NORGATE, Thomas Burroughes (1863 - 1906) was born in Shirehampton, near Bristol, England and arrived in Victoria, B.C. before 1889. In 1890 his name appears variously as a draftsman, and as an architect (British Columbia, Sessional Papers, 1890, Voters List, 512). The following year he was listed as 'Architect & Engineer' (R.T. Williams, British Columbia Directory, 1891, 370). Few references to his work have been found, but he appears to have been familiar with fashionable trends in architectural design, and his plans for a residence for Thomas Futcher were described as being styled "...in the new Gothique a-la Japonaise style" (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 2 May 1890, 8). No information on his architectural activity has been found after 1892, and his name last appears in the provincial directory in 1895 (biog. D. Luxton, Building The West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 180, 513). Norgate later returned to England and died at Shirehampton, Co. Bristol on 16 March 1906.
NELSON, B.C., a 2 storey hotel, with wharf and a warehouse, for an unnamed client, 1889 (Victoria Daily Times, 23 Aug. 1889, 4; and 9 Nov. 1889, 4, descrip. in advert.; Vancouver Daily World, 24 Aug. 1889, 4)
VICTORIA, B.C., residence for Thomas Futcher, Pakington Street, 1890 (Colonist [Victoria], 24 April 1890, 1, t.c.; 2 May 1890,, 8; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 4, 2009, 111, illus. & descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., large residence of 12 rooms for John Earsman, Pakington Street, 1890 (Victoria Daily Times, 4 June 1890, 7, descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., National Electric Tramway & Lighting Co., Store Street at Constance Street, electric Power House, and car barns, 1889 (Victoria Daily Times, 23 Aug. 1889, 3, t.c.)
VICTORIA, B.C., National Electric Tramway & Lighting Co., Store Street at Constance Street, additional buildings for car barns, 1890; demol. (Colonist [Victoria], 29 July 1890, 1, t.c.)
VICTORIA WEST, B.C., St. Saviour's Anglican Church, Henry Street at Catherine Street, in Victoria West, 1891; still standing in 2023 (Colonist [Victoria], 20 Nov. 1890, 5; 13 May 1891, 5, descrip.; Victoria Heritage Foundation, This Old House: Victoria's Heritage Neighbourhoods, Vol. 1, 2013, 189-91, illus. & descrip.)
NORTHFIELD, B.C., Anglican Church, 1891, "....to be built from the same plans as St. Saviour's at Victoria West" (Victoria Daily Times, 7 July 1891, 5, descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., residence for Thomas B. Norgate, architect, 1891 (Victoria Daily Times, 18 June 1891, 8, t.c.)