GREGORY, Charles P. (fl. 1913-14) was listed as the “Architect & Engineer” for the Globe Theatre, one of the first moving picture theatres in Vancouver. Begun in late 1912 and located on Granville Street, south of Robson Street, the theatre opened in March 1913, and was illustrated and described by local papers in Vancouver (Vancouver b.p. 3721, 23 Oct. 1912; The Province [Vancouver], 8 Feb. 1913, 23, illus. & detailed descript.; Vancouver Sun, 19 March 1913, 9, illus & detailed descript.). Costing $75,000, it was a popular cinema venue originally built for the Pacific Amusement Co., and was later called Paradise Theatre and, after 1950, The Coronet Theatre. A set of 18 drawings for this building is now held at the City of Vancouver Archives.
In late 1913 C.P. Gregory was noted as the architect of the Rose Theater, another local movie theatre on Bridge Street [now Cambie Street], for R. Oakes (City of Vancouver b.p. 5857, 31 October 1913). A description of this theatre was published in the Daily Building Record [Vancouver], 1 Nov. 1913, p. 1. No biographical information on C.P. Gregory has been found.