E.W. HOUGHTON (1856-1927)
(biography in preparation)
VICTORIA, B.C., plans for major alterations and improvements to the old Victoria Theatre, 1903, but plans not carried out by Houghton until 1910 - see item below (Victoria Daily Times, 21 Feb. 1903, 8, descrip.; and 13 May 1904, 2, descrip., but incorrectly credited to Mr. Haught [sic], architect of Seattle)
VANCOUVER, B.C., theatre and hotel for Loo Gee Wing, West Hastings Street at Abbott Street, 1905 (C.R., xvi, 29 March 1905, 5; Vancouver Daily World, 14 March 1905, 12; and 4 Aug. 1905, 2)
VANCOUVER, B.C., construction of an additional storey at the rear of the Vancouver Opera House, Granville Street, 1905; extensive interior alterations, 1907 (C.R., xvi, 16 Aug. 1905, 5; Vancouver Daily World, 30 May 1907, 1, descrip.)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., large hotel and theatre for Dean & Barrett, Columbia Street at Church Street, designed 1907, but not built (Const., i, Oct. 1907, 64)
VICTORIA, B.C., The Victoria Theatre, Government Street at Elliot Street, for the Northwest Theatrical Association, 1910 (Daily Colonist [Victoria], 10 Sept. 1910, 1; and 5 Oct. 1910, 2, illus. & descrip.; C.R., xxiv, 14 Sept. 1910, 25)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Leigh-Spencer Building, Granville Street near West Pender Street, at the east end adjacent to the Woods Hotel, 1910; demol. c. 1990 (C.R., xxiv, 19 Jan. 1910, 24; Daily Province [Vancouver], 25 Feb. 1910, 1; dwgs. Vancouver City Archives)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., major alterations and improvements to the New Westminster Opera House, including widening and deepening the stage area, and increasing the seating from 850 to 1300 seats, 1911 (Daily Province [Vancouver], 1 June 1911, 9, descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 28 July 1911, 16)
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VANCOUVER, B.C., Kinema Colour Movie House, Granville Street, 1912-13, a renovation within the existing Van Horne Block; and renamed the Colonial Theatre in 1913; demol. 1972 (Vancouver Daily World, 25 Feb. 1913, 5, descrip.; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
VANCOUVER, B.C., Elysium Theatre, West Pender Street, to be built behind the existing Elysium Hotel, 1912 (Daily Province [Vancouver], 3 Sept. 1912, 7; The Sun [Vancouver], 1 Oct. 1912, 4, detailed descrip.)
VICTORIA, B.C., Dominion Theatre, Yates Street, beside the A.O.U.W. Hall, 1912-13 (Vancouver Daily World, 28 Sept. 1912, 20; Colonist [Victoria], 23 Nov. 1912, 5, descrip.; followed by description of the collapse during construction, Colonist [Victoria], 26 Jan. 1913, 7, illus. & descrip.)
VANCOUVER, B.C., new theatre for R.E. Ricketts, West Pender Street at Burrard Street, 1912-14; construction begun 1913, but never completed (Province [Vancouver], 8 Nov. 1912, 20, descrip.; and 21 Dec. 1912, 16, illus. & descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 12 March 1913, 24; and 24 Jan. 1914, 5, descrip.; dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
VANCOUVER, B.C., a new Opera House, ".....now under construction", Burrard Street at West Pender Street, 1913-14 (Vancouver Sun, 22 Aug. 1913, 2; and 23 Aug. 1913, 4, descrip.; Vancouver Daily World, 24 Jan. 1914, 5, descrip.)