Morrison, Iain Robertson

MORRISON, Iain Robertson (1906-1954) was born in Kent, England on 26 July 1906 and graduated from St. Andrew's College, Fifeshire, Scotland. He emigrated to Canada in 1926 and opened an office in Kamloops, B.C. in 1930 where he designed several commercial, institutional and educational buildings. Morrison died unexpectedly at Knutsford, B.C. on 1 August 1954 at the age of 46 years (obit. Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 2 Aug. 1954, 1; obit. The Province (Vancouver), 3 Aug. 1954, 7; inf. Susan Cross, Kamloops; inf. Donald Luxton, Vancouver)

(works in Kamloops, B.C. unless noted)

LITTLE THEATER, 1932 (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 29 June 1932, 1)
McINTOSH MEMORIAL, 1932 (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 16 Sept. 1932, 1)
FIRE HALL, 1935 (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 29 March 1935, 1)
KAMLOOPS UNITED DAIRIES, Victoria Street, 1946 (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 6 March 1946, 10)
WING BLOCK, a block of stores and offices, 1948 (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 25 Aug. 1948, 1)
PARAMOUNT THEATRE, Victoria Street, for Famous Players Ltd., 1948-50 (Inland Sentinel [Kamloops], 25 Aug. 1948, 1; C.R., xliii, Jan. 1950, 150, t.c.)
DEARBORN MOTORS LTD., major addition, 1948 (inf. Susan Cross, Kamloops)
TRIAD BUILDING, 1948-49 (inf. Susan Cross, Kamloops)
FRUITLAND, B.C., public school, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Aug. 1949, 22)
CHILLIWACK, B.C., new Barracks Building for the Royal Canadian School of Military Engineering, facing the Parade Square, at CFB Chilliwack, 1949-50 (Vancouver News-Herald, 14 Sept. 1949, 10, descrip.; Chilliwack Progress, 14 Sept. 1949, 1, descrip.; and 13 Oct. 1949, 1, illus.)