LORT, Ross Anthony (1889-1968)
(biography in preparation)
ROSS A. LORT (Apartment blocks in Vancouver unless noted)
SASAMAT APARTMENTS., West 10th Avenue near Sasamat Street, 1925 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
STANLEY PARK MANOR APARTMENTS, Gilford Street at Haro Street, 1930-31 (C.R., xlv, 5 Aug. 1931, 945, 950, illus. & descrip.)
THIRVILLE APARTMENTS, West 13th Avenue near Granville Street, 1930 (Province [Vancouver], 10 Aug. 1930, 29, descrip.; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
QUEEN ANNE GARDENS APARTMENTS, Nelson Street near Bute Street, two separate apartments blocks later called The Edwardian Apartments and the Tweedsmuir Apartments, 1930-31 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
BEAUFORT APARTMENTS, Nicola Street near Burnaby Street, 1931 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
BARCLAY APARTMENTS, Chilco Street at Nelson Street, 1931 (C.R., xlv, 1 July 1931, 65; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
GRANGE APARTMENTS, West 14th Avenue at Hemlock Street, 1931-32 (C.R., xlv, 23 Dec. 1931, 49; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
CHATEAU APARTMENTS, West 13th Avenue at Birch Street, 1936 (Province [Vancouver], 26 Sept. 1936, 15, illus. & descrip.)
OLIVER APARTMENTS, Pendrell Street near Thurlow Street, 1937 (Province [Vancouver], 16 June 1937, 7)
CANTERBURY APARTMENTS, West 14th Avenue near Hemlock Street, 1938 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
VERNON MANOR APARTMENTS, Nelson Street near Chilco Street, adjacent to Stanley Park, for E.M. Craig & Co., 1939 (Vancouver Sun, 13 May 1939, 29, illus. & detailed descrip.; and 23 Sept. 1939, 26, illus. & detailed descrip.; C.R., lii, 31 May 1939, 31; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
ALLANDALE MANOR APARTMENTS, West 15th Avenue near Granville Street, for Mrs. Phyllis E. Methieson, 1939-40 (Vancouver Sun, 30 Dec. 1939, 25)
CHURCHILL APARTMENTS, West 4th Avenue at Alma Street, 1940-41; still standing in 2022 (Vancouver Sun, 28 Dec. 1940, 7, descrip,; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
DEVON MANOR APARTMENTS, West 12th Avenue near Birch Street, 1940 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
MARGARET ROSE APARTMENTS, West 15th Avenue near Granville Street, 1940 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
PETERSEN APARTMENTS, West 43rd Avenue at West Boulevard, 1945 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
KERRISDALE APARTMENTS, West 47th Avenue at West Boulevard, 1946 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
OAKVIEW CO-OP APARTMENTS, Oak Street at West 29th Avenue, 1947 (C.R., lx, Jan. 1947, 86; Vancouver Sun, 7 March 1947, 18; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
HARCREST APARTMENTS, Harwood Street near Thurlow Street, for Thomas Campbell, 1948 (Vancouver Sun, 10 Jan. 1948, 9, descrip.)
HEATHLEA APARTMENTS, Laburnham Street near Cornwall Avenue, 1949; still standing in 2023 (Vancouver News-Herald, 26 July 1949, 11)
RICHELIEU MANOR APARTMENTS, Richelieu Avenue at Oak Street, 1950 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
ROSS A. LORT (private houses in Vancouver unless noted)
VICTORIA, B.C., residence for the architect Ross A. Lort, Linkleas Avenue, Oak Bay, 1913 (Stuart Stark, Oak Bay’s Heritage Buildings, 1986, 75, illus.; M. Segger & D. Franklin, Exploring Victoria’s Architecture, 1996, 189, illus.)
POINT GREY, VANCOUVER, residence for Albert W. Cruise, Acadia Road, 1930 (dwgs. Univ. of Calgary, Canadian Architectural Archives, Sharp & Thompson Coll., Acc. 30 C 78)
VANCOUVER, residence for George C. Reifel, S.W. Marine Drive near West 64th Avenue, 1932 (C.R., xlvi, 27 Jan. 1932, 51; Vancouver Heritage Inventory - Summary Report, 1986, 62, illus.)
VANCOUVER, residence for Horace G. Barber, West 10th Avenue near Wallace Street, 1936 (Vancouver Heritage Inventory - Summary Report, 1986, 73, illus.. H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 171, illus.; H. Kalman, History of Canadian Architecture, 1994, vol. 2, 774, illus. & descrip.)
VANCOUVER, "The House That Gas Built", a demonstration model home at 3841 West 39th Street, between Olympic Street at Highbury Street, 1936 (Province [Vancouver], 17 July 1936, 8, illus. & descrip.)
WEST VANCOUVER, residence for Maurice E. Thomas, Braeside Avenue, 1942 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1993, 240, illus.)
WEST VANCOUVER, residence for Dr. J. Reeves, Onslow Place, 1942 (C.H.G., xix, Sept. 1942, 22, illus.)
VANCOUVER, residence for William H. James, West King Edward Avenue near Ash Street, 1942 (H. Kalman, Exploring Vancouver, 1978, 220, illus.)
POINT GREY, residence for Robert F. Travers, Belmont Drive near Blanca Street, 1945 (C.H.G., xxii, Dec. 1945, 22-23, 51, illus.)
ROSS A. LORT (other works in Vancouver unless noted)
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., The Westminster Movie Theatre, Sixth Street at Fourth Avenue, 1935 (News-Herald (Vancouver), 10 Oct. 1935, 8)
COWICHAN STATION, B.C. [near Duncan], Prince of Wales Fairbridge Farm School, several buildings on the campus including:
addition of 4 cottages, and a new Dining Hall and classrooms, 1936; (The Province [Vancouver], 18 July 1936, 5, descrip.), and
a new Auditorium, 1937; and
a new Chapel for the school, near Kelvin Creek, 1939 (Vancouver Sun, 7 Aug. 1939, 3, descrip.; Nanaimo Free Press, 23 Sept. 1939, 3); and
addition of a new Hospital for the School, 1941 (Nanaimo Free Press, 15 March 1941, 3, descrip.)
VANCOUVER OCCUPATIONAL INDUSTRIES BUILDING, 10th Avenue at Willow Street, major addition to therapy rehabilitation centre, 1939 (Vancouver Sun, 30 Jan. 1939, 20)
FIRST AUGUSTANA LUTHERAN CHURCH, West King Edward Avenue at Ontario Street, 1946 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
B.C. CANCER TREATMENT CENTRE, Heather Street at West 11th Avenue, 1947-48 (Vancouver Sun, 31 March 1948, 29, illus. & descrip.)
WESTERN SOCIETY PHYSICAL REHABILITATION CENTRE, West 27th Avenue near Laurel Street, 1948 (Canadian Hotel Review, xxvi, 15 Sept. 1948, 80; Vancouver Sun, 18 Jan. 1949, 3; dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
VANCOUVER ART GALLERY, West Georgia Street near Thurlow Street, major addition, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Jan. 1949, 188; and lxiii, June 1950, 129; Vancouver News-Herald, 19 Sept. 1949, 2)
ALEXANDRA COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES KINDERGARTEN CENTRE, East Cordova Street near Princess Street, 1949 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
VICTORIAN ORDER OF NURSES BUILDING, West 10th Avenue near Fir Street, 1950 (dwgs. City of Vancouver Archives)
KAMLO APARTMENT MOTOR HOTEL, Pendrell Street at Denman Street, 1952-53 (Province [Vancouver], 25 May 1953, 35, descrip.)
HAL H. PARADISE FLOORING CO. LTD., West Broadway near Cypress Street, showroom and offices, 1955-56 (Vancouver Sun, 15 June 1956, Section Three, p. 10, illus. & descrip.)
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION HALL, SOUTH VANCOUVER, East 49th Avenue at Chester Street, 1957 (Vancouver Sun, 19 July 1957, 16, descrip.)