Project material consists of three large folders of architectural drawings and other material pertaining to the renovation and addition to the Civic Theatre, formerly known as the Pantages Theatre (among other names), located at 3 Centennial Square in Victoria, B.C. The Civic Theatre project was one of many projects undertaken as part of the development of Centennial Square in celebration of Victoria’s centennial. The theatre became known as the McPherson Playhouse by city council on July 24, 1964 in honour of Thomas Shanks McPherson. Included are site plans; floor plans; elevations; section drawings; details drawings; roof plans; schedules; a photograph of one of the models produced of Centennial Square during its design; paint swatches; sketches; and other material produced at various stages of the design process.

In Collection:

• Alan Hodgson Collection

Creator

• Hodgson, Alan J. (Alan James)

Subject

• Public architecture
• Architecture
• Architects

Language

• eng

Identifier

• Project: 037-09-62

Date created

• approximately September 1962 to approximately June 1965

Resource type

• Still Image
• Text

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 88 architectural drawings and other material

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 48.428753, -123.366663

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Alan Hodgson Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Sponsor

• Digitized through the support of the BC History Digitization Program, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, University of British Columbia.

Genre

• sections (orthographic projections)
• schedules (architectural records)
• photographs
• elevations (orthographic projections)
• architectural drawings (visual works)
• site plans
• detail drawings (drawings)
• floor plans (orthographic projections)

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2020-002

Fonds title

• Alan Hodgson fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR513

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/alan-hodgson-fonds

Date digitized

• December 2021

Technical note

• Digitized at 300 dpi by The Crowley Company. Metadata by Matt Innes.

Rights

• This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/0qba-3m56

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	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-013] – Centennial Victoria Square		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-014] – [1] Westerly View from Victoria Square		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-015] – [2] Northerly View from Pandora Avenue		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-016] – [3] Easterly View from Government Street		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-017] – [4] Southerly View from Senior Citizens Centre		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-018] – [5] Main Floor Plan		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-019] – [6] Balcony Floor Plan		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-020] – [7] Basement Floor Plan		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-021] – [8] Interior View		Press to Select an action Download
	Civic Theatre – McPherson Playhouse [Item: 2020-002-006-022] – [9] Interior View		Press to Select an action Download