARDEBURG GATE, a memorial to South African soldiers, Belleville Street nearly opposite the Legislative Buildings, 1901 (C.R., xi, 2 Jan. 1901, 2)
PHOENIX, B.C., General Hospital, 1901 (Phoenix Pioneer, 1 June 1901, 1, descrip.)
VICTORIA HIGH SCHOOL, Fernwood Road, 1901-02; addition 1907; demol. 1953 (Colonist [Victoria], 17 Aug. 1902, 8, illus. & descrip.; 3 Jan. 1907, 6, descrip.; P. Smith, One Hundred Years of Victoria High School 1876-1976, 31-4, illus.)
UNION CLUB, Douglas Street at Courtney Street, addition, 1902-03; demol. 1914 (P. Bissley, History of the Union Club of British Columbia, 1969, 23-4)
NELSON, B.C., Court House, Ward Street at Vernon Street, 1906-09 (Daily Canadian [Nelson], 20 Aug. 1906, 1, descrip.; C.R., xvii, 12 Sept. 1906, 2; Barrett & Liscombe, 193-4)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Court House, Georgia Street at Howe Street, 1907-11; addition, 1911 by Thomas Hooper; later converted to the Art Gallery of Vancouver 1981-83 (Vancouver Daily World, 15 Aug. 1906, 6, descrip.; Const., vii, May 1914, 166, illus.; Barrett & Liscombe, 185-92, illus.)
CHINESE CONSOLIDATED BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION, School House, perhaps the Imperial Chinese School, Fisgard Street, 1908; completed by David C. Frame, 1909 (C.R., xxii, 2 Dec. 1908, 27)
ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS, Fern Street at Cadboro Bay Road, 1911 (Colonist [Victoria], 29 Oct. 1911, 20, illus. & descrip.; Barrett & Liscombe, 234, illus.)
ESQUIMALT, Sailor's & Orphan's Home for the Navy League, Admiral Road, 1918 (C.R., xxxii, 12 June 1918, 42)
VICTORIA GOLF CLUB HOUSE, Beach Drive "...opposite David Roger's residence", 1919 (Victoria Daily Times, 22 April 1919, 8, descrip.; inf. Robert Hamilton, of Hamilton, Ont.)
(with Percy L. James) C.P.R. STEAMSHIP TERMINAL, Belleville Street at Menzies Street, 1923-24 (Victoria Daily Times, 14 July 1923, 1, descrip.; and 31 July 1923, 1, descrip.; C.R., xxxvii, 10 Oct. 1923, 52; Canadian Railway & Marine World, xxvii, Dec. 1924, 602, illus. & descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 160-1, illus.; dwgs. at BCPA)
(with Percy L. James) CRYSTAL GARDENS, Douglas Street at Belleville Street, 1924-25 (Victoria Daily Times, 11 June 1925, 4, Letter to the Editor from F.M. Rattenbury; Const., xviii, July 1925, 228-30, illus. & descrip.; P. Berton et al, Crystal Gardens - West Coast Pleasure Palace, 1977, 66-77, illus.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 144-5, illus.; dwgs. at BCPA)

F.M. RATTENBURY (Residential works in Victoria unless noted)

UNDERCLIFFE, ENGLAND, near Bradford, for C.J. Holhanz, c. 1890 (C.A.B., vi, March 1893, illus.)
(attributed) ROCKLAND AVENUE, 'Newholme", for Alan Dumbleton, 1894 (Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 222-23, illus. & descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., large residence for E.P. Davis, Q.C., Seaton Street at Thurlow Street, and designed "...in the Swiss style", 1895; demol. 1966 (Calgary Daily Herald, 22 March 1895, 2, descrip.; inf. Andy Coupland, Vancouver)
OAK BAY, residence for the architect F.M. Rattenbury, Beach Drive, 1898; addition 1913; Coach House 1914; with planned conversion of the house to an apartment hotel, and addition of 80 rooms for guests, and boathouse and pier at Willows Beach, 1929 (C.A.B., xix, Oct. 1906, 146, descrip. & plate illus.; Victoria Daily Times, 9 Nov. 1929, 2, descrip.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 302-5, illus.; S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 31-3, illus.)
ROCKLAND AVENUE, for Ernest V. Bodwell, 1899 (C.R., x, 27 Sept. 1899, 4; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 226, illus. & descrip.)
ROCKLAND AVENUE, for Lyman P. Duff, 1900 (C.A.B., xix, Oct. 1906, illus.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Victoria, 1979, 298-9, illus.)
CALGARY, ALTA., mansion for Patrick Burns, 4th Street S.W. at 13th Avenue S.W., 1901-03; demol. 1956 (Vancouver Daily World, 11 July 1900, 1, descrip.; Daily Herald [Calgary], 13 July 1900, 4, descrip.; C.R., ix, 8 Aug. 1900, 3; Barrett & Liscombe, 85, illus.)
MOUNT BAKER AVENUE, for James H. McGregor, 1902 (Barrett & Liscombe, 108, 298, illus.)
(with Samuel Maclure) CARY CASTLE, the mansion for the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia, Rockland Avenue, 1902-03; burned 1957 (Colonist [Victoria], 11 May 1902, 11, illus. & descrip.; Victoria Daily Times, 29 Aug. 1903, 3, illus. & detailed architectural descrip.; C.A.B., xix, June 1906, illus.; C.H.G., iii, July 1926, 36-7, 58, illus.; P. Cotton, Vice-Regal Mansions of British Columbia, 1981, 73-4, 82-3, illus.; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 208-10, illus. & descrip.) dwgs. at BCPA)
OAK BAY, for Albert T. Goward, Oak Bay Road, 1903 (C.R., xiv, 21 Oct. 1903, 2; S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 42, illus.)
ST. CHARLES STREET, for George A. Kirk, 1904 (Victoria Daily News, 30 July 1904, 8, t.c.; Barrett & Liscombe, 145, 301, illus.; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 237, illus. & descrip.)
LINDEN AVENUE, for Mrs. Henry Clay, 1904 (Barrett & Liscombe, 143, 301, illus.; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 177-78, illus. & descrip.)
ST. CHARLES STREET, for J. Ogden Grahame, 1906 (C.R., xvii, 8 Aug. 1906, 2, t.c.; Barrett & Liscombe, 198, illus.; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 3, 2021, 236-37, illus. & descrip.)
OAK BAY, mansion for Hon. Peter S. Lampman, York Place, 1907 (Colonist [Victoria], 3 Jan. 1907, 6; S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 42-3, illus.)
ESQUIMALT, for Arthur M. Coles, Wollaston Street near Esquimalt Road, 1907 (Colonist [Victoria], 3 Jan. 1907, 6; D. Field, Built Heritage in Esquimalt: An Inventory, 1984, 33-5, illus.)
VERNON, B.C., for H.W. Husband, Mayor of Vernon, 1907 (C.R., xviii, 10 July 1907, 2)
OAK BAY, for W. Curtis Sampson, Pattullo Place, c. 1908 (S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 73, illus.)
OAK BAY, for C. Dubois Mason, Prospect Place, 1908 (S. Stark, Oak's Bay's Heritage Buildings, 34, illus.)
OAK BAY, for Dr. Oswald M. Jones, Island Road, 1909 (S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 63, illus.)
OAK BAY, mansion for Robert W. Gibson, York Place, 1914; completed 1919 by Maclure & Lort (M. Segger, The Buildings of Samuel Maclure, 1986, 239-43, illus.; S. Stark, Oak Bay's Heritage Buildings, 1986, 40-1, illus.; Barrett & Liscombe, 238-40, illus.)

COMPETITIONS

LONDON, ENGLAND, Soane Medallion Competition, for the Royal Inst. of British Architects, 1890. Rattenbury was one of a number of young architects who submitted plans for a "Design for a Public Day School". The jury declined to award the Medallion to any scheme, and granted three Merit awards to others. Rattenbury was not among the finalists, but his design was later published in The British Architect [London], xxxiii, 28 March 1890, 224ff, and 4 April 1890, 242-43, illus. These drawings have been reproduced in A. Barrett & R. Liscombe, Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia, 1983, 18, 20, 22-3, illus.
OXFORD, ENGLAND, Town Hall, 1892. Rattenbury assisted with the design and competition drawings sent in by the Bradford firm of Mawson & Hudson. Over 130 architects submitted plans, and the drawings by Rattenbury were "highly recommended" by the juror Thomas E. Collcutt (Vancouver Daily World, 18 March 1893, 8). However, their scheme was not included in the selection of the five finalists, and their entry was passed over in favour of the winner Henry T. Hare of London.
VANCOUVER, B.C., Masonic Temple, Granville Street, 1893. Rattenbury prepared a set of drawings for this building in February 1893 (Vancouver Daily World, 13 Feb. 1893, 3). His design was not among the finalists.
OLYMPIA, WASH. State Capitol Buildings, entry in the first competition, 1894, and entry in the second competition, 1903. Rattenbury was among dozens of architects who sent in plans, but his entry was not premiated, and Wilder & White of New York City were later declared the winners (Vancouver Daily World, 20 March 1894, 3).
VANCOUVER, B.C., major addition to the Hotel Vancouver, 1900. Rattenbury was one of six architects from British Columbia who were invited by the C.P.R. head office in Montreal to submit designs for a new hotel (Province [Vancouver], 15 Oct. 1900, 7). The winner was F.M. Rattenbury, but this announcement was not made until February 1901 (Victoria Daily Times, 20 Feb. 1901, 7; and 21 Feb. 1901, 3, descrip.)
REGINA, SASK., Provincial Parliament Building, 1907. Seven architectural firms from the United States and Canada were invited to prepare designs. Rattenbury was paid $1,500 to submit his proposal (Vancouver Daily World, 3 Sept. 1907, 17). His classically-inspired design was set aside in favour of the winning entry by E. & W.S. Maxwell of Montreal. The original drawings by Rattenbury have survived, and are now held at the Saskatchewan Archives Board in Regina. These drawings are reproduced in A. Barrett & R. Liscombe, Francis Rattenbury and British Columbia, 1983, 210-12, Fig. 6.27 - 6.34, illus.