EVANS, George Norris (1889-1964), son of Enoch Evans, was born in Walsall, England on 7 June 1889 and trained under his father from 1906. In 1910 he accompanied his father to Canada and later assisted him in establishing the practice of E. Evans & Son in Vancouver in 1912. He served with the Royal Canadian Engineers during WWI and after returning to the office in 1920 he handled much of the design responsibility for projects planned by the firm (see list of works under E. Evans & Son). He was elected President of the A.I.B.C. for two consecutive terms in 1943 and 1944, and continued to practice until 1961. He died in Vancouver on 19 January 1964 (death notice Vancouver Sun, 20 Jan. 1964, 23; obit. R.A.I.C. Journal, xli, May 1964, 14; inf. Architectural Inst. of British Columbia; D. Luxton, Building the West: The Early Architects of British Columbia, 2003, 410-11, 498). A photographic portrait of G.N. Evans was published in The Vancouver Sun, 24 Dec. 1942, 21.
(with Harold Cullerne) BURNABY, B.C., High School, The Kingsway, 1940 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, May 1942, 124)
VANCOUVER, B.C., apartment block for the National Housing Administration, West 18th Avenue, 1943 (dwgs. at Vancouver City Archives)
(with William Bow) NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C., major addition to Royal Columbian Hospital, Columbia Street at Sherbrooke Street, 1947 (C.R., lx, March 1947, 118)
COQUITLAM, B.C., public school, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Aug. 1949, 221)
SALMON ARM, B.C., High School, 1949 (C.R., lxii, Sept. 1949, 161)
(with William Bow) PORT COQUITLAM, B.C., public school, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Oct. 1950, 154)
(with William Bow) PORT MOODY, B.C., public school, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, Oct. 1950, 154)